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VIDEO: Darien 9/11 Survivor Shares His Story

Tom Jones, who has lived in Darien since 1987, escaped the south tower of the World Trade Center minutes before it collapsed.

Ten years later, Darien resident Tom Jones told a crowd at the headquarters how he escaped the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Jones had started working for Morgan Stanley in July 2001 and traveled to New York City office on Sept. 9, 2001, for a business trip. He took part in meetings on Sept. 10 and was on a coffee break around 8:45 a.m.on Sept. 11 when he noticed black smoke coming from the North Tower.

That's when he started his descent from the 61st floor to safety.

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