September 11th, 2012 by WCBC Radio
It’s been eleven years, but the memories are as vivid as yesterday for Lisa Peskin, a resident of Cumberland, who was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when Al-Qaida attacked the United States. On Sept. 11, 2001, Peskin was in New York City for a three-week long training session when the terrorist attack happened. She was on the 62nd floor of Tower 2 on a coffee break when the first plane hit Tower 1. Shortly after, Peskin told WCBC News that it was announced that Tower 2 should evacuate. Peskin eventually reached the ground floor and when she was about a mile away from the towers, they collapsed…