“The South Cocoon” is a paper by Ryan Owens based on the testimony of Joseph Lutrario, the only person pulled alive from the WTC’s South Tower on 9/11.Description
Page 305 of the 9/11 Commission Report states, “At 9:58:59, the South Tower collapsed in ten seconds, killing all civilians and emergency personnel inside, as well as a number of individuals – both first responders and civilians – in the concourse, in the Marriott, and on neighboring streets.” For over a decade, it was believed that the collapse of the World Trade Center’s South Tower was so energetic and destructive that every person (as well as a police canine) inside the building at the time of its collapse was killed. In September 2012, however, I first heard of former NYPD police officer Joseph Lutrario through his efforts with the charity organization 9/11 Health Now and brief interviews with his local media. Upon arrival at the World Trade Center, he helped to evacuate toddlers and babies from the site’s daycare center along with a teacher and a civilian (believed to be the FBI’s former Chief of Counterterrorism forced out weeks before 9/11 due to his obsession with finding Osama bin Laden and warnings of an impending mainland terror attack, John O’Neill). He then entered the South Tower, which collapsed moments later.
9/11 is considered to be the most documented event in history, but for 13 years there has been virtually nothing known about what occurred INSIDE the South Tower during its collapse, as the only cameraman inside of it perished and it was believed by all that everyone inside the building was killed, unable to share their stories. The goal of this paper is to shine a light for the first time on the information blackout inside the South Tower during its collapse and in the hours afterwards, to light up the darkness.-Ryan OwensThe South Cocoon can be read or downloaded here:https://www.dropbox.com/s/647btn2t8fftzvn/The%20South%20Cocoon.pdf
