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Last 9/11 Survivor Pulled From Rubble Coming To Gloucester Twp.

Genelle Guzman-McMillan was buried for 27 hours. She will share her story in the township on the 24th anniversary of the attacks.

FILE — First responders work at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks, Sept. 12, 2001, in New York.
FILE — First responders work at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks, Sept. 12, 2001, in New York. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The last 9/11 survivor pulled from the rubble will speak at Camden County College on Thursday — the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Genelle Guzman-McMillan worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, she reported to her job on the 64th floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower.

When the tower was struck, she began to evacuate. But she was buried under the rubble when the building collapsed.

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Twenty-seven hours later, Guzman-McMillan was rescued at Ground Zero. She was the last survivor pulled from the rubble after the attacks.

Guzman-McMillan will share her story Thursday at Camden County College's Blackwood Campus. The event runs from 12-2 p.m. at Civic Hall (Connector Building, Room 105).

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"We are honored to have Ms. Guzman-McMillan speak at Camden County College," said CCC President Dr. Lovell Pugh-Bassett. "We invite everyone to hear her firsthand account of the attacks, and her inspirational story of survival."

Visit the event page to reserve your seat.

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