"Nobody could understand that because they weren't there. Finding the displays tasteful, the relatives decided to contribute the items: his wallet, cards he carried, and pocket change. 17 years back, she was single and wasnt quite sure of marriage. The museum anticipated and welcomes growth in its collection of over 39,000 objects, photos and oral histories, and officials see the new donations as a vote of confidence. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. A survivor contributed her World Trade Center worker ID, dust-coated clothes and the high-heeled shoes she shed going down 87 flights of stairs to safety, items she'd kept boxed in a basement for 13 years. Now. Capestro, then 39, worked at the World Trade Center, on the 87th floor of the north tower. When we met, he came into my office and just looked at me and I looked at him and just started crying, she said. PressReader. "He was with me for the best day of my life and the worst day of my life," she added. let gads_event; The consoler in chief: Rare and candid collection of images September 11 attacks: How 9/11 will be remembered around the Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' I wanted to share it with people. I'm a true New Yorker.'. Right now, Joanne Capestro lives in Brooklyn, NY. Phil Penman captured a photo of Joanne Capestro with her friend as they fled the rubbish of terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. That woman was Joanne Capestro. Penman, recalling the photo and the ensuing chaos those downtown endured in September 2001, said, "Life stopped on that day. Required fields are marked *, At the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy, a few friendships were forged rather uniquely. Recently, news came in that Joanne Capestro married, exactly 17 years after the horrific events witnessed in 2001. The photo Penman shot of Capestro and Davis was one of many he captured on that fateful day. Back then, she had no idea that it was renowned street photographer Penman that had captured her in the moment of crisis. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Pictured left a man comforts a woman sitting on the beck of an emergency vehicle and pictured right a man dressed in a suit covers his face while walking among the piles of dust and debris from the collapsed towers, Three emergency workers walk among the dust and debris covered street in the image above captured by Penman near the scene of the collapsed Twin Towers and not far from the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge in lower Manhattan, A woman is pictured above being escorted by a police officer away from Ground Zero in another striking image captured by Penman, who had worked several hours earlier that morning taking images of celebrities leaving the Thompson Hotel in Soho, The above image captured by Penman shows several people walking away from Ground Zero while covered in debris and dust from the collapsed Twin Towers. hitType: 'event', Pictured above is an image showing people crowding the streets of lower Manhattan while watching the scene unfold, Minutes after escaping onto the street, the North Tower completely collapsed, Capestro recalled. Joanne Capestro is my neighbor and friend. Victoria had a drive-by bridal shower last month with her mom Credit: Instagram/theresacaputo. As seen in photographer Phil Penmans photo, she and a colleague were walking away from the site, clearly shaken up and covered in thick white dust and debris. A woman who was captured in an iconic 9/11 dust-covered photo had the same photographer at her wedding 17 years on. Despite not feeling well, she went to work in her office on the 87th floor of the World Trade Centers North Tower. pg.acq.push(function() { He was with me for the best day of my life and the worst day of my life.. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Now here we are today and six weeks ago, on August 11th, he was the photographer at my wedding. "I remember it was like it was yesterday, to be honest with you. pic.twitter.com/YTAvGncXFK. ", Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. }); Another man photographed her and the picture went on to depict the catastrophe that was the 9/11 tragedy in its full fury. Years later, a museum curator interested in the photo connected . So I said, 'Hmm, I know who's gonna film my wedding.'" },false) Speaking to DailyMail.com, Capestro said: 'Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life. She is pictured above left with Penman on her wedding day, August 11th. The institution trod a difficult path to opening, facing delays and controversy. It's a bond that can't be broken," she added. PressReader. I said, 'You know what, let me go in,'" Capestro recounted on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna Friday. 'A lot of survivors go there and I'm just so happy that the 9/11 family members have a place to go to mourn their loved ones and we get to see our survivor friends and it's like a big 9/11 family.'. They stayed in touch and just last month, 17 years after the tragedy, Penman took photos of her wedding day. We didnt get to exit off the 87th floor until the second plane went into the other building," she added. A museum staffer recognized Capestro in the picture and helped make the connection. Joanne-vasquez Lubrigado. Once there, he started capturing what was unfolding. Capestro, who now lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is happily married, has ninegrandchildren through marriage and is still working on Wall Street in a job she finds 'very rewarding'. But the phone rang and he answered, then the plane hit five or six floors above us," Joanne recalled. }); The clip then flips to Victoria in one of her wedding dress and completely made up in her photoshoot look - with smokey eyes, blushing cheeks, and plump pink lips - and with her hair in thick, voluminous waves. and our hitType: 'event', VisitMy Modern Met Media. Crystalinks - First Hand Accounts, Prophecy, More, var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 'I was only out of the building for about 30 seconds when the South Tower collapsed,' she said. It was this moment that Penman captured the image of the two women - a look of shock and terror on their faces. } catch(err) {}, 9/11 Museum Collection Grows: Survivors and victims' families donate their cherished mementos, Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. She shared that it was only until they reached the 64th floor that other people began to use the stairwell to escape. The impact was so strong and the building was shaking, until all of a sudden, it stopped. Penman eventually donated the photo he captured of Capestro along with others to be displayed inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The comments below have been moderated in advance. The horrific 9/11 attacks left an estimated 2,996 people dead and more than 6,000 others injured. Today Joanne is quoted in an article by the AP. "That was a regular day for me when I woke up in the morning I didnt feel well, but I still went to work. 'The memorial was so well-made. "Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11" will air on MSNBC on Saturday and Sunday at 10 p.m. Six weeks ago he was the photographer at my wedding. In the iconic picture, Capestro looks absolutely shell-shocked as she faces the camera, heels and purse in hand. Shortly afterward, Penman, then 24, received a phone call. 16 years later. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Arguably, at the most important date of her life; can there be anything more important than a marriage, Phil was present to capture her on her wedding day. ET and will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock. Phil Penman's iconic 9/11 photo of Joanne Capestro. Now, 17 years later, the same photographer Phil Penman shot her wedding images six weeks ago. Joanne Vasquez. }); Want to advertise with us? It just went to voicemail," Penman told TODAY. I remember it was like it was yesterday to be honest with you. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { Survey of Wedding Photographers Shows Taking Pictures Accounts for Only 4% of Their Time, Why Lens Compression Is Important for On-location Portraits, 5 Reasons You Should Switch From Lightroom To Capture One in 2023, We Review the Canon 5D Mark IV in 2023: Still the Best Professional DSLR, We Review the 2002 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 Lens: A Reliable Performer, We Review the Fujinon XF 30mm f/2.8 LM WR Macro Lens. "); She fled down 87 flights of stairsand was only just outside the building when it began to collapse. I wanted them to see.". A museum staff member recognized Capestro in the photo and helped connect her with the photographer. All rights reserved. It means something to somebody. "Then all of a sudden, you hear this rumble and the building's coming down as I'm shooting.". Capestro is pictured in 2021 near the new World Trade Center complex. "Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life," Joanne Capestro told the Daily Mirror. ', When she came around, Capestro recalled stumbling into a coworker and they fled together, turning a corner and seeing a man 'covered in blood.'. Now here we are today and six weeks ago, on August 11th, he was the photographer at my wedding," she continued. }); September 11, 2001, started out like any other day for Joanne Jojo Capestro but soon turned into a nightmare she can never forget. People immediately united together to support and comfort each other through the traumatic attacks on the country. "Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life," Capestro said. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ A 28-year-old self-taught photographer, Jack Alexander specialises in intimate portraits with musicians, actors, and models. Watch popular content from the following creators: archie(@_911_footage_), Gianna Ciappa(@giannaciappa), Jo-An Castro(@joancastroparker), Joann Cavarro(@joanncavarro), joanna caputo(@jjoannacaputo) . 9. ga('ads.send', { The fateful day has since been known as the worst domestic attack America has ever experienced. Six weeks ago, he was the photographer at my wedding. This bond is especially strong with Penman whophotographed Capestro on her wedding day to husband Robert Vasquez in August 2018. See Photos. Because God saved me that day. "You start reevaluating everything in life, what's important to you. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ 'We were rocked again when the second tower was hit and that made me run,' Capestro told DailyMail.com. Daily Mail Interestingly, the very same man who'd taken her photo back then captured her once again on the lens. And it's a bond. By Rachel Sharp For Dailymail.com and Jolie Novak For Dailymail.Com, Published: 12:23 GMT, 11 September 2021 | Updated: 03:02 GMT, 12 September 2021, A 9/11 survivor who was captured in a harrowing image after escaping the North Tower has spoken out to reveal the terror of that day and said she puts 'my best foot forward every day now because we can't let terrorists win.'. "We were waiting to see what the museum looked like" and how it handled people's possessions, said one of his sisters, Megan Fajardo. Photographer Phil Penman (left) and Joanne Capestro (right). With the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum now visibly "occupying, in real space, leadership of this important national story, when people have items, they want that to be a part of that," President Joe Daniels said. Were also on Pinterest, Tumblr, and Flipboard. And on the best day of my life.". Another person photographed in such a landscape was Joanne Capestro, who told the Journal that "Everything was white when I opened my eyes, I really thought I had died." Capestro was on the 87 th floor of the North Tower when the plane hit just six floors above. Probably, there cannot be a better way to think of friendship from the perspective of the (time of) trials and tribulations that it manages to leapfrog. She is also a. Joanne Casapao - Vasquez. Capestro said. 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She revealed it was only when she came out onto the concourse at ground level that she saw the true scale of the devastation. The pair pictured at Capestro's wedding. Catalog; For You; Irish Daily Mirror. She said she now puts 'my best foot forward every day now because we can't let terrorists win', 'I felt like I needed to be there. Capestro, then 39, worked at the World Trade Center, on the 87th floor of the north tower. Joanne Vasquez. This was the start of how they stayed in touch through the years following. 'I saw my life in front of me three times that day. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: #joanne_castro, #joannacastro, #canestro, #joannecorpuz . Years later, Penman's photos were shown at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in a 2015 exhibit. Speaking to DailyMail.com about her life changing experience that occurred 17 years ago today, Capestro said: Phil and I stayed in touch all of these years. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Since they reconnected, Capestro and Penman have kept in touch, talking on the phone and meeting up often. "Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life," Joanne Capestro told the Daily Mirror. Capestro had no idea that Penman had captured the moment, and the two only met after his work was displayed in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. All rights reserved. "I was standing by my desk and boom, the plane hit," Capestro recalled. See Photos . When she came around, she tried to leave the area and a police officer spotted her in distress and struggling to run in her high heels - which she had to put back on because of the broken glass and debris everywhere. I'm so pleased that 9/11 family members have been laid to rest in an honorable way. (Phil Penman). 'We have a great friendship. Capestro recalled how she ran down the stairwell as quickly as she could, passing floors where some had been impacted by the plane's striking them while others seemed almost like nothing had happened. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. She is based in New York City. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Jo Vasquez. Penman spent the day taking pictures of survivors as well as pictures of rescue workers and civilians helping all those who were affected. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. ". Commemorative golf balls from the delayed September 2001 Ryder Cup golf tournament help demonstrate how the world stood still after the attacks. "My girlfriend yells, 'Joey, Joey,' and I turned around and I saw her and I was like, 'Oh my God, what are we going to do now?'". In the days and weeks after the attack, Capestro said she was so traumatized that she would return to the area to watch the clear-up of Ground Zero and would constantly watch news coverage of the attacks. Covered in toxic dust and debris from the scene, Capestro was captured in a photo taken by acclaimed photographer Phil Penman, who grabbed his camera and rushed to the scene when he found out a plane hit the North Tower. ga('ads.send', { "So Phil actually filmed me on the worst day of my life. And I was standing at my desk with one of my co-workers because we were going to go downstairs. hitType: 'event', But the family held off until visiting the museum. "That's how it all started and we stayed in touch for all of these years. The image, taken seconds after the collapse of the South Tower and captured by photographer Phil Penman, was among some of the most shocking pictures showing survivors helping each other escape the area around Ground Zero. The comments below have not been moderated. She said her and her colleagues realized two of the three stairwell exits were inaccessible because they were damaged from the crash and melting. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. To his surprise, staff there immediately recognized Capestro in his image and united Penman with her three years ago. 'And we were just hanging out waiting for the market to open when the plane struck at8.46am and my life changed forever.'. Street photographer Phil Penman was on the ground during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Phone Number: (917) 952-**** Joanne A Capestro, age 60 View Full Report Address:***** 4th Ave, Apt 6k, Brooklyn, NY. Friends," Penman said. Speaking of her memories of September 11, 2001, Capestro recalls: That was a regular day for me. A photographer who snapped an iconic photo of Joanne "JoJo" Capestro just moments after she escaped the collapsing towers in New York City on 9/11 has captured another memorable moment in the woman's lifeher wedding day. ", Still, it was strangely hard to let go of her piece of Sept. 11 history, she says. She was able to locate theonly available staircase exit and rushed down 87 flights of stairs while in high heels. Joanne Capestro (on left with a coworker) is photographed by Phil Penman on 9/11 covered head to toe in thick dust and debris seconds after the South Tower fell as she fled from the World Trade Center, Capestro, now 59, returned to the same spot two decades on to be photographed by Penman - who is now a close friend - to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks, Capestro in 2021 the same area on Park Row where she was captured in the harrowing photo (left). Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles, Do not sell or share my personal information. hitType: 'event', We are one of the worlds fastest growing When we met, he came into my office and just looked at me and I looked at him and just started crying, Capestro said of the moment she met Penman for the first time. },false) I contemplated if I should go into the office or not. It was the photographer's first day off in a long time after he had spent months working nonstop. Discover short videos related to joanne capestro on TikTok. Seventeen years on, the man who took that picture on the worst day of her . 11M views, 130K likes, 60K loves, 4.5K comments, 58K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from HISTORY: On Sept. 11, 2001, Joanne Capestro arrived to her job at the May Davis Group on the 87th floor of the. The Daily Mirror reports that Capestro and Penman were reunited three years ago after the photographers 9/11 photos were shown at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. "For me, looking over the images over the last 20 years, it's kind of helped me deal with it more," Penman reflected. ', Going into the 20th anniversary, Capestro said she feels 'really good' about her life and jokes that she is 'forever young.'. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. She is marking the 20th anniversary by joining fellow survivors and family members of victims at the memorial ceremony. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. The perfect tummy control bodysuit, a popcorn gadget, more bestsellers starting at $8. "The work carries a lot of weight. I thought that everybody must have left already from above because I thought it was going to be crowded, when they didnt have a chance to make it out.. On September 11, 2001, Capestro was working as an assistant secretary on the 87th floor of the North Tower when the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into it. Joanne Capestro, meanwhile, was gearing up for another workday in the city. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. }); }); 'I just showered and put my clothes in plastic bags and put them in a bin in my basement and left them,' she said. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Even though she wasn't feeling her best that day, she had decided to go to work anyway. "Phil was with me on the best day of my life," she said, "and the worst day of my life." Joanne Capestro narrowly escaped the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. 'He was with me for one of the best days of my life,' she said. Penman captured Joanne Capestro and Dominique Davis after they escaped the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A video shows him windsurfing up to the beach in a wet suit. Relatives have brought new photos or recorded new remembrances to profiles of the nearly 3,000 victims. "The morning of Sept. 11, I woke up, I wasn't feeling well. 'I found a great partner who understands who I am - everybody has some sort of past and mine is 9/11,' she said. }) History Channel highlights the story of Joanne Capestro, a survivor of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, who managed to escape a collapsing tower and walk all the way home with her high heels in tact. Capestro, who now lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is happily married, has nine grandchildren through marriage and is still working on Wall Street in a job she finds 'very rewarding'. Working Overtime: Do You Have An Exit Strategy? The picture tells us a thousand words," Capestro shared. In the immediate aftermath of the horrific fall of the Twin-Towers, there emerged a picture of a young woman completely covered in dust and rubble, walking in a manner that truly indicated that the world around her had collapsed. He always has an open ear for me and I do for him as he was also part of the attack. 'I remember as a young girl we would go and look at the new buildings being built in the city. In a heart-touching note that might give some friendship goals, Joanne even mentioned the importance of her friendship with Phil: He was present with me on the best day of my life and also on the worst day of my life. Thats how it all started and we stayed in touch for all of these years. Capestro and her colleagues made it out of the building within 22 minutes, in part, by walking down through the one usable stairwell. Capestro said she 'can't believe it's been 20 years already' as she said she hopes people will remember how the city and the nation was in the days after 9/11 when people came together to help each other in their darkest hours. 'I've tried but I can't remember.'. ga('ads.send', { "Our building shook. Published: 20:28 GMT, 11 September 2018 | Updated: 12:12 GMT, 12 September 2018. Recently, news came in that Joanne Capestro married, exactly 17 years after the horrific events witnessed in 2001. The fateful day has since been known as the worst domestic attack America has ever experienced. Instagram . But the phone rang and he answered, then the plane hit five or six floors above us. Facebook. hitType: 'event', Capestro added that once they reached the 64th floor she began to notice more people crowding into the stairwell to escape. He spent much of the day taking photos of those who survived the terrorist attacks along with harrowing photos of rescue workers and civilians helping the thousands affected. 'It makes me feel good when I go down there. pageTracker._trackPageview(); Videos of the Museum. Capestro arrived to work in Lower Manhattan that day feeling under the weather, but prepared to work as an executive assistant on the 87th floor of the North Tower. "Phone rings, I'm like, there's no way I'm working again today. 'I got down the steps to the concourse level and couldn't believe what was going on,' she said. Capestro said she took refuge inside a car, where she fainted again from the trauma. The impact was so strong and the building was shaking until all of a sudden it stopped.. Now here we are today and six weeks ago, on August 11, he was the photographer at my wedding. The hijacked plane had struck the tower just a few floors above - between the 93rd and 99th floors - and smoke was pouring into the offices. A Federal Aviation Administration worker's hard hat now speaks to his agency's contributions to the recovery effort. Years later, as both Penman and Capestro were donating their work and belongings related to the terror attacks to the 9/11 museum, the two decided to meet. },false) Living with survivor's guilt was not easy. 'I would love to meet with him but I can't remember his name,' she said. She felt ill but still decided to go to into work from her home in Brooklyn. "When we're gone, it needs to be somewhere where it can be seen, where it will be safe," Fajardo said. Joanne Capestro runs barefoot with a colleague from the World Trade Center's North Tower, moments before it collapsed on 9/11. 11M views, 131K likes, 61K loves, 4.5K comments, 58K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from HISTORY: On Sept. 11, 2001, Joanne Capestro arrived to her job at the May Davis Group on the 87th floor of the.
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