Edna Cintron
| Edna Cintron | |
|---|---|
| File:Edna Cintron.jpg Cintron in 2000 | |
| Born | 14 October 1954 Puerto Rico, U.S. |
| 💀Died | September 11, 2001 (aged 46) New York City, U.S.September 11, 2001 (aged 46) |
| Cause of death | Homicide by collapse of 1 World Trade Center |
| 💼 Occupation | Administrative assistant, Marsh McLennan |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | William Cintron |
Edna Cintron (14 October, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an American businesswoman in the financial industry and victim of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. She served as a billing administrative assistant at Marsh McLennan.
Cintron is known for allegedly being the "waving woman" seen in the North Tower's impact zone.
Personal life[edit]
Cintron was born in Peuro Rico on October 14 ,1954.[1] She was brought to New York City by her mother when she was about five years old.[1] Her family lived on Delancey Street, lower Manhattan.[1] Cintron and met her husband William in 1987,[1] and they lived in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York.[2]
Career[edit]
Cintron first worked at Manhattan's southern tip, first in the World Financial Centre, and in 1999 took a job in the World Trade Centre with the computer support section of Marsh, a large insurance broker, where she was the billing administrator's assistant.
September 11 attacks[edit]
Cintron was an administrative assistant of claims for Marsh McLennan.[2] At the time of the attacks, Cintron was located on the 97th floor of the North Tower.[3] Struck by American Airlines Flight 11 at 8:46 a.m., the North Tower was the first of the Twin Towers to be hit by a hijacked aircraft, and the second to collapse, at 10:28 a.m. When the first plane hit, its primary impact was on the 93rd to 100th floors, destroying any escape route and trapping all occupants above the 92nd floor. It was initially believed that everyone on those floors had died from the collision, however several videos and photographs of the impact zone left by the plane show a woman alive inside, commonly identified as Cintron.
In these images it appears the woman is of slim build and has long blonde hair, features matching Cintron's physical appearance. Whilst the identity of the subject of the photographs has never been officially confirmed, her husband William Cintron tentatively identified her as the woman who stood at the edge of the impact hole waving in hope of being rescued. The large number of people trapped in the tower has made official identification difficult.[4]
Cintron can be seen waving from the impact zone of the North Tower, shortly after impact at 8:56 a.m. Another unidentified shirtless man to her left can also be seen waving.[5] Temperatures reached close to 1000 °C according to official NIST reports, and Cintron appears on the edge of the impact zone, leaning on one of the iron ruins of the structure while waving her right arm. Temperatures were not constant throughout the area as some of the trapped people reportedly fled to cooler areas, located mainly at points where the fire was in contact with fresh air.
Death[edit]
Cintron can later be seen in photographs seconds before collapse at 10:28 a.m., in which she not only appears to have survived the initial impact of American Airlines Flight 11, but had remained in the impact zone for 102 minutes until the building's collapse. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, around 1,600 were in the North Tower or on the ground.
Aftermath and legacy[edit]
Cintron's remains were found in the rubble. At the National 9/11 Memorial, she is memorialized at the North Pool at Panel N-12.[6]
Contron became known as The Waving Woman of 9/11 due to the widespread use of video footage of her last minutes, which were also used by 9/11 conspiracy theorists.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Baker, Russ. (2001, Sep 15). The week that shook the world: A marriage made in heaven, that ended in hell. The Independent Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/week-that-shook-world-marriage-made-heaven-ended/docview/311970738/se-2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Her Courage and Strength". New York Times. 25 Nov 2001.
- ↑ Jill Lieber and, T. W. (2001, Sep 24). Interfaith service stresses life, hope ; 30,000 gather in NYC to pray for victims at trade center: [FIRST edition 1]. USA Today Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/interfaith-service-stresses-life-hope-30-000/docview/408831984/se-2
- ↑ Hendrie, E. (2011). 9/11-Enemies Foreign and Domestic. United States: Green Mountain Pub..
- ↑ "Untitled Page". i.redd.it.
- ↑ Fleury, J. S. (2019). The Trial of Osama Bin Laden. United States: Xlibris US.
- ↑ ROSENTHAL, M. S. The End-of-Life Experiences of 9/11 Civilians: Death and Dying in the World Trade Center. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, [s. l.], v. 67, n. 4, p. 329–361, 2013. DOI 10.2190/OM.67.4.a. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=90180193&site=eds-live&scope=site. Acesso em: 5 mar. 2023. Quote: "This is a website hosted by a “9/11 Conspiracy” theorist. The video footage of Edna Cintron is authentic, but frequently misused by conspiracy theorists as “proof” that the fires must not have been as hot as NIST reports if a WTC 1 occupant is actually standing outside the impact hole made by American Airlines Flight 11."
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- 1954 births
- 2001 deaths
- Victims of the September 11 attacks
- Businesspeople from New York (state)
- Businesspeople in insurance
- American people of Puerto Rican descent
- People murdered in New York City
- Female murder victims
- Terrorism deaths in New York (state)
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