'Were you there that day?' Inside Cantor Fitzgerald's 25-year odyssey of loss and resilience after 9/11
The 9/11 attacks killed 658 employees of Cantor Fitzgerald. An anthology reconnects the families 25 years later.
On September 11, 2001, a clear and peaceful morning turned disastrous as two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center. Caroline Aiken Koster, then an attorney at Cantor Fitzgerald, vividly recalls the haunting experience. Her son was on his way to kindergarten, and Koster headed towards the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to handle legal work.
When the Twin Towers collapsed, Koster rushed to her home, witnessing the aftermath of the catastrophic event. That same year, Cantor Fitzgerald lost 658 employees, more than any other company. Koster, a unique witness, was an outsider during the 24-year journey of rebuilding and resilience, joining the firm in July 2002. The financial firm initially lost all its employees on the 101st through 105th floors of One World Trade Center, with no assistance reaching them.
Cantor Fitzgerald's Chairman, Howard Lutnick, promised to rebuild the company and take care of the families, leading to the establishment of The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund in the aftermath.
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