Twenty-five years after finding a photograph of a mother holding her baby among World Trade Center debris on his Lower Manhattan balcony, Al Cini is asking for the public’s help to identify the family. Cini lived a few blocks from the World Trade Center in September 2001 while working in the technology department at NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
When allowed back into his apartment several days after the attack, Cini found his balcony covered in debris. Among the materials he gathered was the picture of the mother and child alongside documents belonging to Fuji Bank.
Due to the proximity of the bank paperwork, Cini believes the photograph may have come from Fuji Bank’s offices in the South Tower. The company occupied floors 79 through 82, which were located within the impact zone of United Airlines Flight 175.
Cini initially offered the recovered items to the FBI and has kept the photograph framed in his home ever since. His goal remains focused on locating the family members and returning the keepsake to them.
The effort gained renewed interest after Cini’s sister, Alison Martino, posted about the photograph on her Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page. Anyone with information regarding the mother or child can reach out via email at reunite911family@gmail.com.
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