ICYMI: Chief of Interagency Operations Theresa Tobin is the first and highest-ranking female to receive the NYPD Medal of Honor for risking her own safety to save individuals during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Like many others who reflect back 20 years ago on that particularly bright and sunny morning, for Tobin it began like any other Tuesday. She was designated to the DCPI office when a journalist informed the department that a plane had just struck the North Tower. She and a sergeant were assigned to the incident, which she initially presumed to be terrible accident.
In addition, she sought to ensure individuals were leaving the Towers, not entering it in an attempt to capture the horrors. While the South Tower was the second to be struck by a commercial plane, it was the first to fall. Tobin was pelted by concrete and pieces of metal, and as she was engulfed by white smoke and debris, a firefighter came to her aid. Both could hear the sounds of people screaming for help through the dense white clouds, and as they gazed up, they watched victims jump from the North Tower—choosing to die on impact rather than slowly burn or be crushed.
With a fractured ankle, blood pouring from her skull, and full of both fear and adrenaline pumping through her veins, Tobin pushed through and darted toward the Hudson River, believing that if she jumped, the water would absorb some of the debris. Tobin explained as she arrived at the front door, she saw members of the Technical Assistance and Response Unit, . She shouted out to them and asked for help evacuating individuals from the building. They informed her that everyone in the area were being taken to boats off of Lower Manhattan toward New Jersey or Staten Island.
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