For Gaetano "Nino" Carbone, the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center were especially heart-rending.

The Mahopac resident had once worked for an import/export office at 21 West St. in Manhattan, not too far from the twin towers, and often did business there.

"[The World Trade Center] was just a stone's throw away from our office," Carbone said. "I used to go there a lot because there was a lot of shipping companies there and we were an import/export business."

Additionally, Carbone, who was born and raised in Italy, served three years on the Milan police force as a young man, so his empathy with the first responders who died that day was particularly strong.

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Source: https://www.tapinto.net/