Ya ba da labarin sau da dama, amma ba ya shuɗewa ba. Idan akwai wani abu, sai ya ƙara bayyana a sarari. "Oh, gosh," in ji Stanley Praimnath, muryarsa ta ɓarke da "ooooooh!" kamar yana ɗauke da nauyi mai nauyi. "Kamar sake rayuwa a wannan ranar."
Kusan mutane 3,000 ne suka mutu a harin ta'addanci da aka kai a birnin New York da Washington DC a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001. Amma Praimnath da wani ma'aikacin ofis, Brian Clark, sun kasance biyu daga cikin mutane huɗu kawai da aka sani suka tsira daga sama da yankin da aka kai hari a kowane hasumiya na Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya. Baƙi biyu sun haɗu a cikin hayaƙi da wuta na bene na 81 na hasumiya ta kudu, kuma suka taka ƙafa 1,620 zuwa cikin sauran rayuwarsu.
Yanke shawara na ɗan lokaci da suka yi a wannan rana ya kawo babban bambanci. A cikin shekaru 25 masu zuwa, duka mazan sun ƙaura daga matsakaicin shekaru zuwa tsufa da ritaya. Dukansu sun ji daɗin bukukuwan aure na iyali kuma suka kalli yara da jikoki suna girma. Dukansu sun ga shugabannin Amurka suna zuwa da tafiya yayin da tsoffin yaƙe-yaƙe suka ƙare kuma sababbin yaƙe suka fara. Sun kasance abokai a cikin duk wannan.
Sun kuma ba da labarinsu – sau da yawa – a cikin majami'u, makarantu, gidajen talabijin da sauran wurare. "Yana iya zama 800, 1,200, lamba kamar haka," in ji Clark.
Praimnath, a cikin wata hira ta daban, yana tunani: "Mutane suna kirana da 'mutumin 9/11'. Ba ya jin maimaitawa. Yana kama da sauke kaya daga kafaɗata, kamar wanke raina da hawaye. Yana da daɗi sanin cewa mutane a can har yanzu suna son ji."
Kukan neman taimako
Clark yanzu yana da shekaru 79, yana zaune a ritaya a arewacin New Jersey tare da matarsa; yana da jikoki 11 da jikoki biyu na zuriya. Praimnath, wanda ya ƙarami da shekaru goma, yana zaune a Valley Stream, Long Island; shi fasto ne, kakan jikoki kuma mai gida wanda babu yara a ciki, wanda ke magana game da tsirarsa ba kamar sa'a ba, amma aikin alherin Allah ne.
Tunaninsu game da 9/11 har yanzu yana bayyana kamar sararin sama marar girgije a kan Manhattan a wannan safiyar Satumba. Clark, ɗan Kanada wanda shi ne mataimakin shugaban zartarwa a kamfanin dillalin kuɗi na Euro Brokers, ya isa ofishinsa a bene na 84 da misalin 7:15 na safe. A ƙasa a bene na 81, ɗan Guyanese Praimnath ya zauna a teburinsa a bankin Fuji, inda yake aiki a matsayin jami'in lamuni.
Da misalin 8:46 na safe, kwanciyar hankali ya ɓace da ƙarar fashewa mai ban tsoro sau biyu yayin da jirgin American Airlines Flight 11 da aka sace ya faɗa a hasumiya ta arewa. Clark ya tuna: "Fitilun da ke sama na sun yi walƙiya kuma na juya a kan kujerata kuma hangen nesa na na gefe ya kama wuta a kan taga. Ba gaskiya ba ne. Bayan dakiku biyu ko uku, wutar ta ɓace kuma sararin ya cika da takarda da ta ƙone."
Da yake ya ba da kansa a matsayin mai kula da wuta a bene bayan harin motar bam a Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya a 1993, Clark ya fara aiki. Ya ɗauko fitilar hukuma mai alamar "WTC fire safety team" daga wani kwabin da ke sama kuma ya fara jagorantar ma'aikata zuwa tsakiyar corridor na ginin.
Duba hoto a cikin cikakken allo
Wani mutum yana tsaye a cikin tarkace, yana kira yana tambaya ko akwai wanda ke buƙatar taimako, bayan rushewar Hasumiya ta Farko ta Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya a ranar 9/11. Hoton: Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images
Abokan aiki sun matsa a kan tagogin da ke fuskantar arewa, suna kallon sama da benaye tara a kan "zoben wuta" mai zafi da ke cinye hasumiyar tagwayen su. Da yake tunanin cewa gaggawar ta taƙaita a gida na gaba, Clark ya kira matarsa a gida da mahaifinsa a Toronto, yana tabbatar musu cewa yana lafiya.
Benaye uku a ƙasa, Praimnath yana kan waya tare da abokin aiki a Chicago wanda ya ga fashewar hasumiya ta arewa a talabijin kuma ya roƙe shi ya fice. Yana kallon wajen mutumiyar 'Yanci lokacin da ya hango wani jirgin sama – yana kusa sosai har ya iya ganin "U" a kan wutsiyar jirgin United Airlines Flight 175.
"A kowace rana, al'ada ce jirgin sama ya wuce da nisan rabin mil zuwa mil ɗaya," in ji shi. "Amma wannan jirgin yana zuwa wajena. Na yi ido da shi. Na jefa wayar kuma na yi kururuwa na ce, 'Ya Ubangiji, ba zan iya wannan ba. Kai ka ɗauka.' Ban san dalilin da ya sa na faɗi haka ba – amma na gode wa Allah da na faɗi haka."
Praimnath ya nutse a ƙarƙashin teburinsa a yanayin ɗan tayi, yana kuka da addu'a yayin da Boeing 767 ke gangarowa a kan tagarsa. "Da ƙarar da ta fi tsanani," in ji shi, "Jirgin ya zo ya faɗa a ginin." Jirgin ya buge a kusurwa da misalin 9:03 na safe, yana yanke ta cikin benaye na 77 zuwa 85. Tasirin ya lalata bangon gaba ɗaya, ya yanke wayoyin lantarki, kuma ya aika da girgizar man jirgin da tarkace ta cikin ofisoshin bankin Fuji.
Praimnath ya tuna: "Wannan haske mai ruwan lemu mai girma da kake gani a can – na makale a tsakiyarsa. Lokacin da ya buge, ya yi kama da ƙungiyar rushewa ta zo da ƙaton ƙwallon rushewa kuma ta yayyaga ofishin gaba ɗaya. Kowanne bango ya faɗa. Na tuna wani babban yanki na jirgin ya ɓarke kuma ya makale a ƙofar ofishin."
"Na tuna wuta a kewaye da ni, kamar wani ya ɗauki babban buhun siminti, ya jefa shi a iska, kuma ba zan iya numfashi ba. Benen da ke sama na ya rushe kuma yana rataye a kan teburin, kuma ina tunani, 'Ya Allah na, zan mutu. Zai rushe gaba ɗaya ya murƙushe ni, ko kuma iska za ta tsotsa ni.' Kana jin sautin."
A lokacin tunawa, yana ɗanƙara haƙoransa kuma yana hura a cikin wayar don sake ƙirƙirar wannan ƙarar mai ban tsoro.
Duba hoto a cikin cikakken allo
Wurin da jirgin ya buge a hasumiya ta arewa ta Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya a birnin New York a ranar 9/11. Hoton: Jeff Christensen/Reuters
Benaye uku sama, Clark yana tsaye a gefen yamma na bene na 84 lokacin da jirgin ya yanke cikin filin kasuwanci na gabas na ginin. "Dakinmu ya fashe," in ji shi. "Komai ya fito daga rufi – bututun iska, fitilu, duk abin. Na dakiku biyar, ginin yana karkata zuwa yamma, sannan ya koma tsaye. A cikin waɗannan dakiku goma, na tsorata, ina tunanin ginin zai kife. Amma bai yi ba."
Lokacin da hasumiyar ta tsaya, Clark ya tara ƙungiyar abokan aiki shida ko bakwai kuma ya jagorance su zuwa tsakiyar ginin. Tasirin ya lalata matakala B da C, amma matakala A, wanda ke nesa da kowane gefe a arewa maso yamma, ko ta yaya ya kasance a buɗe.
Ƙungiyar ta fara sauka a matakala A. A kan bene na 81, wani mutum da mace da ke hawa suka tsayar da su. "Ta nace kada mu sauka," in ji Clark. "'A'a, a'a, a'a. Ba za ku iya sauka ba,' ta ce, kuma saboda ta tsayar da mu, na iya jin kiran neman taimako daga cikin bene na 81 – wani kukan da ba a fayyace ba: 'Taimako, an binne ni. Ba zan iya numfashi ba.'"
'Yan'uwa na rayuwa
Clark ya matse ta wata buɗa inda aka yage ƙofar daga bangon, kuma ya shiga cikin duhun bene na 81, yana bin kukan da Praimnath ke yi na neman taimako.
A cikin ofishin, Praimnath yana addu'a don ceto. "Har yanzu ina iya tuna wutar da ke rufewa, kuma ina kururuwa, 'Ya Ubangiji, aika wani, ba na son mutuwa.' Ina rarrafe daga wutar, ina guje wa duk wayoyin da ke rataye daga rufi, suna yin gajeren kewayawa saboda tsarin yayyafawa ya kunna," in ji shi.
"Ina tunani, 'Ya Allah na, zan mutu.' Wani yana da fitila a ƙarshen bene. Wannan mutumin yana cewa, 'Zan jira ka,' amma ban ji ba domin na yi kurma na ɗan lokaci lokacin da jirgin ya buge ginin. Yayin da nake rarrafe, wutar tana ƙara kusantowa, tana lasa ofishin."
"Na isa bango. Mutumin yana cewa, 'Buga bango, na san inda kake.' Na buga bango, kuma mutumin ya ce, 'Haura can.' Yana da rufi marar ƙarfi, bangon sheetrock na ƙafa goma, drywall. Ina tuna haka sosai."
Fitilar Clark ta hango hannu yana fitowa daga rami a cikin bangon sheetrock na ƙafa goma. Ya kama hannayen Praimnath kuma ya ja shi a kan katangar. Teburin da ke ƙarƙashin Clark ya faɗa, kuma duka mutanen biyu suka faɗa ƙasa a cikin tulin.
Duba hoto a cikin cikakken allo
Ma'aikatan kashe gobara na birnin New York suna sanye da abin rufe fuska yayin da suke shirin shiga tare da sauran ma'aikatan kashe gobara don yaƙi da gobara da taimaka wa waɗanda suka ji rauni bayan rushewar gine-ginen Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya a ranar 9/11. Hoton: Anthony Correia/Reuters
Clark ya tuna: "Mun faɗa, kuma ya sumbace ni sosai. Na ce, 'Me ke faruwa, me kake yi?' Na mika hannuna na ce, 'Ni Brian Clark.' Ya ce, 'Ni Stanley Praimnath; za mu
