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They were killed during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, employees from The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will gather at a church in Lower Manhattan to honour the lives of 84 colleagues who were killed during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.Like many Americans, the tragedy continues to haunt Port Commerce Department director Rick Larrabee."I was in the north tower of the World Trade Center on the 62nd floor when the first plane hit, so I was directly impacted along with the rest of the people who worked for me. Most of us got out, but one individual, Bill Fallon, did not make it," he told TradeWinds today.When hijacked commercial jets crashed into the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001, the aftermath crippled global commerce as authorities raced to lock down US ports.Facilities reopend days later, uncloging vital arteries that connected Americans to imported goods, but Larrabee says the decision was a difficult one.He noted: "We all felt at the time we didn't know if another attack was coming, and people began to realize that ports were vulnerable to terrorist activities.Rick Larrabee. "We were concerned about ...