"What am I going to do with these boots? A museum staff member recognized Capestro in the photo and helped connect her with the photographer. "Our building shook. It just went to voicemail," Penman told TODAY. eventAction: 'click_adunit' The institution trod a difficult path to opening, facing delays and controversy. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: #joanne_castro, #joannacastro, #canestro, #joannecorpuz . Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life". The photo Penman shot of Capestro and Davis was one of many he captured on that fateful day. Today Joanne is quoted in an article by the AP. Shortly afterward, Penman, then 24, received a phone call. At that point, I really felt like someone jumped inside me and said 'Jo, Jo, you got to go,'" Capestro said of her decision to walk down 87 floors. Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it. ', Now, 20 years on, Capestro said the horrific experience has given her 'courage and resilience to put my best foot forward every day' and 'wake up with a genuine smile on my face', For Capestro, the memorial at Ground Zero is now a positive place which she goes to spend time in around six times a year. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ 'I was only out of the building for about 30 seconds when the South Tower collapsed,' she said. 'Very open to the idea': Julia Wandelt takes DNA test to verify if she is missing Swiss girl Livia Schepp, Kayla Lemieux: Teacher with prosthetic Z-cup breasts suspended WITH PAY after pics show her dressed as man, 'We have lots to reveal': Madeleine McCann lookalike Julia Wandelt posts footage of meeting with PI probing claims, Lindsay Clancy case: Psychologist reveals psychosis red flags family members could have spotted, Horror at Larchwood Care! I never want to feel like that again.'. Now here we are today and six weeks ago, on August 11, he was the photographer at my wedding. hitType: 'event', She barely made it outside of the building before it began to collapse. gads_event = event; When she eventually made it outside the building and to ground level, she ran into a friend, and the two made a dash to leave Ground Zero, just as the South Tower collapsed. }); September 11, 2001, started out like any other day for Joanne Jojo Capestro but soon turned into a nightmare she can never forget. The collision was above where Capestro stood. "I remember it was like it was yesterday, to be honest with you. 'I found a great partner who understands who I am - everybody has some sort of past and mine is 9/11,' she said. But the phone rang and he answered, then the plane hit five or six floors above us. Joanne Capestro, meanwhile, was gearing up for another workday in the city. 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Two compelling reminders of the long manhunt that followed 9/11 went on display Sunday: a Navy SEAL's uniform shirt from the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and a CIA officer's special coin commemorating the operation. Now here we are today and six weeks ago, on August 11, he was the photographer at my wedding. After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, a dust-covered Joanne Capestro was photographed by street photographer Phil Penman as she stumbled away from Ground Zero. In the iconic picture, Capestro looks absolutely shell-shocked as she faces the camera, heels and purse in hand. 'He was with me for one of the best days of my life,' she said. Previously, JoAnne was a Case Management Coordinator at Center For Read More Contact JoAnne Capestro's Phone Number and Email Last Update 11/23/2022 7:36 PM Email j***@opco.com Engage via Email Contact Number (212) ***-**** Engage via Phone Mobile Number (***) ***-**** The clip then flips to Victoria in one of her wedding dress and completely made up in her photoshoot look - with smokey eyes, blushing cheeks, and plump pink lips - and with her hair in thick, voluminous waves. On Sept. 11, 2001, Joanne "JoJo" Capestro arrived to her job as an executive assistant at the May Davis Group on the 87th floor of the North Tower with a cup of take-out tea, feeling run down from a case of bronchitis. "It was bittersweet," Capestro said, "but it makes me feel good. },false) He didn't pick up but he checked the message anyway. As a member, you'll join us in our effort to support the arts. Joanne Mancenido Vasquez. 'And we were just hanging out waiting for the market to open when the plane struck at8.46am and my life changed forever.'. 'In the last 20 years, I have gone down to the site on around 14 of the anniversaries and I go down quite a bit all year round to be by the pools of water. That was a regular day for me, when I woke up in the morning I didnt feel well, but I still went to work, Capestro said. 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Capestro, then 39, worked at the World Trade Center, on the 87th floor of the north tower. Visit r/PhotoGIMPs for examples of my work, and stay a while. That image was captured by a New York-based Philman and has, since then, gone on to become one of the most iconic images of individuals who emerged unscathed even at the wake of such a tumultuous incident. ga('ads.send', { Capestro said it took her a long time to come to terms with what had happened but a major turning point came with her first meeting with Penman. Even though she wasn't feeling her best that day, she had decided to go to work anyway. A woman who was captured in an iconic 9/11 dust-covered photo had the same photographer at her wedding 17 years on. "That's the only good thing that came out of it, I think for me develop this bond. Speaking to DailyMail.com, Capestro said: 'Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life. She is pictured above left with Penman on her wedding day, August 11th. 'I saw all the jumpers, the blood all over, the dead people - and I passed out.'. At 8:46 a.m., a ferocious jolt toppled Capestro from her seat, spilling her tea. Pictured above is a gripping image captured by Penman showing the North Tower as it collapse and the South Tower still on fire, The September 11th terrorist attacks left 2,996 people dead and more than 6,000 others injured in the United States. During some point when she was trying to escape the scene, she was unknowingly captured on camera along with one of her co-workers. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. As seen in photographer Phil Penmans photo, she and a colleague were walking away from the site, clearly shaken up and covered in thick white dust and debris. Now, at the museum, "I know that they're taken care of. In the immediate aftermath of the horrific fall of the Twin-Towers, there emerged a picture of a young woman completely covered in dust and rubble, walking in a manner that truly indicated that the world around her had collapsed. A 28-year-old self-taught photographer, Jack Alexander specialises in intimate portraits with musicians, actors, and models. Capestro, who now lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is happily married, has nine grandchildren through marriage and is still working on Wall Street in a job she finds 'very rewarding'. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Scan this QR code to download the app now. 'Every floor was different - some were on fire, some there were people bleeding, some there was glass on the floor,' she said. Watch popular content from the following creators: archie(@_911_footage_), Gianna Ciappa(@giannaciappa), Jo-An Castro(@joancastroparker), Joann Cavarro(@joanncavarro), joanna caputo(@jjoannacaputo) . Videos of the Museum. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Capestro and her colleagues fled the building using the stairs. IE 11 is not supported. Capestro put it best when she said: Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life.. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. While there, he captured a scene ga('ads.send', { She stored them carefully and showed them to me before donating them to the new National September 11 Memorial Museum. A place for pictures and photographs. She is now happily married with nine grandchildren, still lives in her native New York and still works on Wall Street after 40 years, Capestro with husband Robert Vasquez on their wedding day in 2018 (left). In the days and weeks after the attack, Capestro said she was so traumatized that she would return to the area to watch the clear-up of Ground Zero and would constantly watch news coverage of the attacks. "Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life," Joanne Capestro told the Daily Mirror. Phil Penman, the photographer who captured this iconic photo of Joanne "JoJo" Capestro in 2001, took Capestro's wedding photos 17 years later. Phil Penman captured a photo of Joanne Capestro with her friend as they fled the rubbish of terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. Capestro told DailyMail.com she walked through Lower Manhattan and traveled back to her home in Brooklyn covered in dust and debris. Join Facebook to connect with Joanne Edge and others you may know. Capestro had no idea that Penman had captured the moment, and the two only met after his work was displayed in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Photographer who captured iconic image of woman on 9/11 returns to shoot her wedding. 'I remember as a young girl we would go and look at the new buildings being built in the city. At this point, Capestro said she had 'no clue' as to the extent of the disaster. } "Then all of a sudden, you hear this rumble and the building's coming down as I'm shooting.". Catalog; For You; Irish Daily Mirror. Then aged 39, Capestro worked on the 87th floor of the North Tower as a sales assistant secretary for financial firm the May Davis Group. 11M views, 131K likes, 61K loves, 4.5K comments, 58K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from HISTORY: On Sept. 11, 2001, Joanne Capestro arrived to her job at the May Davis Group on the 87th floor of the. Indeed. When Capestro married her fianc Robert Vasquez on August 11, she asked Penman to be her photographer. eventAction: 'view' "Not many people went through what we went through and survived. Crystalinks - First Hand Accounts, Prophecy, More, var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? The pair later formally met back in 2015 at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, where Penman's photo of Capestro was on display. And since then, the duo has remained in touch close enough that Capestro asked Penman to photograph her wedding. Jo Vasquez. ", For Capestro, Penman's photo has meant a lot. ', Capestro photographed in front of One World Trade Center in 2021 - 20 years after surviving the 2001 terrorist attacks. "That's how it all started and we stayed in touch for all of these years. When Capestro married her fianc Robert Vasquez last month, she asked Penman to be her wedding photographer. Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life., Joanne Jojo Capestro escaped from the 87th floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001 before fleeing to the debris and dust covered streets of lower Manhattan with a coworker. Interestingly, the very same man whod taken her photo back then captured her once again on the lens. Joanne Capestro and Phil Penman first crossed paths unexpectedly on Sept. 11, 2001. Joanne Capestro told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that she 'saw my life flash in front of me three times' in the 102 minutes on September 11 2001 between the moment the first hijacked plane struck a few floors above her office in the North Tower and when the two towers had collapsed. Since the museum's May opening, victims' families, survivors, rescue workers and others have come forward to add about 135 new gifts to its collection, chief curator Jan Seidler Ramirez said. 20 years after 9/11, Capestro and Penman have become close friends, who have helped each other in their journeys to recover from the attacks. Sometimes Joanne goes by various nicknames including Joanne Grippa. Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanityfrom the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening. Capestro told DailyMail.com September 11 began like any other day in the city as she commuted to work at the May Davis Group offices on the 87th floor of the North Tower. She felt ill but still decided to go to into work from her home in Brooklyn. Joanne Capestro (on left with a coworker) is photographed by Phil Penman on 9/11 covered head to toe in thick dust and debris seconds after the South Tower fell as she fled from the World Trade Center, Capestro, now 59, returned to the same spot two decades on to be photographed by Penman - who is now a close friend - to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks, Capestro in 2021 the same area on Park Row where she was captured in the harrowing photo (left). var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7775239-1"); On a sunny September morning in New York City 20 years ago, Phil Penman was getting ready to relax. The third exit we never really used so we were lucky to even find that exit. Six weeks ago he was the photographer at my wedding. But the family held off until visiting the museum. "When we met, he came into my office and just looked at me and I looked at him and just started crying," Capestro shared referring to the first moment that they met. }); Joanne Edge is on Facebook. For more information, please see our Daily Mail Interestingly, the very same man who'd taken her photo back then captured her once again on the lens. Pictured left a man comforts a woman sitting on the beck of an emergency vehicle and pictured right a man dressed in a suit covers his face while walking among the piles of dust and debris from the collapsed towers, Three emergency workers walk among the dust and debris covered street in the image above captured by Penman near the scene of the collapsed Twin Towers and not far from the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge in lower Manhattan, A woman is pictured above being escorted by a police officer away from Ground Zero in another striking image captured by Penman, who had worked several hours earlier that morning taking images of celebrities leaving the Thompson Hotel in Soho, The above image captured by Penman shows several people walking away from Ground Zero while covered in debris and dust from the collapsed Twin Towers. And as she walked away from the dust-covered blocks surrounding Ground Zero, Penman noticed her and captured his now-famous photo. Six weeks ago, he was the photographer at my wedding. The anniversary is something she said she looks forward to each year as 'it gives me time to go down and visit the memorial and mourn all the friends that we lost.'. She is also a. You know, we had to make face masks. Capestro arrived to work in Lower Manhattan that day feeling under the weather, but prepared to work as an executive assistant on the 87th floor of the North Tower. That was a regular day for me, when I woke up in the morning I didnt feel well, but I still went to work, Capestro recalled. "Phil was with me on the best day of my life and the worst day of my life," Joanne Capestro told the Daily Mirror. And on the best day of my life.". Moments later the tower collapsed. You know, we had to make face masks. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Joanne 'Jojo' Capestro managed to escape the World Trade Center's North. She and Penman instantly became close friends and she donated her own belongings from that day to the museum (the heels she was wearing are on display). A news report published in the Daily Mail has also shared the following, in regards to the 9/11 tragedy: Philman spent much of the day taking photos of those who survived the terrorist attacks along with harrowing photos of rescue workers and civilians helping the thousands affected. },false) 'I hope we can get back to those days where there was camaraderie in the community and where we all came together as a country and a state,' she said. Photographer Phil Penman (left) and Joanne Capestro (right). May 27, 2019 - Joanne Capestro escaped from the Twin Towers and was captured in an iconic photo. But the situation worsened once she got out of the north tower. All rights reserved. I contemplated if I should go into the office or not. Not long ago some of Joanne's belongings, long thought lost that day, were returned to her. Penman was nearby and captured Capestro and her co-worker, Dominique Davis, as they escaped the World Trade Center. "But once I went in there, and I saw, I said, 'My clothes belong there.' ga('ads.send', { And in coming full circle, on August 11th of this year,. The impact was so strong and the building was shaking until all of a sudden it stopped.. Joanne Capestro tells how she escaped from the Towers, walking down the right-hand side of the dark staircases as firemen climbed up the left-hand sides. People immediately united together to support and comfort each other through the traumatic attacks on the country. }); 'I love to talk to other survivors as it makes us feel good,' she said. Photo: Phil Penman pic.twitter.com/oTjNLN0e4Z. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Capestro, then 39, worked at the World Trade Center, on the 87th floor of the north tower. hitType: 'event', Legal Statement. Much to his astonishment, the staff there recognized Joanne and united Penman and her around three years ago. Instagram . "Nobody could understand that because they weren't there. After getting home from the debris pile at ground zero after 9/11, Detective Carol Orazem peeled off her battered, hosed-down boots and eventually put them in the attic. The perfect tummy control bodysuit, a popcorn gadget, more bestsellers starting at $8. 'I want peace and serenity and people to join together as one.'. Capestro and her colleagues made it out of the building within 22 minutes, in part, by walking down through the one usable stairwell. Now here we are today and six weeks ago, on August 11th, he was the photographer at my wedding. "When we met, he came into my office and just looked at me and I look at him and just started crying," Capestro told the Daily Mirror. 'There is a bond among survivors - we're like brothers and sisters and we'll get through it together and always be around for each other.'. Yi-Jin Yu is an editor and reporter for TODAY Digital and leads digital coverage for Weekend TODAY on Saturday mornings. Capestro said she didn't know the photo of her existed until Penman donated it for display inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and a staff member recognized her in the image and put them in touch. ", Capestro added, "I love the fact that I could call somebody up that went through what I went through, and he understands, and he's always there for me. Joanne was 39 years old at the time and was working in her office on the 87th floor of the World Trade Centers North Tower moments before the attack took place. "Thats how it all started and we stayed in touch for all of these years. Capestro is pictured in 2021 near the new World Trade Center complex. 'It makes me feel good when I go down there. 'A lot of survivors go there and I'm just so happy that the 9/11 family members have a place to go to mourn their loved ones and we get to see our survivor friends and it's like a big 9/11 family.'. Joanne Vasquez (Joanne Hennessey) See Photos. A survivor contributed her World Trade Center worker ID, dust-coated clothes and the high-heeled shoes she shed going down 87 flights of stairs to safety, items she'd kept boxed in a basement for 13 years. Commemorative golf balls from the delayed September 2001 Ryder Cup golf tournament help demonstrate how the world stood still after the attacks. ', Going into the 20th anniversary, Capestro said she feels 'really good' about her life and jokes that she is 'forever young.'. Receive our Weekly Newsletter. But now, 20 years on, Capestro said the horrific experience has given her 'courage and resilience to put my best foot forward every day' and 'wake up with a genuine smile on my face.'. At 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center's south tower. Market data provided by Factset. },false) The comments below have not been moderated. Another man photographed her and the picture went on to depict the catastrophe that was the 9/11 tragedy in its full fury. ga('ads.send', { Address:***** Ainslie St, Brooklyn, NY. But the phone rang and he answered, then the plane hit five or six floors above us," Joanne recalled. ". Joanne was planning on going downstairs with her colleague but a phone call interrupted their plans.