Rebuilding the World Trade Center: Veterans Trade Helmets for Hard Hats with Union Training
William Plotner waited for his daughter’s second birthday to enroll in the military on Sept. 11, 2004—three years after the World Trade Center twin towers fell. He wanted his daughter to remember the significance of her birth date. But most of all, he wanted her to think of him as a hero. Now Plotner, a U.S. Army veteran and member of the Laborers (LIUNA) Local 79, is rebuilding the World Trade Center.
Says Plotner:
On 9-11-04 I swore in. And now I get to work here. It brings, like, another sense of pride.
