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VIDEO: Clark Tower One Survivor Tells Her 9/11 Story - Part 1

Maria Bordas remembers the day, 10 years ago, when she was one of the lucky few who escaped.

September 11, 2001 started as just another day working at the Port Authority for Clark resident Maria Bordas. She had started a new position. She was making lunch plans with a friend. Suddenly, her office on the 65th floor of Tower One of the World Trade Center shook. 

Not knowing what caused the tremor, Bordas decided that she and her employees should leave. "We can always come back up if it's nothing," she told them. 

"My family says I was born that day," Bordas says. "It just wasn't my day to die." 

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Now, 10 years later, Bordas takes a moment to talk to Patch about her escape and how her life has changed in the decade since the terrorist attack. 

Check back tomorrow for part 2 of this series.

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