EP: 70 Sam Horwitz, 9/11 Survivor, First Responder & Former USSS

About this episode

Sam Horwitz shares her harrowing experience as a 9/11 survivor and first responder.

Join us as we sit with a bad ass woman who not only survived the attacks of 9/11 but the aftermath once everything went quiet. Sam Horwitz, (former U.S. Secret Service Agent and 9/11 First Responder) sits down with us as she shares the very moment she found herself in the elevator of the first tower that got struck on 9/11. Her story of how everything unfolded, to becoming a first responder on scene, to losing count of people jumping out of the building all the way to what she had to deal wit...

People in this episode

Guest: Sam Horwitz

Topics covered

• survival
• first responder
• 9/11 attacks
• personal story
• mental health

Keywords

• 9/11
• survivor
• first responder
• U.S. Secret Service
• Sam Horwitz
• mental health
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Secret Service, First Responder

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