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9/11 moved Bill McDermott to start World Day Run

On a beautiful day in September, Bill McDermott jogged along the Rockaway Beach boardwalk. He gazed out at a cloudless sky and a tranquil sea; heard the soothing squawks of the seagulls, the gentle slapping of the waves. Stopping briefly to admire the scene, he then glimpsed back with a shudder at what he'd left behind. In the distance, a plume of smoke was still rising into the western sky.

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