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A Allied Universal security guard at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan who was unable to leave his post and didn’t assist Jenny Santos, 29 retrieve her twin sister’s hat from the edge of an escalator, fell to her death moments later while trying to retrieve her twin sister’s hat.

Jenny Santos, Security Guard World Trade Center

Jenny Santos, 29, teetered over the handrail about halfway down the escalator at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, said a police source who viewed surveillance video of the accident. Stretching to grab the hat that was just a few feet out of reach, Santos — who had a blood-alcohol content of 0.167, more than twice the legal limit for driving while intoxicated — lost her balance and plummeted 34 feet to the marble floor below.

 

Security guard at Oculus may have refused to help woman reach for hat before fatal plunge off escalator

New York Daily News – ‎20 hours ago‎
The New Jersey woman who suffered a deadly fall inside the Oculus transit hub was reaching for her sister’s hat — after a security guard refused to help retrieve it from the edge of an escalator, sources said Monday. Jenny Santos, 29, teetered over
 

Oculus security guard reportedly refused to help women moments before fatal fall

Metro.us – ‎11 hours ago‎
A security guard at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan didn’t assist a woman who fell to her death moments later while trying to retrieve her twin sister’s hat, the New York Daily News reported. Jenny Santos, 29, who was on her way to
 

Security guard at World Trade Center’s Oculus ‘refused to help woman reach for her twin’s hat’ before she plunged

Daily Mail – ‎10 hours ago‎
The woman who fell to her death from an escalator in Manhattan’s $4.4bn Oculus trying to reach her twin sister’s hat was denied help by a security guard moments before, said police sources. Jenny Santos, 29, fell 34ft onto her head early on Saturday
 

Woman falls to her death inside World Trade Center Oculus

kwwl.com – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
The man charged with killing five people at a Florida airport lied on his application to be a security guard in Alaska, and he was fired after only a few months on the job because of the state of his mental health.More >>. The man charged with killing
 

Security guard at World Trade Center’s Oculus ‘refused to help woman reach for her twin’s hat’ before she plunged

Daily Mail – ‎10 hours ago‎
A safety expert told the Daily News on Monday that Santos’ death could have been prevented if the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the state-run agency which owns the land on which the World Trade Center sits and which operates the Oculus, …
 

Woman falls to her death from escalator inside World Trade Center Oculus

WILX-TV – ‎10 hours ago‎
NEW YORK Police say a 29-year-old woman plunged about 30 feet to her death off an escalator inside the famed World Trade Center Oculus. Port Authority police spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said the woman was taken to a hospital where she was …
 

After Woman’s Death at World Trade Center Oculus, How Tragedy Could Have Been Prevented

Inside Edition – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
After a young woman fell to her death inside the World Trade Center Oculus over the weekend, some of the escalator’s safety features — or lack thereof — have been called into question. Read: Woman Falls to Her Death Inside World Trade Center Oculus.
 

Woman falls to her death inside World Trade Center Oculus

AOL Real Estate – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
A 29-year-old New Jersey woman suffered a fatal fall off an escalator inside the renowned World Trade Center Oculus in New York, police said. Jenny Santos, of Kearny, and her twin were on their way home when she tried retrieving her sister’s hat, which
 

Woman, 29, dies after falling 34ft from escalator inside the World Trade Centre Oculus while ‘pretending to fly like

The Sun – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
A ROWING instructor who fell from an escalator in the World Trade Centre transit hub lost her balance “as she pretended to fly like a superhero”, it has been claimed. Jenny Santos, 29, was allegedly “laying prone on the handrail” in the moments before
 

Woman falls to her death from Oculus escalator

New York Post – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
An adventure-loving substitute teacher from New Jersey fell to her death in the World Trade Center’s Oculus transit hub — toppling off a high escalator while reaching for a hat dropped by her twin sister. Tragic twins Jenny and Jessica Santos, 29, had
 

NJ woman dies after fall from World Trade Center Oculus escalator, police say

CBS News – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
NEW YORK — A 29-year-old New Jersey woman plunged about 30 feet to her death off an escalator inside the famed World Trade Center transit hub known as the Oculus on Saturday morning, police said. Jenny Santos, of Kearny, was trying to retrieve a hat …
 

Beloved rowing instructor ID’d as World Trade Center Oculus fall victim

NJ.com – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
JERSEY CITY — The woman who fell to her death from an escalator at the World Trade Center Oculus was a beloved rowing instructor and Kearny High School graduate. Jenny Santos, 29, fell from the escalator to the main concourse at about 5:30 a.m. on …
 

NJ woman dies in fall from escalator at World Trade Center Oculus, authorities say

NJ.com – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
MANHATTAN — A New Jersey woman plunged to her death early Saturday morning at the World Trade Center’s famous Oculus after she fell over the side of an escalator, authorities said. Port Authority police responded to the incident at 5:30 a.m. after the …
 

Beloved rowing instructor who fell to her death at the World Trade Center Oculus was ‘playing around and pretending …

Daily Mail – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
The New Jersey rowing instructor who tragically fell to her death while riding the escalator at the Oculus transit hub in the World Trade Center lost her balance as she was ‘horsing around’ at 5:30am on Saturday, according to sources close to the
 

Woman Falls to Death at World Trade Center Oculus

Newser – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
(Newser) – A 29-year-old women fell from an escalator to her death while reaching for a hat early Saturday morning inside the World Trade Center Oculus, NBC New York reports. According to the New York Daily News, Santos and her twin sister were just …
 

Woman Dies After Plunging 30 Feet From World Trade Center Oculus Escalator

Yahoo News – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
Woman Dies After Plunging 30 Feet From World Trade Center Oculus Escalator. Tribune. 3:45. Now I Get It: The debate over moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Yahoo News Video. 1:28. Veronica Beard fashion show at New York …
 

Teacher falls to her death from World Trade Centre escalator

The Independent – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
A woman plunged 30 feet to her death from an escalator inside the World Trade Centre transit hub while trying to grab a hat her twin sister had dropped. Jenny Santos, 29, fell inside the Oculus hub on Saturday morning, police said. Ms Santos, a teacher
 

GoFundMe campaign launched after Kearny woman’s tragic fall at WTC Oculus

NJ.com – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
Friends and family of a Kearny woman who tragically fell to her death from an escalator at the World Trade Center Oculus transit hub over the weekend are now raising thousands of dollars in her memory. A GoFundMe page was created Monday in memory of …
 

World Trade Center fall victim remembered as ‘beloved’ coach

NorthJersey.com – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
Jenny Santos, a rowing coach in Bergen County, died Saturday after falling from an escalator at the World Trade Center Oculus. (Photo: Photo Courtesy of Clemens Reinke). 172 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Although an …
 

Her twin’s hat fell from a World Trade Center escalator. She reached — and plunged to her death.

Washington Post – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
A New Jersey woman died after she fell off an escalator inside the multibillion-dollar World Trade Center transportation hub. Jenny Santos, 29, was trying … The $3.9 billion transportation hub, known as the Oculus, opened in 2016. Its concourse
 

Twin sister plunges to death off escalator at World Trade Centre Oculus

Irish Independent – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
A 29-year-old woman plunged 30ft to her death off an escalator at the World Trade Centre Oculus. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. Police said she was apparently trying to retrieve a hat while on the escalator with her twin sister at about 5.30am on
 

Woman dies after fall from Oculus escalator in Lower Manhattan

WABC-TV – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
It was a tragic accident that witnesses will never forget at the World Trade Center Oculus. Police say around 5:30 a.m. Port Authority Police responded when sources say 29-year-old Jenny Santos fell from a top-tier escalator near the PATH train
 

Woman dies in escalator fall at New York’s World Trade Center Oculus

One America News Network (press release) – ‎Feb 11, 2017‎
(Reuters) – A 29-year-old woman died on Saturday after she fell more than 30 feet (9 meters) from an escalator at the World Trade Center Oculus, part of a new, multi-billion-dollar transportation and shopping hub in lower Manhattan. The woman, from New …
 

Oculus security guard reportedly refused to help women moments before fatal fall

Metro.us – ‎11 hours ago‎
A security guard at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan didn’t assist a woman who fell to her death moments later while trying to retrieve her twin sister’s hat, the New York Daily News reported. Jenny Santos, 29, who was on her way to
 

Woman Who Died In Oculus Fall Remembered As ‘Kind, Beautiful Person’ And Lover Of Adventure

Gothamist – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
The woman who fell to her death from an escalator Saturday at the World Trade Center’s Oculus was a substitute teacher and a lover of travel and adventure, the Post reports. Jenny Santos, 29, was riding an escalator with her twin sister Jessica
 

Woman dies after falling 30 feet from escalator in World Trade Center to save hat

Globalnews.ca – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
11 as Jenny Santos, 29, was on an escalator inside the World Trade Center transit hub, which is also known as the Oculus. Santos and her twin sister were on their way home when a hat belonging to Santos’ sister fell over the side of the escalator.
 

Kearny woman who fell to death was playing on escalator, report says

NJ.com – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
The Kearny woman who fell to her death was playing around on an escalator handrail at the World Trade Center’s Oculus transit hub when she lost her balance, the New York Daily News reported. Jenny Santos, 29, fell early Saturday morning when she and …
 

NJ woman pretended to be a superhero on Oculus escalator before falling to her death

New York Daily News – ‎Feb 12, 2017‎
A New Jersey woman who fell to her death from an escalator at the Oculus transit hub was apparently horsing around on the handrail, mimicking a superhero before she lost her balance, a source said Sunday. Officials who saw video of the tragic accident …
 

Woman who fell off WTC escalator was playing superhero, report says

New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio – ‎Feb 13, 2017‎
NEW YORK —The Kearny woman who fell to her death in the Oculus at the World Trade Center was playing “superhero” moments before on the escalator. The New York Daily News reported that Jenny Santos, 29, was lying flat on the escalator hand rail as if …
 
World Trade Center Transportation Hub

The state-of-the-art World Trade Center Transportation Hub, completed in 2016, serves 250,000 Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) daily commuters and millions of annual visitors from around the world. At approximately 800,000 square feet, the Hub, designed by internationally acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava, is the third largest transportation center in New York City.

The World Trade Center Transportation Hub’s concourse will ultimately connect visitors to 11 different subway lines; the PATH rail system; the Battery Park City Ferry Terminal; the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; World Trade Center Towers 1, 2, 3, and 4; and Brookfield Place (formerly known as the World Financial Center), which houses the Winter Garden. It represents the most integrated network of underground pedestrian connections in New York City.

The “Oculus” serves as the centerpiece of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, incorporating 78,000 square feet of multi level state-of-the-art retail and dining. The concourses emanating from the Oculus link the entirety of the site above and below grade. With an additional 290,000 square feet of exciting, multi-level retail and dining space, the World Trade Center site is the focal point of Lower Manhattan.

 

 

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