Pablo Ortiz

Pablo Ortiz (January 25, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was an American construction superintendent, and former Navy SEAL. which includes the following: Joanne Ciccolello, Daria Coard, Jim Connors, Patricia Cullen, Donald Di Domenico, Elaine Duch, Abdel Elgendy, Jeffrey Gertler, Donald Jodice, Joseph Light, Moses Lipson, Gail Mitchell, Georgia Oppella, Frank Varriano, and Gilbert Weinstein. Nicole also escaped with the group, as well as Silverstein Properties workers who had offices on Floor 88. This included Roz Morris and a woman named Slyvia, who was with Morris. Another Silverstein Properties employee who was freed Charles Magee, who died in the attack after staying behind and helping people.

Varriano helped carry Lipson down the stairs as he was 89, while Gertler and Serpe helped Reese as she was asthmatic. Firefighters would tell Gertler and Serpe to escape so they could help Reese. Another worker for Silverstein Properties, Geoffrey Wharton, was in the Lobby when Flight 11 hit. Wharton was one of the last four people to leave Windows on the World alive.

They set about rescuing their fellow occupants on the next floor up. Raffaele Cava, Mike Charrio, Dianne DeFontes, Carmella Fischelli, Nathan Goldwasser, Stephanie Manning, Harold Martin, Tirsa Moya, Walter Pilipiak, and Yoshiharu Mori were near the stairwell.

DeFontes was the only person from her company (Drinker, Biddle and Reath) to be in the office at the time. Another coworker, Ailyn Abin, was in the lobby and quickly escaped. The rest of the group came from two companies, MetLife and Cosmos and sought shelter in DeFontes's office. Mak Hanna was ordered to carry an elderly man (Raffaele Cava) down the stairs, which he did along with Moya. The remaining four men freed the second group, which had Evan Frosch, Thomas Haddad, Lynn Simpson, and Sabrina Tirao.

The four men then went up to the 90th floor, and freed more workers, which included Christopher Egan, and Anne Prosser. They then went to floor 91, and freed 18 people, which included electricians Anthony Segarra, Anthony Vangeli and Michael McQuade. Also out of the 18 people were Vanessa Lawrence, a Scottish painter, and Gerald Wertz, who worked on the 93rd floor. They were in an elevator together and Lawrence was about to get off on her floor. Two workers on the 91st floor, Elizabeth Thompson and Megan Craig also survived. Both women were in the lobby when flight 11 crashed. Thompson was one of 4 people (which includes Wharton) to be the last to leave Windows On The World. Craig, another artist, entered the lobby to go to work.

Realizing that they couldn't ascend any further, they went down, freeing a further six people from the 86th floor, including Louis Lesce. John Griffin, a worker for Silverstein Properties who was also on floor 88, also helped free Savas.

Ortiz, De Martini, da Costa and Negron all died, still trying to save fellow occupants, when the building collapsed at 10:28 A.M.