Zhe Zeng

Zack Zeng (September 30, 1972 – September 11, 2001), also known by his Chinese name Zhe Zeng (; ) was a Chinese American banker and volunteer emergency medical technician (EMT) known for providing aid to the injured at the World Trade Center site during the September 11 attacks in New York City, during which he died.

Early life and career Zeng was born on 1972 in Guangzhou. He attended Guangzhou No. 1 Middle School and in 1988, he immigrated to the United States with his parents. He completed his undergraduate and master's degree in business administration from the University of Rochester in 1998. In the same year, he joined the Bank of New York as an assistant treasurer at the bank's receipts depository division. During part time, he worked as a volunteer EMT with the voluntary ambulance in Brighton, New York.

September 11 attacks Zeng (left) aiding an injured person at the World Trade Center site during 9/11. This footage taken by WNYW-TV Fox 5 is the last known image of Zeng. On September 11, 2001, Zeng was in his office at the Bank of New York building at 101 Barclay Street when the South Tower of the World Trade Center was struck by United Airlines Flight 175 at 9:03 a.m. As a result, he and other occupants in the Bank of New York building were forced to evacuate due to the building's close proximity to the World Trade Center.

Zeng was killed when he was assisting people close to the North Tower of the World Trade Center when it collapsed at 10:28 a.m.

In December 2003, Manhattan Community Board #3 passed a motion to name a block in Bayard Street in New York's Chinatown as Zhe "Zack" Zeng Way. In 2016, the Brighton Volunteer Ambulance dedicated one of their ambulances in honor of Zeng.

A plaque honoring Zeng is placed on a patio at the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. At the National September 11 Memorial, Zeng is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-37.