“On His Birthday 20 Years Ago, Tom Lo Escaped the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He Vowed Never to Waste Another Day”

Client
Inc.
Year
September 2021

I wrote about my friend Tom’s journey out of the South Tower on 9/11, and it became one of my most-read pieces in eight years at Inc. It was also my last as a New Yorker. The next day, I left our office across the street from One World Trade Center for a new life in Los Angeles.

Two years later, the Today show picked up my reporting on Tom and produced its own segment about my incredibly talented friend. Today segment

Tom Lo
Photograph by Evelyn Freja