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On The Road Again...
ATS unit 14768 has been reunited with its driver, Pete Smith, and they are “on the road again”.
Pete and tractor 14768 were only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center at the time of the attack on September 11. Pete was forced to flee for his safety, and ended up across the Hudson River in Jersey City. Although Pete got into another tractor after a few days, unit 14768 with Pete’s belongings inside remained stranded at the construction site where Pete had delivered granite only a few minutes before the first explosion.
The clean up crews contacted ATS on October 2, to ask us to move the tractor from the site. Covered with thick dust, but no worse for the wear, 14678 was towed to a near-by Freightliner dealership. Another ATS driver picked it up and drove back to St. Cloud. Inspection at ATS West revealed no physical damage to the truck. Maintenance staff removed dust from the engine compartment by the handfuls. Some even brought zip-shut plastic bags to keep some of the dust as a memento of the tragic event. Pete and his tractor were reunited on October 12, in St. Cloud.
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