NEW YORK -- On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Dellin Betances had just found a seat in his homeroom class at East Side Community High School in lower Manhattan. Less than three miles away, the world changed at 8:46 a.m., and the future Yankees star will never forget what happened next.
"I remember I was in eighth grade at the time, just starting the day at school," Betances said. "I remember some the kids started saying, 'Oh my gosh, the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers, one of the towers just got hit.'"
Betances remembers a teacher trying to keep the children calm as they all sought details about the disaster, which was later learned to be American Airlines Flight 11 striking the North Tower.