When the Twin Towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, the tremors shook a bar four blocks away. The proprietor of Jim Brady’s Bar and Restaurant says it felt like an earthquake. More than 20 of his regulars died that day in the World Trade Center, and the pub was closed for weeks.

“There was no business in lower Manhattan for months,” says owner Paul Quinn.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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