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But unknown to Godwin junior, he'd recently been promoted to head up a security team on one of the upper floors of the South Tower at the World Trade Centre.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
On 9/11, he was in the North Tower lobby, about to head up to work, when he decided to stop at an optometrist’s shop in the street-level concourse to get his reading glasses fixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A former environment minister will head up a crowd-funded review of the multi-billion-dollar Aukus submarine deal, Australia's biggest ever defence project.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Trying to sleep with my head up against the window, with turning curves and every mountaintop,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
By the time we got to the hospital, I could barely hold my head up.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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