CHELMSFORD, Mass. (AP) _ An Internal Revenue Service employee who was hit by debris from the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks has died of his injuries.
Dave Bernard, 57, died Tuesday at Massachusetts General Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Sue McGreevey said. A technical adviser with the IRS, Bernard was in New York for a business meeting in Building 7 of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
He was caught in the falling debris from the trade center's north tower moments after it was struck by American Airlines Flight 11.
Bernard suffered two broken vertebrae and serious spinal cord injuries, leaving him without feeling below the waist. He also suffered punctured lungs, nine broken ribs and a fractured shoulder blade.
He is survived by a wife and three children. ``We all had a chance to say goodbye,'' said son Mark, 30.``That's something that 3,000 other families didn't have.''