More like 4 and a half miles away. WTC to the beginning of Central Park (which is at East 59th street) is about 4.5 miles. PLUS Central Park is quite long. Did they say which part of Central Park? Central Park reaches from E. 59th street up to 110th street in Harlem (2.8 miles).
ON TUESDAY MORNING Sen. Hillary Clintons’ first thought when the second plane hit was “terrorists.” Her next thought was “Chelsea,” who was not only in New York, but staying downtown.
“She’d gone on what she thought would be just a great jog,” says Sen. Clinton. “She was going to go down Battery Park. She was going to go around the Towers. She went to get a cup of coffee and that’s when the plane hit.”
Chelsea was close enough to hear the rumble? “She did hear it,” says Clinton. “She did.”
And to see the smoke in person, not on television? “That’s right,” she says.