Bank in 24-hour terror crash recovery_2
19 July 2012
The global purchasing director of a major bank has described how his staff and suppliers got business back on its feet just 24 hours after witnessing the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
Deutsche Bank had been due to hold its senior purchasing management meeting on 11 September in offices next to the second of the towers that was struck.
About 5,500 employees were forced to evacuate the office and a second building within the World Trade Center complex, including the 40 staff in its corporate purchasing department and eight visiting contractors...