Joe Ruvolo remembers the morning everything changed - Herald Community Newspapers

Joe Ruvolo remembers the morning everything changed - Herald Community Newspapers

On Sept. 11, 2001, many people left their homes unaware of what the morning would bring. For Hewlett resident Joe Ruvolo, 65, his day began in Springfield Gardens, Queens, with the New York Police Department Highway Patrol. After the South Tower was struck at 9:03 a.m., Ruvolo said every NYPD department was mobilized to Manhattan, but not before he was asked to bring his supervisor John Sassano’s car to the World Trade Center. Sassano’s driver, …