DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A man photographed fleeing smoke and debris as the south tower of the World Trade Center crumbled just a block away on Sept.
11, 2001, has died from coronavirus, his family said.The Palm Beach Post reported that Stephen Cooper, an electrical engineer from New York who lived part-time in the Delray Beach, Florida area, died March 28 at Delray Medical Center due to COVID-19.
He was 78.The photo, captured by an Associated Press photographer, was published in newspapers and magazines around the world and is featured at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York.“He didn’t even know the photograph was taken,” said Janet Rashes, Cooper’s partner for 33 years. “All of a sudden, he’s looking in Time magazine one day and he sees.