Survivor is dedicated to recalling horror, heroes of Sept. 11.(Neighbor)(North Aurora)

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Byline: Heather Wankowski People can't help but notice the Illinois license plate on Joe Dittmar's car. It reads WTC ESKP. After the moment or two it takes to understand the meaning behind those seven letters, people want to hear his story. And as a survivor of the Sept., 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center, that's exactly what Dittmar wants.

He wants - no, he needs - to tell the story over and over again so people will remember the heroes and the horrors of that day, a day he could never forget in a lifetime. "I asked 'Why am I alive? What am I supposed to do with this gift of survival?'" said Dittmar, 47. "I have to keep telling the story, talking about what happened, to make sure that people never forget the people who lost their...