Brian Clark (born July 4, 1947) is a Canadian businessman and survivor of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Clark worked for the American international brokerage firm Euro Brokers Inc. (later merged into BGC Partners),[1] which lost 61 employees that day, nearly one-fifth of its New York branch.
As the group stood there debating their next move, a faint scream for help coming from inside the 81st floor caught Clark's attention.
Clark made his way to find Fuji Bank employee Stanley Praimnath, who was pinned underneath some debris behind a wall that had stood firm.
After the impact, Praimnath found himself alive under his desk with only minor injuries; the left wing of United Airlines Flight 175 had sliced through his office and become lodged in a door only 20 feet (6 m) from him.
His Euro Brokers colleague, Ron DiFrancesco, who had initially turned around because of the smoke, mustered the strength to resume the descent and was the last person to escape the South Tower before its collapse; he awoke several days later in a hospital, suffering from extensive burns and a head laceration.
Clark was later appointed by his company's management to be President of the Euro Brokers Relief Fund, created to help take financial care of the families of those who were lost.
[19] Since his retirement, he has been volunteering with various non-profit organisations, including serving on the board and as treasurer of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey.