A MAN who was running in New York’s Central Park on 9/11 when the Twin Towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack is planning to mark the 16th anniversary by running from York to Selby.

Stanley Hryszkiewicz, an electrical engineer, says his run along the York-Selby cycle track will be in memory of the people who died when planes were flown into the two buildings.

He plans to go on Sunday, the day before the anniversary, and will set off from the bridge on Bishopthorpe Road behind York Racecourse at 2.46pm – the time in New York when the towers were first struck and he wanted to invite people from York area to join him, particularly Americans living in the city.

“They could run it, or walk or come on their bicycle,” he said.

He said that every year on the anniversary of the tragedy, he tried to commemorate and remember the people who lost their lives.

Stanley, who was born in Poland and lived in New York for some years, said he first made the York to Selby run seven years ago.

“Currently visiting York, I plan to repeat my 2010 run, mirroring the way 9/11 is commemorated in a number of cities in America,” he said.

“Sixty-seven British citizens were among the 2,996 people killed at the Twin Towers, and many other nationalities featured among the victims.”

He said he was a veteran of numerous marathons and was planning to take part in his seventh New York Marathon in October, when he intended to take coverage by The Press with him to show New Yorkers.

He added that he had been one of the volunteer stewards at the Paralympic Games in London and, after a spell back in his native Poland, had returned to the UK this year to fill a similar role at the Athletic World Championships.