Moment of joy for Trade Center brother

Joe Andruzzi celebrated victory last night in the US Super Bowl. His brother Jimmy, watching the match, is still trying to come to terms with loss.

Joe's New England Patriots beat heavy favourites the St Louis Rams 20-17 watched by 30-year-old Jimmy, a New York fireman who missed death by seconds at the World Trade Center on 11 September.

The Andruzzi family, from Staten Island, New York, were special guests of the National Football League at New Orleans' Superdome.

Their father Bill, a retired NYPD officer, their mother Mary Ann and Joe's other 11 September fire crew brothers Billy, 33, and Marc, 24, were invited in the hope the day would help their recovery.

Jimmy's fire engine was one of the first on the scene when Tower 1 was hit. He carried heavy equipment more than 24 floors up before being forced back. He made it out and was still running when Tower 1 collapsed 45 seconds later. Joe, 26, said: "It's still affecting him. It's never going to be over.

"But just to come down here and get away for a few days: that's all you can hope for."