An American who survived September 11 was killed in the attack of a hotel in Kenya

Jason Spindler, US citizen died during the Riverside terrorist attack in Nairobi

The American businessman Jason Spindler survived the September 11 attacks in New York before dying this week in a new terrorist act.

Mr Spindler was among those killed on Tuesday during a terrorist attack in a Kenyan hotel, the company said on Wednesday that he founded.

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He would have been 41 next week, his parents told KTRK, a subsidiary of CNN.

Men armed with rifles and explosives broke into the DusitD2 compound in Nairobi, killing at least 21 people in an attack that lasted for hours and ended Wednesday morning, said Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

DusitD2 is a high-end group of stores and hotels in the Kenyan capital, the company said.

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Spindler has dedicated his life to helping others through his work as an investment advisor, his parents told KTRK. That's what brought him to Nairobi, they said.

Spindler was the founder, CEO and general manager of I-DEV International, a strategy and investment advisory firm that is trying to develop emerging markets businesses.

Long before starting his own business, he worked at 7 World Trade Center in New York, said his mother Sarah Spindler.

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He was late for work on the morning of September 11 when planes hit the towers, she said. He was coming out of the subway when the first tower fell, she said.

Later, he joined the Peace Corps in northern Peru, where he helped farmers create a cooperative to sell in larger markets, his mother told KTRK.

According to his biography on the I-DEV website, he led the growth of a $ 7 million local agri-food industry during his stay with the Peace Corps.

He also worked as investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney / Citigroup and advised more than 100 small and medium-sized companies in emerging markets, reads his biography.

"We all miss so much, and it's so sad that such a brilliant girl is taken away by terrorism," said Sarah Spindler at NBC News.

Spindler was a Commerce Graduate from the University of Texas who earned a doctorate in law from New York University.

Those who knew him at NYU fondly remembered him, the university's law school said Wednesday.

"His tragic death is a loss not only for his loved ones, but also for the community of individuals determined to improve the lives of others through the social enterprise," said the university in a statement.