Camaj had been featured in a children’s book, Risky Business, and had appeared in a documentary about the building. The book captured Camaj’s fascination with the job, the sense of independence that came from working alone in an isolated setting. “It’s just me and the sky,” he said in the book. “I don’t bother anybody and nobody bothers me.” On September 11, however, as he tried to head for the roof, Camaj was traveling with a crowd.