A teenager who lost her dad when the Twin Towers were destroyed has spoken about her heartache, on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack.

Hannah Gilbey, 16, of Elm Road, Shoebury, still wears her dad Paul's ring and says she will never stop missing him.

Mr Gilbey, 39, was one of more than 2,600 people who died when two hijacked planes flew into New York's World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001.

Mr Gilbey, nicknamed Daisy by his colleagues, was working as a broker on the 84th floor of the South Tower.

Speaking for the first time about the day of the attacks, Hannah said: "I had just started at Shoeburyness High School and I remember coming home that afternoon.

"My nan ran out to meet me and told me the towers had been hit in New York.

"At the time I was too young to really understand, I just remember turning on the television and it was being shown on every channel."

Mr Gilbey was born in London and grew up in Hockley.

He had worked in London until 1992 when he moved to New York, where he lived with second wife Deena and their sons Maxwell and Mason. Hannah stayed in Shoebury with her mum, Jane Jones, who had been Mr Gilbey's first wife, but Mr Gilbey kept in touch.

Hannah said: "Before he died, my dad sent me a tape of a song called Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle.

"It's all about a dad watching his daughter grow up, when she turns 16, and later gets married.

"I just wish he was there for big events, like my 16th birthday and my school prom."

Since the attacks, Hannah has visited Ground Zero, the site in southern Manhattan where the towers once stood.

She said she still thought about her father all the time and clearly remembers the day it happened and the aftermath.

"Just after it, I had gone back to school and I remember I told a boy about it," she said.

"He turned round and called me a liar so after that I found it hard to talk about.

"I still miss him so much and think about him all the time. I loved maths and one day would like to be a broker in New York as well."