WHAT WERE YOU DOING THE DAY THAT 9/11/2001 OCCURRED? PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TWIN TOWERS ATTACK.

B.W/ I WAS TEACHIHG A DOCTORAL LEVEL CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASS. A STUDENT CAME IN LATE AND SAID THE COUNTRY WAS BEING ATTACKED. THE SCHOOL CLOSED DOWN.

J.S./ WE HAD A LAND LINE WITH A BOOM BOX AND I COULD HEAR MY WIFE SAY THAT AMERICA HAD BEEN ATTACKED. I WAS HALF WAY DOWN THE STAIRS. I SLEPT LATE THAT DAY BECAUSE I WOULD BE TEACHING BOTH AFTERNOON AND EVENING CLASSES. I TOLD MY STUDENTS THAT I HAD A SON WHO LIVED IN NEW YORK AND WORKED IN MANHATTAN. THAT HE WAS OKAY. THERE WOULD BE DAYS OF DOCUMENTARY FILM AND YEARS OF DEBATE AFTER THAT DAY.

J’S./ I WAS HEADING TOWARD AN ADMINISTRATIVE MEETING AND ANOTHER STOPPED ME AND SAID THAT THE COUNTRY WAS BEING ATTACKED. I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH MY SON IN NEW YORK AND HUSBAND WHO WAS STILL AT HOME. AFTER THE MEETING, THE AGENCY WAS CLOSED DOWN.

J.J. S/ I WAS WORKING IN MANHATTAN WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF THE TOWER COLLASPE. TO SHORTEN THIS, I GOT SOME SUPPLIES AND HEADED FOR ALPHABET CITY. I CHOSE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD NOT BE A USEFUL MILITARY TARGET. LATER THAT DAY, PEOPLE WERE PUTTING PICTURES UP OF POSSIBLE LOVED ONES WHO MAY HAVE DIED AND BUDDHIST MONKS CALMED THE POPULATION STAYED AT A FRIENDS HOUSE THAT NIGHT AND WENT HOME THE NEXT DAY..

J.T./ I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO THE SCHOOL WHERE I TAUGHT CLASSES AND WAS A FACULTY MEMBER. I HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT TWIN TOWERS WERE ATTACKED. AFTER PARKING MY CAR, I HEADED TO THE GREEN ROON WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE TELEVISION SCREEN AND WITH OTHERS WATCHED THE DEMISE OF THE TWO TOWERS IN NEW YORK CITY. CLASSES. THE SCHOOL REMAINED OPEN.

J.C./ I WAS SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH OF MY HOUSE THAT I STILL LIVE IN TODAY. WHEN THE TWO TOWERS WERE HIT, JADED NEIGHBORS THOUGHT RESCURERS WERE HEADING TO THE TWIN TOWERS TO GAIN EXTRA PAY. THEY WERE WRONG. I WAS GOING TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY AND AFTER THE NEWS, WE DECIDED TO STAY AT HOME.