Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Center for Oral History Research at Columbia University, and the driving force behind the September 11th Oral Histories Project, talks about how 9/11 exists in the minds of those who lived through it, as told to her through thousands of hours of oral histories.
Sad to realize a generation never knew the tranquil world existed before #September11th. I’m not sure we can ever convey the horrors we witnessed that day, in part because they’ve never know the sense of safety we took for granted before the attacks.
— Albert Fox Cahn (@CahnLawNY) September 11, 2019
I watched the jet hit the Pentagon/sister was stuck in Manhattan. We fell completely into the terrorists trap: we overreacted, we betrayed our "values", we violated untold norms & laws & we have accepted an unprecedented surveillance state.
— (((Nathan))) (@ntableman) September 11, 2019
Caller Matthew was 13 on 9/11. His father was killed.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 11, 2019
"My teacher brought me to the office to tell me... my father worked on 104th floor."
"Today I drove my 4 y/o son to school. He's named Joseph, after my father. It's remarkable to see happiness... It's been a long journey. "
Adjunct professor at Baruch college decided not to hold class on her birthday, so many of her students went to work (at the WTC). She lost 11 students that day.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 11, 2019
She doesn't celebrate her birthday anymore, but her son recently told her "It was your birthday first."