I had been at work for about an hour this morning (had just finished the venti coffe and pair of bialys) when I noticed a blip on one of the industry “bbs” that I monitor. A plane had hit the World Trade Center. After the details started to come in (I was relying on...[more]

It's been nearly a year past and I haven't gone to my Quran tutoring lessons. I was supposed to go to class on the morning of Sept. 11, but then my teacher called and told me to stay home. She told me of frightening stories about Muslims working in Washington D.C....[more]

The events of September 11 fell during the holidays following my A-level exams, just before I went off to university. I remember getting a phone call from my dad as I was eating my lunch, ringing to tell me that a light aircraft had hit the World Trade Centre in New...[more]

My dad was killed on Sept. 11th. The following "story" is a memoir I wrote for school.

September 11: A Teen’s Point of View

I’ve always heard the saying “Life can change in an instant”, but I never really listened to it. I never thought something so bad...[more]

My husband, Jason and I were asleep when my mother in Michigan called to ask us how far we lived from the World Trade Center. Jason had a friend, Tom visiting from out of town and had taken the day off of work from the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). They...[more]

The summer of 2001 was the summer I fell in love with NYC. I was 15 and my parents had started giving me freedom and allowed me to take the bus from my hometown in northern NJ to the city. It was my true getaway. I loved every moment of walking through the city...[more]