story8995.xml
Title
story8995.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2003-01-23
911DA Story: Story
At 8:30 a.m. we looked up from the ferry and saw smoke coming from the tower. Everyone immediately started using their cell phones to call their homes to find out what was going on. We disembarked at the south street terminal. Minutes later as we we're heading towards Battery Park, the second plane flew overhead and hit the second tower.
As we we're running back to the terminal, the ferry was already leaving. For the next 45 minutes, the terminal filled with hundreds of people. Just before boarding, the first tower came down and the wall of smoke was heading towards us.
We we're visiting N.Y. for our first time from Michigan. We arrived Saturday, Sept. 8th, visited the towers on Sunday, Sept. 9th and went up to the observation deck.
As we we're running back to the terminal, the ferry was already leaving. For the next 45 minutes, the terminal filled with hundreds of people. Just before boarding, the first tower came down and the wall of smoke was heading towards us.
We we're visiting N.Y. for our first time from Michigan. We arrived Saturday, Sept. 8th, visited the towers on Sunday, Sept. 9th and went up to the observation deck.
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Citation
“story8995.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 9, 2026, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/17718.