September 11 Digital Archive

story2726.xml

Title

story2726.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

I saw the initial "puff" of smoke rise from Tower number 1 as the Air Tran jet was making it's initial approach to LaGuardia airport. I wondered what had happened. It was not until I and my daughter were in a cab driving into Brooklyn that we learned what was happening and saw Tower 2 collapse from the vantage point of an expressway overpass. This was my first trip to NYC to visit with my daughter. I was terribly glad that I was there with her. It was my last time on an airplane.

Citation

“story2726.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 9, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/6885.