Comments on: 9/11: Ten Years Later

By: E

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:35:24 +0000

The year 2001 should not be repeated

By: rcn

rcn — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:41:29 +0000

Thank you for this post. I, too, recall the eerie silence from the sky and how it added to overall feelings of fear and disorientation – even here on the West Coast. On 9/11 itself – and most of its anniversaries – I spent the day on the job at a large downtown public library. On the day of the horror I initially thought the library should close, but my opinion changed upon helping a community college student who thanked us profusely for being open. His college library was closed and he said he needed to be with people that day. It made me proud that the public library was still considered a safe place.

By: Andy Woodworth

Andy Woodworth — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:17:00 +0000

Yeah, I remember being at work and thinking I should be elsewhere. But to do what? To help how? It was better just to stay, in a way, to be somewhere else. But not much work happened that day.

By: Jenna Carodiskey-Wiebe

Jenna Carodiskey-Wiebe — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:24:12 +0000

Great post, Andy. Thanks for sharing.

By: Amanda Goodman

Amanda Goodman — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:56:28 +0000

Very insightful post.

There’s a lot that stands out to me, but the silence overhead was an important memory. My high school was about 2 miles as-the-crow-flies from the regional airport and we were used to the heavy hum of planes zipping by. My friends and I did something unusual for lunch that day as we sat outside in the courtyard and listened to the heavy silence. We did not speak much because shock had set in and we were very afraid.