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I was working right where I work now - across the street from the WTC. When the first plane hit I was on the corner of Vesey and Church, a couple hundred yards from the Towers.
In One, carrying my coffee and breakfast to take back to my desk.
Somewhere in that smoking pile you saw was a container of oatmeal and a banana. I was going through a healthy-diet phase. When the floor started jolting sideways and fire and smoke spewed from the elevator near me, I tossed it.
I was having breakfast, getting ready to go to school when I saw it on the news. The thought of not going passed through my mind, but I decided to go to class anyway.
Back then I lived in Woodhaven, and from the J train you could see this huge colum of smoke.
With all the chaos, most classes were being cancelled, so I decided to go back home, only to find out that the subways were not in service.
So I walked, walked, and walked some more, till a good samaritan with a van gave us a ride.
On the ride back home, I remeber the chaos and lawlessness of the streets of Brooklyn. Some dudes drinking champaign on the street, others smoking blunts in plain sight. It all seemed more like a carnival more than a tragedy.
It was surely a day, I will always remember.
In One, carrying my coffee and breakfast to take back to my desk.
Somewhere in that smoking pile you saw was a container of oatmeal and a banana. I was going through a healthy-diet phase. When the floor started jolting sideways and fire and smoke spewed from the elevator near me, I tossed it.
Did you ever see the youtube video of Denease Conley ,
One of the security guards at the WTC? It is so touching and sad.
I was having breakfast, getting ready to go to school when I saw it on the news. The thought of not going passed through my mind, but I decided to go to class anyway.
Back then I lived in Woodhaven, and from the J train you could see this huge colum of smoke.
With all the chaos, most classes were being cancelled, so I decided to go back home, only to find out that the subways were not in service.
So I walked, walked, and walked some more, till a good samaritan with a van gave us a ride.
On the ride back home, I remeber the chaos and lawlessness of the streets of Brooklyn. Some dudes drinking champaign on the street, others smoking blunts in plain sight. It all seemed more like a carnival more than a tragedy.
It was surely a day, I will always remember.
Were all the subways in the entire city closed? Do you know how long they were out of service? thanks
i seem to recall that trains coming inbound to Manhattan were immediately halted but trains leaving Manhattan were still running up to a certain time, but then why were hundreds of people walking over the bridges to Brooklyn and Queens to get home?
I was an NYPD first responder to 9/11 & arrived at city hall park as 2nd plane hit towers. We evacuated subway under city hall then all subways in downtown. The sound of the towers collasping were deafening & the inability to see from the dust cloud made things worse!
Were all the subways in the entire city closed? Do you know how long they were out of service? thanks
It seems like it. My mother worked in Flatiron at the time and walked all the way home to Queens.
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wow dude. Thanks for posting these. It was interesting to see the pictures from pre 9/11 too.
