Category: September 11

“You were going to take me down the rest of the way and not stop.”

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Coworkers Michael Curci (R) and John Abruzzo (L), who is a quadraplegic, remember evacuating the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Curci was one of 10 coworkers who carried Abruzzo down 69 flights of stairs to safety.

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Recorded in Journal Square, NJ.

“I really didn't talk much about the site in the beginning.”

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Mike Kenny, a ground zero worker during the recovery effort, talks with his wife, Brenda, about working at the World Trade Center site after the September 11 attacks.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“Claudia, to me, was very beautiful.”

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Bernell Sutton remembers his wife, Claudia, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“We tried calling the fire house and none of the men were there.”

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Nancy Cimei remembers her son, New York City firefighter Michael D'Auria, who was killed on September 11, 2001. Michael had only been on the job for nine weeks when he died.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“There were people above that were in much more dire need than the rest of us...”

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Steve Giacchi remembers evacuating Tower One of the World Trade Center following the first impact of the plane on September 11, 2001.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“She asked me if I would like to go spend my birthday at the Windows of the World.”

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Ester DiNardo remembers the final night she and her daughter Marisa spent together. Marisa DiNardo worked in the World Trade Center, where she was killed on September 11, 2001.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“I remember pacing back and forth and pacing back and forth...”

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Christine Kraft, a Red Cross volunteer, remembers responding to the news of the September 11 attacks.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“We used to call her pigeon because she was small...”

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Anita Korsonsky (R) remembers her sister, Jeanette Lafond Menichino, who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, in an interview with their mother, Dina Lafond (L).

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“One thing that I do remember, very vividly and clearly, is the impact.”

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Racquel Kelley talks about working at the Pentagon on the morning of September 11, 2001. At the time, Kelley was the mother of an 8-month-old son.

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Recorded in Washington D.C..

“He was a high adventurer.”

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Alison and Jefferson Crowther remember their son, Welles Crowther, who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

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