Punk Rock View on 9/11

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end-of-summer day.

Then I heard one of the students in the training center say, "There's a fire in one of the Twin Towers!" I turned on the television in the control room and saw that the tower was on fire. Then a second one was on fire and people were talking about planes hitting the Twin Towers. Then things happened really fast. People were talking about terrorist attacks. I put CNN on the big projection screens in the classroom next door and turned up the volume. The newscaster mentioned two planes hitting the two Twin Towers. Everyone immediately knew something was drastically wrong. "They want us to evacuate the building!"

I grabbed my backpack and ran to the stairway. It was packed with people. I ran to another stairway and made my way down from the 24th floor. That descent was tense for me. I was trying to be calm. Everyone was walking in an orderly fashion, trying not to run or panic. Looking back on it now, I realize that, as Americans, we never expect that we ...

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the South Street Seaport. There, a bar had the TV on. A crown of people watched in horror as the Towers burned. A man and woman next to me told me they had just left the 44th floor of one of the Towers. "We're lucky to be alive."

I rode my bike home amidst throngs of people walking east along South Street. Once home, I called Steffie. She was frantic with worry. I reassured her and then left an outgoing message on my answering machine telling everyone that I was okay. I took a picture of the Towers burning from my window, then went up on my roof. There was a crowd of my neighbors gathered on my roof, most with cameras. As we watched, the South Tower exploded and then collapsed. I ...

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