Last year, the Arizona Daily Star published reader accounts of the September 11 attacks and the events that followed. These are 15 of their stories:
I moved from NYC to Tucson exactly one week, to the day, before September 11th, after living there nine years. The morning of the 11th, my brother woke me with a phone call telling me to turn on the TV. I couldn't believe it. I immediately called all of my friends there, and those I could reach were safe.
The following months, spent in exile in Thailand, left us in a muddle, trying to reconnect with classes online, trying to understand the hate, the anger and the outrage that led to such an attack. The news often showed cheering crowds, though we knew most Pakistanis and others across the globe abhorred the violence. Those few who believed in such behavior were immortalized by the non-stop reportage, their names and faces implanted in our hearts and minds.
The next day was funereal for all of us back at work. Expats and contractors throughout the Kingdom were extending their friendship and thoughts. The Saudis working for us were also solemn and disbelieving. In an absurd coincidence, I ran into a childhood friend whom I hadn't seen in decades: a famous photographer who'd left her Chinatown loft with a single camera. We managed to reach the burning pile but didn't stay long, realizing the danger. I interviewed firefighters, cops, rescue-dog handlers and shell-shocked locals before hitching a late-night ride uptown on a garbage truck. For the next five days, I phoned in stories from near Ground Zero.
The raw TV coverage is what really struck me that day and will stay with me forever. Everyday after, we turned to the news with unmatched interest and a fervent desire. Watching the news became an obsession for which there was no cure except for the capture of America's attackers. Thirteen people left my hometown of Chatham, N.J., on the morning train on 9/11/2001 — they never came home. There will be a ceremony honoring them on this, the 20th anniversary.On Sept.
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