Oral+History

On September 11th, 2001, two planes struck the twin towers in New York City. A third plane struck the Pentagon doing minor damage, but none the less doing damage. A fourth airliner hijacked by the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization landed harmlessly in a field in Pennsylvania. There were over 3000 civilian deaths and 19 hijackers died in the attacks. The US responded to these attacks be launching a war on terror. We have been trying to find the man responsible for these attacks. Recently, we did. We found the hiding place of Osama Bin Ladin, who was shot and killed. We were able to breathe a sigh of relief when we were able to put this mad man away.

-What happened on September 11th, 2001?

The United States came under a terrorist attack which killed thousands of people and set the stage for a war that continues 10 years later.

-What do you remember of that day?

I remember dropping my beautiful, young, stunning boy Calvin off at school and coming back to the car, listening to the radio accounts of what happened, then going home. I watched CNN for the rest of the day.

-How do you feel about what happened on that infamous day?

I feel vulnerable, shocked, nervous, angry, and sad. There just shouldn’t be that level of evil in any human being and the only hope is learning rules.

-Do you think we have come a long way since the attacks?

Unfortunately, no. I think it may be time to use our resources and funds to take care of the problems of our own nations.

-Do you think people’s attitudes have changed towards the attacks? I would say that attitudes have changed for the worse in the sense that we may have let our guard down. To many countries, we will always be the hated, ugly americans.

-Do you think we will ever get out of this war?

Only if we go to extreme measures and I don’t believe the world would ever be the same after an all out attack.