Even though his office was above the floors where United Airlines Flight 175 struck Two World Trade Center, William Wik somehow, apparently, made it out of the building alive. But... more
Wow, that seems like a long time ago — and it was! When the big world — and my small world — were a very different place. My daughter, Hope, had just entered eighth grade at Hunter College High School — a long subway ride to Manhattan’s Upper East Side from our home in Brooklyn. My husband, Gus, was judging at a courthouse not far from our house. My parents were living at Battery Park City in the closest residential building to the World Trade Center, and I was working downtown on the corner of West Broadway and Canal Street. ...
by Ellen Meyers
On September 11, 2001, my daughter was 3 years old and my son was 7. It was my daughter’s very first day of school. She was to be a 3’s nursery school student at The Horace Mann School in Manhattan during the afternoon session. She had a first-day-of-school outfit laid out the night before her special day. We had breakfast. I had already walked my son to his local neighborhood public school at PS6. On my way back from 82nd Street and Madison Avenue, I stopped into a small convenience store that no longer exists, which was located at the ...
by eadler12@aol.com
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Michael Wright on Sep 9, 2021