Last updated on 8/30/08
Transcripts
of the North Tower's Final Moments
Accounts from survivors of the attack on the World Trade Center's North
Tower and the friends and relatives of the victims.
Transcripts
of the South Tower's Final Moments
Accounts from survivors of the attack on the World Trade Center's South
Tower and the friends and relatives of the victims.
Witness to War
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from survivors, eyewitnesses, friends, and family members of victims as
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Perspective:
September 11
Adam Oestreich, Merrill Lynch employee at the World Financial Center on
the 24rd floor of Tower 2, wrote this account.
Don Perkal, Pentagon survivor, wrote this first-hand account the week after the terrorist bombings in Washington, DC, New York, and Pennsylvania.
WTC
Terrorism Experience
Written at 12:45 p.m., on September 11, Brian J. Bernsetin, employee of
Lehman Brothers in WTC Tower 1.
91
E-Mails From Ground Zero
After the attacks, a Wall Street partner began a scramble to find his
people. His messages that day tell the story.
Miracle
Bridge: World Trade Center Escape
Yin Lang tells of her experience of September 11, starting in her office
on the 40th floor and continuing through the long trip down the stairs.
A
Young Mother Survives
Roz, a young woman, gets to her 88th floor WTC office only minutes
before the first crash. Here she tells graphically what she saw and felt
and how she is coping now.
Eric
Levine
Was at his desk on floor 64 in the south tower.
Email
from a witness
A man emails his friends to assure them he's all right and tells of what
he witnessed.
Survivor
Report from Scott
A survivor writes to his friends.
Under
the Bridge
Paul Berman watches an Arab street in lower Manhattan react.
Scrapped
The first-hand account of David Grann, who ran to the roof of his apartment
building in Manhattan after the first plane smashed into the WTC.
Reflections
of Sept. 11
Personal account and photos by a suburban New York couple of a distant
view of the World Trade Center disaster and a visit to the area days later.
Surviving
the Terror
Penelope Trunk happened to be on the scene to witness the horrific events.
An
Eyewitness Speaks
Ed Hashey was at the subway exit when the first plane hit. Here he
tells what he saw and did.
The
Fine Line
First-hand account and photos of the World Trade Center terrorist attack.
Includes followup postings of events in NYC since the attack.
Manhattan
Disaster Stories
An interview with 5 survivors on the Douglas Kelley Show in Manhattan.
The
Phoenix Rising
A Survivor's Story - George S. Phoenix III has written the sequence
of events of his experiences on September 11, 2001, the day the World
Trade Center was attacked for himself so he wouldn't forget any of the
details or sequence of events.
Pentagon
Survivor Credits 'an Angel'
William Sinclair says he followed an angel's voice to safety.
Pentagon
survivor tells of narrow escape -
Burn scars still blemish the pale face of Spc. Michael Petrovich.
Diary:
A survivor's story
Jim McMahon is a Canadian who works in New York and until Sept. 11 worked
in the World Trade Center. He wrote about his experiences on that day
for CBC News Online.
Tonya
Young: witness, survivor
Tonya was across the street and down the block when she saw the second
plane crash into the World Trade Center
Make
it quick God: Indian survivor recalls WTC attack
27-year-old Manu Dhingra survived with burns to a third of his body
from his ankles to his face. He is the first person to be released from
the New York Weill Cornell Burn Centre.
Trade
Center Survivor Recounts Harrowing Escape
Phil Oye, an information architect living in Manhattan, boarded the subway
as he does each workday and got off the train in the basement of the World
Trade Center five minutes after American Airlines flight 175 struck the
first tower.
A
Survivor's Story
Ronald T. Coyne, New York City fireman, recounts his morning on duty at
the WTC.
Survivor
recalls Pentagon blast
Janis Ann Jackson was working in an office on the first floor of the Pentagon,
less than 100 feet from where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into
the nation's military headquarters.
Ron
Saladino: A World Trade Center crash survivor's story
A survivor of the World Trade Center crash talks to the CNN.com chat room
from New York.
Survivor
who ignored advice
A New York survivor told BBC News Online how he was advised to get off
the street and go to his desk in South Tower of the World Trade Centre
minutes before it burst into flames.
No
Replacements, No Returns
Things became more surreal on the train that morning as time went on -
the only contact with the world came through our cell phones, and one
person's radio.
