20 Years Later: North Shore Memories of 9/11

 Twenty years ago, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 changed that date on the calendar from an ordinary fall day to one of the most painful moments in the history of the United States.

Whether we were on the East Coast where the attacks took place, or here in the relative safety of the North Shore, most of us have vivid memories of where we were when we heard that there had been an attack on the World Trade Center in New York; the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and of a crashed plane in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

In this special program, 20 Years Later: North Shore Memories of 9/11, WTIP Community Radio reached out to a number of community members to learn where they were on that day and how they heard the news of the attacks.

Again and again, as WTIP spoke with people for this program, we heard phrases like “surreal” and “unbelievable.” It seems that many of us here on the remote North Shore felt somewhat removed from the horror unfolding in New York, Washington D. C., and Pennsylvania.

We’ll hear thoughts like that, but we’ll also hear the story of some North Shore residents who were abroad at the time of the attacks.

We’ll hear from some community members who were quite young at the time of the attacks and from a local emergency medical responder.
Twenty years later, it only takes the question, where were you? to bring memories flooding back.

In memory of the 2,996 people who perished, and with the hope that we all work toward a more peaceful world, WTIP Community Radio offers this look back with 20 Years Later: North Shore Memories of 9/11.