9/11 Interview

I interviewed my dad and he just so happened to be in New York and not in Old Bridge, New Jersey. Being that I am only a sophomore now, I was merely 4 months old still not have breathed my first breath of air yet. My dad’s reaction at the time of the interview was rather shocked and surprised, but not depressed as he had known no one directly involved in 9/11. Living in an apartment on what he remembers, Cortlandt St. He was only staying there for about a week, and it was going his last day there as he was on a business trip. On Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 was going to be the last day for Javits Convention Center as my dad dealt with wholesale businesses and customers. Unfortunately, on the morning of, around 8:40, my dad had just begun his day when he heard a loud bang along with screaming and people running around his apartment building. In his mind, he thought it was a bomb that had gone off somewhere very close to where he was residing for the few days. As any curious person would do in such situation, he ran outside to see the top of the Twin Towers engulfed in smokes …show more content…
He had left his car (which is still around) at his apartments in Old Bridge and wanted to go back home before any more chaos would ensue. Unfortunately for him, the Holland Tunnels had even been shut down leaving only Lincoln Tunnel to still stay open with thousands of cars in early rush hour fleeing from the scene of New York. On the ride back home, he and the other passengers listened in on the radio just to find everyone talking about what had happened in New York along with the planes that had just hit in Pennsylvania and Washington. With everyone terrified, it was only safe to stay far away from any danger possible as any other terrorist attacks following that day would be recorded into American History and never to be forgotten by the people of