In the recording of the 9/11 attacks, there are multiple perspectives as to what really happened. Two perspectives of the 9/11 attacks are a first responder as well as a survivor of these attacks. A first responder gives the perspective of the wreckage and response to this tragedy. From the second perspective of a survivor, we see the fear and stress that many felt as they tried to make it out of the burning building alive.
On a clear Tuesday morning, on the day of 9/11/01 at 8:45 a.m. an American Boeing plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center and immediately severely injured or instantly killed the occupants of the impacted part of the building. The 9/11 attacks were a series of terrorist attacks against the United States associated with the Islamic …show more content…
One survivor of these attacks is Dianne DeFontes who worked on the 89th floor of the North Tower. This day started out as any other normal day for DeFontes. However, when she sat down to go to work, she soon found herself lying on the floor with a blackened face and debri all around her. DeFontes and coworkers had no idea what had happened until Pablo Ortiz, a worker for Port Authority New York and New Jersey, told them that they needed to move, and they needed to move fast. DeFontes remembers that before they left the building, she called her closest friend and told her that she knew she would make it out alive, but if she didn’t she wanted her friend to give her daughter a big kiss (“Oral History Archives”). DeFontes says that she said that in part to convince herself that she truly would make it out alive because she was scared and was uncertain as of what was to come. DeFontes was scared and uncertain of whether she would survive and by the time she made it out of the building, she couldn’t even recognize herself. This perspective shows how many reacted to the stress and how many faced death that day, but with teamwork and courage,
On a clear Tuesday morning, on the day of 9/11/01 at 8:45 a.m. an American Boeing plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center and immediately severely injured or instantly killed the occupants of the impacted part of the building. The 9/11 attacks were a series of terrorist attacks against the United States associated with the Islamic …show more content…
One survivor of these attacks is Dianne DeFontes who worked on the 89th floor of the North Tower. This day started out as any other normal day for DeFontes. However, when she sat down to go to work, she soon found herself lying on the floor with a blackened face and debri all around her. DeFontes and coworkers had no idea what had happened until Pablo Ortiz, a worker for Port Authority New York and New Jersey, told them that they needed to move, and they needed to move fast. DeFontes remembers that before they left the building, she called her closest friend and told her that she knew she would make it out alive, but if she didn’t she wanted her friend to give her daughter a big kiss (“Oral History Archives”). DeFontes says that she said that in part to convince herself that she truly would make it out alive because she was scared and was uncertain as of what was to come. DeFontes was scared and uncertain of whether she would survive and by the time she made it out of the building, she couldn’t even recognize herself. This perspective shows how many reacted to the stress and how many faced death that day, but with teamwork and courage,