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by sanderjd
1012 days ago
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Thank you for that story. Do you know of a book that covers the event from this angle? I'm totally tapped out on the usual treatment of the event focused on geopolitics before and after it, but I would like to read in long form about the actions of the actual people there and nearby that day. |
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Anyhow, a good place to start on researching this topic might be the 9/11 Tribute Memorial and Museum's YouTube channel where they have some clips from survivor accounts[1], many of these individuals you can google their names and find articles from the time period, for example Stanley Praimnath and Brian Clark. [2] The 9/11 Museum also holds many more oral histories, and transcripts. [3] One account that sticks with me is from a Reddit user that fled lower Manhattan on an abandoned bicycle. [4] There are similar stories in the comments of that post.
I do actually have a book recommendation I have read but it's more about what happened in the months after the events of 9/11: "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center" [5]
[1] https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqCjsbFgQNH7awCj8Q-PJa9Kb...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20070827041945/http://archives.c...
[3] https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/oral-histories
[4] https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zpxyv/i_submit_this_e...
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Ground