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104: Where were you on 9/11
In this episode, I talk to 4 people who are close to me — my brothers Michael Khalili and Andrew Warner, my boyfriend Xerxes Silverio, and KATG co-host and friend Keith Malley — about what they experienced in Manhattan on September 11, 2001, how it affected them, and what the days and weeks following the tragic events were like as a result.
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I was a high school senior. It was one of my history classes towards the end of class. Our teacher always put CNN on when he was done lecturing. Most people didn’t pay attention. But I did. At first you just saw this building on fire. And then I saw the second plane hit. I yelled that a plane hit the second tower and at first no one believed me. But the news played it over and over again. It was all people could talk about. Our high school decided to forbid teachers from having the news on or talking about it which of course didn’t work. There was a lot of uncertainty. Some people were afraid that there would be an attack on our city which was Indianapolis and I joked that there really isn’t anything of value worth attacking here of all possible places. My dad told me to get gas but by the time I got to a gas station there were lines wrapped around and I didn’t feel like waiting. All after school activities were canceled. The next day felt somber. My dad is an air traffic controller. He was off the day it happened but had to go in the next day. His work was barricaded and he had to have his entire truck searched as well as his person before he could go in. I remember him having to work a lot and coming home exhausted.
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I was working a summer job in a factory and had a late shift. I only heard about it while calling my mother on a toilet break.
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Chemda - Thanks or putting this up. Of all the tributes and recollections I heard this week, this one was the most genuine and moving for me.
I was especially struck by Andrew's admission that he wondered whether he would have had the guts to take on the hijackers. I felt the same way. |
Thank you for listening and sharing your stories as well!
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I’m just getting to this episode as I’m going backwards after not commuting for a while.
I’d like to tell you my 9/11 story. I was downtown and saw too much. |
And I'd love to read it!
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