Stories
Hi, my name is Nicole Morlan. I’m from Montpelier, Vermont. On Sept. 11, 2001, I was currently a volunteer firefighter for the Woodbury Fire Department. Being a firefighter, I’d been in training fires and things like that, where you hear the alarms go off, and it’s frightening, even in a training setting. And I just…
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In a normal year, drivers passing 3A Marine in Hingham would see a parking lot filled with boats: brand new fishing boats, center consoles and cabin cruisers. But this past year has been anything but normal. All 3A Marine has left is one solitary used boat. Call it another side effect of the pandemic. More…
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A person sentenced to prison in the U.S. serves an average sentence of three years. That’s more than 3,000 meals they’ll be served behind bars, which could be considered part of the punishment. According to a recent report from the advocacy group, Impact Justice, prison meals are typically overly processed — high in sodium, sugar,…
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Twenty years ago, my husband David was killed on 9/11. He was on American Airlines Flight 11, the first flight to hit the World Trade Center. At the time, we had two young children and I was pregnant with our third child. Dave and I were college sweethearts — madly in love — and we…
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A Connecticut teenager found a forgotten piece of history in a family album — photos of the September 11 attacks taken by a relative from a high-rise apartment in the Financial District. Liam Enea is a sophomore at the University of Connecticut. He says his grandmother recently passed away. And before she died, she gave…
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My name is Brigadier General Steve Lambrecht. I’m the Chief of Staff and Air Component Commander for the Vermont Air National Guard. On Sept. 11, 2001, I was sitting reserve for United Airlines. That means you’re on call; you have to be ready for takeoff within four hours of getting a call. I had actually…
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I’m Schandra Singh. I’m a painter. And right now we are in my new studio, which is in Bridgewater, Vermont, in an old mill. I lived across the street from World Trade Tower 2, I had a small loft there. I woke up, my phone kept ringing, and it was before cell phones for me.…
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The young adults born in 2001 are too young to remember the 9/11 attacks or their immediate aftermath first hand. But it’s still an event that has shaped nearly every aspect of their lives. “I’ve never known a world without terrorism or a war on terror,” said Emily Childs, a Tufts University student from Somerville…
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I’m Sam Nelis and I live in Winooski, Vermont. On September 11, I was in seventh grade. And at the time, I was living in Islamabad, Pakistan, with my family. My dad’s originally from Belgium, my mom’s originally from Montreal, and they’re international teachers. So they were teaching at an international English-speaking school in Pakistan.…
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