I started my job at Lyndon State on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, so the anniversary of my job will always be tied in with the 11th. I won’t be able to think of one without the other.
My partner and I had just moved that weekend from the Boston area, leaving behind many dear friends. I was sitting in my office, reading manuals, when my partner called to tell me the news.
Her sister, my sister-in-law, lives in DC and works for the Smithsonian. I have a good friend, from grad school, who works in the Congressional library. We have family and friends who live in that south, central part of Pennsylvania or in northern Maryland. And, certainly, we knew many people in the Boston area.
We were fortunate. Our friends and family were safe. Scared but safe.
Today, as we take time to remember lives lost, relationships ruined, lives that will never be the same, let’s also remember the survivors, the folks that give us hope that things can be better, and that we can survive.
To learn more about al-Qaeda, New York City, the towers, CIA intelligence, and what’s happened after, you might want to check out these items from the LSC Library:
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. This book is recognized as THE manual about al-Qaeda. Wright is a journalist, who also wrote the screenplay for the Denzel Washington movie, The Siege (1999). The Siege was not a critically acclaimed film, yet, because of Wright’s knowledge and insights into terrorists, this film was a spooky premonition of what was to come.
Aftermath by Joel Meyerowitz is a beautifully presented pictorial work of the heros and destruction of 9/11.
Beyond Retribution: peaceful tomorrows. This documentary, produced by the September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, shows the organization of this group and the work they do to promote peace.
Come into the Library and let us help you locate these resources as well as the other resources on 9/11.
