9-11 Eyewitness Accounts Interviews

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9-11 EYEWITNESS

ACCOUNT N°1

CARA

CAMPANELLI

TODAY 10 YEARS AGO ON SEPTEMBER

11 , 2001

A jazz musician / 32 A freshman at Harborfields High

School in Greenlawn, NY

ABOUT THAT

SEPTEMBER DAY

WHERE YOU WERE at the time

of the attacks

WHO you WERE with

at school school mates

WHAT YOU WERE DOING /

REMEMBER DOING

FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN YOU HEARD

ABOUT THE NEWS

- (walk ) between my 4th

and 5th period classes

- (call) my parents

WHAT YOU REMEMBERSEEING

WHAT YOU REMEMBER HEARING



- (see ) the news being

broadcast on TV in the

school cafeteria

- teachers ( calm) students

down

- students (cry) / (scream)

- people (panic)

HOW YOU FELT ON THAT DAY YOUR OPINION ON WHAT YOU WERE

EXPERIENCING/ WITNESSING

- pretty scared

- flabbergasted

- unbelievable / grievous experience /

upsetting

9-11 EYEWITNESSACCOUNT N°2

KIM

WHITE


11 , 2001

An administrative assistant in the

Wall Street district/46

- an administrative assistant /

(work) for a financial company

on the 80th floor of Tower 1

ABOUT THAT

SEPTEMBER DAY

WHERE YOU WERE at the time of the

attacks

WHO you WERE with



- at work

- at the World Trade Center / on the

80th floor of Tower 1

- fellow workers


REMEMBER DOING

FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN THE

BUILDING SHOOK

- (talk) with a colleague - (run) towards the reception area

- (get) down as far as the 74th floor

WHAT YOU REMEMBER SEEING WHAT YOU REMEMBER HEARING

- The reception (crawl) out from

under her desk

- People (panic)

- on TV that the plane that had

crashed into the building

- another explosion

- the building (start) to come down

- the police (yell) : “RUN!” / everybody

(scream) / (ask ) for help



- really frightened / (be) messed up

- (be) blessed to be safe and sound /

under shock

- terrible / terrifying / tragic /unreal / moving

9-11 EYEWITNESS

ACCOUNT N°3

ABDULLAH

JONES

TODAY 10 YEARS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 11 ,

2001

A financial director / 37 - a financial director at the AIG

insurance organization 6 blocks from



the World Trade Center

ABOUT THAT

SEPTEMBER DAY

WHERE YOU WERE at the

time of the attacks

WHO you WERE with

- at work

- on the 15th floor of my

office building

- with his boss


REMEMBER DOING

FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN YOU

SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING

- (watch) the first tower

burning in horror

- ( drop) my coffee on the carpet

WHAT YOU REMEMBER SEEING WHAT YOU REMEMBER HEARING

- (see) United Airlines Flight 175

heading for the second tower

- People (fall) to their death after

jumping from the northern tower .

- a swift explosion like a door shutting

- my boss (shout): “ Oh my GOD!”



- so cross with the terrorists /shocked

/ taken aback

- traumatic / an unthinkable experience /

a massive inferno worse than in a

movie / unreal

9-11 EYEWITNESS

ACCOUNT N°4



JOHN

FREY


11 , 2001

- an American StockExchange specialist on

Wall Street 42

- an American Stock Exchangespecialist on Wall Street

ABOUT THAT

SEPTEMBER DAY

WHERE YOU WERE at the time of the attacks

WHO you WERE with

- at the NYSE (New York Stock

Exchange)

- co -workers


REMEMBER DOING

FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN TOWER 2

WAS HIT

- (leave) the trading floor - (head) towards Battery Park while acloud of black ash overcame me.

WHAT YOU REMEMBER

SEEING


- (walk) through gray dust /

it (snow) debris

- Anything/ it was pitch black

- People (bump) into people / (fall) /

(scream) for help

- Police officers and firefighters(offer) their help





- as if I (be) blind / disoriented /

completely lost

- lucky to be alive

- (be) filled with anger / stunned

- stressful / upsetting /

- a nightmare / disturbing / shocking

9-11 EYEWITNESS

ACCOUNT N°5

LOUIE

CACCHIOLI


11 , 2001

- a retired firefighter / 28 - a Harlem firefighter

ABOUT THAT

SEPTEMBER DAY


time of the attacks

WHO you WERE with

- in the second tower - rescue team

WHAT YOU WERE DOING /REMEMBER DOING FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN TOWER 2WAS STRUCK

- (take) firefighters up in the

elevator to the 24th floor to

evacuate workers.

- (get) trapped inside the elevator

with another firefighter.



- (give) people oxygen

masks

WHAT YOU REMEMBER

SEEING


- 500 people trapped in thestairwell

- the power (go) off

- Some of my team mates

(die)

- Everybody (scream)

- The tower (fall) apart



- concerned / helpless

- sorry for the victims /

- a living hell / inconceivable to me

- heartbreaking / disturbing

9-11 EYEWITNESS

TESTINOMY : N° …

TODAY

(OCCUPATION/ AGE)

10 YEARS AGO ON SEPTEMBER

11 , 2001

(OCCUPATION /

AGE)

ABOUT THAT

SEPTEMBER DAY


time of the attacks

WHO you WERE with




REMEMBER DOING

FIRST THING YOU DID WHEN YOU HEARD

ABOUT THE NEWS

WHAT YOU REMEMBER

SEEING


HOW YOU FELT ON THAT DAY YOUR OPINION ON YOUR EXPERIENCE /ON WHAT YOU WERE EXPERIENCING/

WITNESSING

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9-11 Eyewitness Accounts Interviews