I was living at the Jersey Shore, commuting to Trenton by way of Seaside Park where I would drop off my two children at school before my 50-mile drive. It was a break-your-heart blue sky day. As I took a… Read More ›
9/11
Kate Welshofer
There are three things I remember most about covering the events of September 11, 2001: a rude awakening, the deafening quiet, and getting into a fight. I was five years into my journalism career in September of 2001, just a… Read More ›
Robert McCarthy
Sept. 11, 2001 remains etched in my memory as a spectacular day. The sun shone brightly, temperature and humidity hovered somewhere in the “perfect” range. So perfect, a run in Delaware Park seemed very much in order No problem on… Read More ›
Deborah Howlett
I was working for USA Today in Chicago and that morning, as it happened, I was at an appointment with an obstetrician with my wife, Cindy, who was three months pregnant with our first child. I got a call from my… Read More ›
Jim Hooker
As a reporter for New Jersey Network News on the state’s public television network, the 21st century’s version of the Day of Infamy began like any other routine Tuesday in September: a half dozen or so reporters and assignment staff… Read More ›
Aaron Chimbel
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a senior broadcast journalism major at Texas Christian University (TCU) getting ready for my 9:30 a.m. reporting course. As I got ready, it was becoming clearer and clearer what was unfolding: an unthinkable terrorist… Read More ›
Stacie Sherman
I was working for Bloomberg on 9/11. I was in the New Jersey newsroom at the time, a pretty young reporter covering business. Bloomberg had many reporters and editors in that office back then. What I remember most, after all these… Read More ›
