Evelyn Squires and her mom, Sarah Squires, discuss living through historical events

In this interview, conducted in November 2023 in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, Evelyn Squires (17) interviews her mom, Sarah Squires (48), about living through historical events. Mrs. Squires discusses her experience and reactions to 9/11 as someone who lived in Charlottesville,...

Megan Hoag interviews her uncle John Corcoran about his experiences in the FDNY

While spending time at home on Thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to interview my uncle about his fire department experiences focusing on the tragedies that occurred on September 11th, 2001. He shared his experience in the fire department and...

9/11 thoughts

We talked about what she thought of for 9/11

9/11 interview project

This is an interview I did for my history class about the events of 9/11. I interviewed my mom on it because she had family and people she knew that were closely involved.

Robert MacDonald and Dylan MacDonald – Eyewitness Account of 9/11

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Robert MacDonald (57) talks with his son, Dylan MacDonald (23) about living in the neighborhood of the Twin Towers, witnessing them fall, and fleeing to New Jersey with a then-3-year-old Dylan.

My dad’s recollection of 9-11

He talks about how his day went on the day of the attacks, and what changed after.

Madison Terzaghi’s 9/11 Interview

This interview was created in Middletown Delaware on December 4th, 2020 by Madison Terzaghi and Karen Terzaghi. Karen Is my mother. During this interview we talked about 9/11 and how it impacted America. This is a emotional interview as well...

A Brooklyn Teacher during 9/11

My mom was a teacher in Brooklyn during 9/11. She discusses what occurred in her school on that day and effects it had on NYC

Aine Flynn and John Flynn

John Flynn (62) talks with his niece, Aine Flynn (17) about his experience in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

A Block Away from Disaster

“The plane was so close the building I was in was shaking.” It was January 8, 2020, and Will Keller had just begun his interview with his mom, Mccurrah Keller. Will wanted to learn more about her experiences when she...

9/11 and the Polish folk

Paolo Pesce speaks to PJ Pesce about 9/11. During the interview, PJ talks about friends that were in New York at the time, where he was, and much more! This interview was recorded on 1/6/20. Paolo was 15, and PJ...

Grandma Ruth and Dad

In the car we discussed various topics like prioritizing family over careers, first jobs, and the biggest influences on our lives.

You’re a good person?

“I do attempt to be a good person 24-7.” In this interview, recorded on January 2nd, 2019, Piers Pozil (14) interviewed Johnny Simpson (75) in Aspen, Colorado, and asked him how his past experiences shaped him to make him who...

Escaping from the Nazis

“My grandmother didn’t want to leave, and my mother, very bravely at age 24 went back to Prague and got her mother and her younger sister Mimi out of Prague with great difficulty… on the last train before Hitler marched...

From Hurt To Healed

“After every air raid we would have to count heads to make sure everyone was okay”. On January 1, 2019, 14 year-old Taylor Huie interviewed her grandmother, Sylvia Huie, about her experience escaping the Japanese-Chinese War in the 1930s when...

Stop Iran

“I would see stop signs and below the word stop it would say Iran”. On 1/6/19, in Los Angeles, Ani Adell interviewed her mom, Megan Adell, about her leaving her home in Iran and coming to America, and how being...

The American Dream

At the age of seven, Jesse Marino and his family came to America to seek asylum from communism in Cuba. On December 22nd in Toluca Lake, Mia Phillips sat down with her family friend, Jesse Marino(58 years old), to learn...

The Boat To a New Cluture

On November 24th in Los Angeles California, 14-year-old Jason Marounian interviewed his dad, Arthur Marounian. Arthur Marounian was an immigrant from Lebanon. He came to America because of the civil war in 1983. When Arthur was a kid he played...

9/11

This interview was just to acknowledge the fact that no matter were in the united states, you were impacted by 9/11.