By Mount Observer Staff
Holly Lusco: I was in 6th grade in the middle of a English lesson or some lesson when we heard the news.. We went to assembly where we were told what happened and when we got back to the room we watched the local news and saw the video of the planes crashing into the towers… I can remember like it was yesterday.
Ashley Gough: I was a senior in high school in Colorado. They brought television sets into all the classes and turned on the news during 1st period after the first plane hit. Then we all watched the second one hit and the buildings come down. It was scary and some of the senior boys who were planning to enlist after graduation were talking about the possibility of going to war. It was a very strange day.
Denise Lavoie Whitney: I was working as an operator (zero and 911) at Verizon…. we heard from parents, siblings, husbands & wives, kids, etc. looking for their loved ones….not knowing where they were or if they were ok, or how to reach them. Landlines were down, cell phones were not operating and over used so folks could not get through. It was very stressful; we also could not help them, most of the phone lines were down and not operating. They were desperate and we were actually powerless on our end, it was very sad. At that time, the Gardner based Verizon handled all of New England and New York…we got the calls…..we heard a lot of stories.
Karen Ray Costa: I was in Manhattan, on 89th and 2nd.
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