188: one September morning: Joan

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Every September, here on the podcast we feature a guest who has a personal experience with 9/11. Most people remember exactly where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001, when terrorists struck the US using hijacked airplanes. It was a dark day for this country. This month, What Was That Like is publishing a 3-part series titled one September morning. In each episode, you’ll hear someone telling their personal story about what they experienced on that day. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to subscribe and follow the show so you don’t miss an episode. Today, in the first episode of the series, we’ll hear from Joan. She and her husband lived in lower Manhattan. On the morning of 9/11, Joan was at work a few miles away from the disaster. But her husband was still at home, just a block from the Twin Towers, and he had no idea what had just happened. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/188 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: To get your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! For a limited time, our listeners will get an exclusive 15% off their first OneSkin purchase using the code WWTL when you checkout at oneskin.co. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every September here on the podcast we feature a guest who has a personal experience with 9-11.
0:07.0	Most people remember exactly where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001,
0:19.0	when terrorists struck the U.S. using hijacked airplanes. It was a dark day for this
0:25.7	country. This month what was that like is publishing a three-part series titled One September Morning. In each
0:36.6	episode you'll hear someone telling their personal story about what they
0:40.7	experienced on that day.
0:42.8	If you haven't done so already, be sure to subscribe and follow the show so you don't miss an episode.
0:48.8	Today, in the first episode of the series we'll hear from Joan.
0:55.0	She and her husband lived in Lower Manhattan.
0:59.0	On the morning of 9-11, Joan was at work a few miles away from the disaster.
1:06.4	But her husband was still at home, just a block from the Twin Towers, and he had no idea what had just happened.
1:18.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:23.4	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:28.5	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:32.0	I turned around.
1:33.4	I see a gun pointed at me close enough.
1:35.6	I could touch it.
1:36.6	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:38.8	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down. Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want to leave us.
1:46.2	My hair catches on fire. I swear to God, this image is burning my head for us, my life.
1:54.0	I'm Scott Johnson, and this's both good and bad.
2:12.0	It's good because ads are what make it possible for me to keep bringing you these episodes.
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