Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11
"We set out walking in a long line, but moments after we got outside, the second tower began to fall. Some teachers and students were caught in a black cloud of dust, others were forced back inside the school. My group ran north, hand-in-hand, as fast as we could." - Teacher "I was able to maintain communication with the assistant principals, the deans, and the school safety agents via the walkie-talkies.... I thought about the two students in wheelchairs, the blind student, and the student who had just returned from open-heart surgery.... Oh, by the way, this is not in the 'principal's manual.' We had to figure it out step by step." - School principal"