9/11 Stories: Beth Chunn
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2021
- Beth Chunn lived in Neptune, New Jersey but worked for Morgan Stanley on the 64th floor of The World Trade Center in the South Tower. Her train commute was a 5 hour/day ordeal. She remembers texting her boss on the way in, saying, “Is this what it’s all about? Commuting 5 hours a day?!”
Beth says it’s strange what she remembers from that day. She recalls llooking out her office window at work and thinking to herself, “Those are ‘Simpsons’ clouds.” Getting ready for a meeting, she heard a loud boom. From the conference room, it looked like ticker tape parade confetti pouring out of the North Tower. She saw a roll of toilet paper unfolding as it fell. Someone in her office who had survived the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 instinctively knew it was another terror attack and yelled “Get the hell out of here! Get the hell out! “
Everyone from her office stayed calm, and almost casually walked down the stairs. When they got to the 20th floor, the building rocked. No one knew it but their building had just been hit by the second hijacked plane. Chunn and her colleagues made their way safely uptown before their building collapsed.
Beth’s pregnant sister also worked for Morgan Stanley at The World Trade Center, 8 floors above Beth’s office, but luckily was in Canada with her husband that day, celebrating their anniversary. Beth says had her sister been at work that day, she would have never left the area without her. Her sisters’ anniversary vacation probably saved Beth Chunn’s life.
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She mentioned that one guy was panicking and running down faster than everyone else. I suspect he saw jumpers, the holes, fires, etc. I can’t say I blame him.
This person sounds like she is living with PTSD. My heart goes out to her.
She was able to live because Rick Rescorla took his job as Security Director for Morgan Stanley very seriously. He saved 3,700 lives but not his own.
That's how grief is. My oldest daughter died. Hee remains have not been found. She was right with me on 9/11. Sometimes I am totally fine with her loss and other days I fall apart. Like actually fall apart.
I want to thank Beth and everyone else who gives their account of that day. They are being asked to recount what they recall of what - for many of them - will have been the worst day in their lives. It's so important for the rest of us to listen to them.
I'm canadian and one thing that always gets me about 9/11 stories is how amazed the survivors are a out how kind and helpful people were that day. The things these people did, like let someone in for shelter, or to use their cell phone, is an everyday thing where Im from. I hope that kindness lasted beyond that day in New York.
She mentioned her parents flying home from Germany on 9-11 and getting rerouted to Canada. If anyone here hasn't already heard or read about the airport in Canada or Newfoundland maybe where many planes were grounded, please look it up right now. Amazing story about amazing people. I believe it's Gander Airport but it's been a while.
What’s insane is that the South Tower had only 17 minutes to get out of there before the second plane hit them! I’m sorry to those that stayed put once the North Tower was hit.
It's a good thing that all the people in the stairwells couldn't see what was going on.......Imagine going to the windows and looking down at hundreds of fire trucks and everyone looking up at you and people running in the other direction. That would have caused a stampede. Fire stairwells are often enclosed in concrete.......I am sorry she had to experience this.
Moving forward, "always evacuate!" I can't believe Port Authority would advise the people to stay.
I loved the part about how we were holding doors and looking out for each other after that terrible day. It was truly amazing how loving we all became. The country was truly united. It’s sad that we are so divided now, we forget that we’re all on the same team.
This lady is still very much in need of healing 💔 Thanks a lot for sharing this
It's true how your mind goes in different directions when faced with tragedy. I remember being in a car accident and while my car was spinning and spinning out of control on the highway, the most trivial thought in my mind was like... "oh geez, how much money is it going to cost to fix my vehicle", rather than... holy crap I might die. Must be survival mode, but I was detached from fear.
Bless you Beth. Your emotions are very honest and human. I appreciate you sharing your story. I know the pride you felt in those buildings! As a New Yorker who cut school to have breakfast there! Lol Hanging in Manhattan and looking up for a sense of direction. 🙏🏽💕
Absolutely The Most Riveting 1ST Person Account On An Emotional Level
Thank God you started to evacuate the South Tower right away. You got out safely.
One of the most emotional interviews on 9/11. Thank you for sharing your experience with the world,
Your honesty is healing
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Beth. Blessings to you🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. It’s still crazy to me how you all had no idea what was going on inside the Towers while we were watching it unfold in real-time. We were trying to call everyone we knew who worked on Wall Street to make sure they were safe. My mother worked at the Pentagon, and I didn’t reach her until 5pm.
Something I have noticed from watching 9/11 stories since it happened is that those who were not injured or near the impact zone or those who exited the building without delay, seem to have more trauma from 9/11 than those who were the most affected that day, like those that survived from above the impact zone or the few that survived the collapse. It's strange how PTSD affects those in or near a tragedy so differently.