We Were There, September 26, 2018

FDNY World Trade Center Responder Brenda B. and Lower Manhattan Worker Karen L. share their personal stories of September 11th in their 9/11 Tribute Museum presentation of We Were There on stage at the National September 11th Memorial Museum.
Brenda was off-duty and got to Manhattan via a police van along with other off-duty responders, crossing the Brooklyn Bridge just as the North Tower collapsed. Shortly thereafter, she met up with firefighters from her company and approached the site. Brenda knew 250 of the 343 firefighters killed on 9/11, and talks about her own recovery through volunteering and creating art inspired by the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.
Karen worked on Wall Street at Merrill Lynch, just a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. She was on her way to work on the morning of 9/11 when the buildings were hit. In the shadow of the South Tower when it collapsed, she ran to the edge of the Hudson River and jumped, from which she was rescued by an FDNY boat.

[@IAmTheirVoice]

I just Googled Brenda's artwork of the 36 views of One World Trade Center. Very impressive pieces with their details, shading and variety of perspectives. She is truly talented.

[@HeatherShineify]

I still can't wrap my brain around what they went through.

[@BonJody]

I just realized I am actually watching this on September 26 2021, exactly 3 years after this presentation.

[@missmac564]

Brenda is a badass

[@Kwantifye]

Agree. Lawyer, NYFD trailblazer and a gifted artist. Her lithographs of the new One World Trade Center site are amazing.

[@leanneadams2549]

Alittle off topic -but- I love the way she says coffee!! I think her accent is so cool ! The people of New York is so cool !!! Tuff when they need to be and proven to be the most caring people in the world !!!
NEVER FORGET 🥀❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Jillousa]

That second story was the first time I've heard something quite like that for September 11th. It's interesting when survival mode kicks in

[@Sushi2735]

Strike me dead in the street if you EVER SEE ME IN SHORTS in Manhattan! DOTS! 😫😫😫😫

[@jipfluffy2143]

I wonder if that woman kept the coach bag? Or did she ditch it?

[@marianjohnson9057]

I THINK she had to let it go… something she said later made me think that

[@slim2705]

Sooooooooo the second chick she walked to the second tower while it was burning, purposely?! Wtf

[@xtina6569]

The second one is a bit clueless

[@missmac564]

The second chick... wtf...

[@amberslilrose3954]

She sounds like Nancy Pelosi.