22 Years Later, Campus Community Members Reflect on Tragic Events of Sept. 11, 2001

Chaos. Confusion. Busy signals. Eyes glued to newscasts. Heartbreak.

As do many others across the nation and around the world, members of the Syracuse University community recall the events of Sept. 11, 2001, with unusual clarity, considering how much time has passed since that stark morning.

What would’ve been an ordinary September day on campus turned into anything but as a coordinated terrorist attack against the United States was executed, with planes crashing into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan and, less than an hour later, the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 individuals, including 30 alumni and countless friends and family members of those affiliated with the University, lost their lives that day.

Below, six members of the University community recall their experience on campus on that day. Today and every day, we honor the lives that were lost in the Sept. 11 attacks and in the global war on terror that has since ensued.