Comments on: “On 9/11 I Lost New York” 2008

By: Counting to Ten | CHICAGO CARLESS

Counting to Ten | CHICAGO CARLESS — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:09:57 +0000

[...] 2008, I blogged about my personal 9/11 story. Last year, I told my 9/11 story to StoryCorps. This year, there’s not much more to say. [...]

By: Turning and the Teruah of Time | CHICAGO CARLESS

Turning and the Teruah of Time | CHICAGO CARLESS — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:00:09 +0000

[...] natives still haven’t found a path to peace about it all. Time and again I’ve rehashed my 9/11 story on this blog, even recording it for national posterity. So I suppose a part of me still lives [...]

By: Why I’m Here: My 9/11 Story Told for the StoryCorps September 11th Initiative (Audio) | CHICAGO CARLESS

Mon, 24 May 2010 23:21:53 +0000

[...] am a native New Yorker who was in midtown Manhattan on 9/11. I’ve blogged about my experience on that day, but I rarely talk about it. Start telling me your 9/11 story–as many Chicagoans [...]

By: “Nostalgia for samsara is bullshit…”

“Nostalgia for samsara is bullshit…” — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:07:53 +0000

[...] when part of the the World Trade Center collapsed onto its former building. While I was safely evacuating over the Queensboro Bridge on 9/11, their staff were dodging bodies on West [...]

By: As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11

As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:21:57 +0000

[...] a few hours before this writing. In previous years, I’ve commemorated the day by describing my part in the exodus from Manhattan and entreating my blog readers to reach out to those they [...]

By: Devil Dog Deliverance

Devil Dog Deliverance — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:26:08 +0000

[...] school, half-a-dozen teenage boyfriends, college, my first eight years on my own in Brooklyn, and September 11th, for good [...]

By: At Home in the Flyover Zone

At Home in the Flyover Zone — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:49:31 +0000

[...] the first New Year in Chicago that I don’t want to be anywhere else. When I first arrived, a post-9/11 psychological refugee, I expected my self-imposed asylum from Gotham not to last more than a couple of years. Although I [...]