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Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) remembers #911 on Twitter

On 9-11-11, @jeffjarvis told his experience of 9-11-01 on Twitter.

  1. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I was on my way into work now, driving to Jersey City and the (last) PATH train to the World Trade Center. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:08:13
  2. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I stood on the last PATH train. Crowded, as usual. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:10:11
  3. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I didn't want to go to New York that day. My 10 am meeting was to plan layoffs at CondéNet. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:15:54
  4. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    Wow RT @currycolleen: @jeffjarvis My dad was a conductor on that train.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:18:23
  5. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I didn't notice what a beautiful morning it was until I looked up at the North Tower and the sky. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:22:59
  6. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    Indeed. RT @currycolleen: @jeffjarvis He got home and picked me up from high school. Thank God.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:25:00
  7. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    At this moment at Journal Square, I got on that last PATH train to the WTC. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:26:10
  8. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    It was just another commute to New York. Not sure why I took the World Trade Center PATH instead of the train to midtown. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:31:32
  9. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    My PATH train was probably going under the river about now. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:43:43
  10. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    At this moment, my PATH train entered the World Trade Center. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:45:52
  11. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    The first jet hit the first tower now. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:46:32
  12. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I got off my PATH train, noticing nothing different at first. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:46:53
  13. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I came up the long, broad escalator to the Trade Center's concourse. Something was different, quite odd: Silence. It was never quiet. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:47:35
  14. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    At the top of the escalator, I saw virtually no one. It was never not crowded. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:48:18
  15. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I wondered what had happened. Behind me, I saw a small bit of smoke. I thought it was a minor track fire. I didn't rush. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:48:50
  16. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I saw the concourse of the World Trade Center dotted everywhere with empty women's shoes. I could not imagine why. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:49:20
  17. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I turned to a stranger; said, "What's up with the shoes." He gave me a dirty look for talking to him. That was the last old-NY moment. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:49:55
  18. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I just walked through the concourse, seeing no cause for concern yet. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:50:28
  19. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I came up under WTC 5 and the bookstore there. Still quiet. Still not concerned, just puzzled at what was happening. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:51:59
  20. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I wanted to buy a newspaper but was peeved that the newsstand was in the process of closing. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:51:05
  21. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I came out of the Trade Center and a woman cop there screamed at us: "RUN! RUN!" I will always remember her face, with gratitude. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:52:32
  22. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    I ran across the street amid debris. I did not keep running. I stopped between the hotel and Century 21 and turned around. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:53:29
  23. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    Now I saw black smoke and orange flames from the top of the North Tower with debris still raining. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:54:28
  24. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    No one knew what had happened. The news was speculation,. Some thought a plane had hit. It sounded impossibly absurd. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:55:27
  25. jeffjarvis
    jeffjarvis@jeffjarvis
    We hardly spoke, the strangers there. We just stared up. #911
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 05:56:11

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