Brian
Stayte’s 9/11 Experience
On September 11, 2001 Mr. Brian
Stayte was 24 years old and was driving to a job fair at Purdue University.
"I was planning on meeting with the FBI, but when I go to the job fair,
their booth was vacant," Stayte said. He left the job fair and went to his
brother's house on campus for lunch. That's when he saw the news. "It was
very surreal," Stayte said. "Like a scene from a movie,or
something."
Kathy
Faulkenberg’s 9/11 Experience
On September 11, 2001 Mrs. Kathy
Faulkenberg was 30 years old and teaching at Northwood Elementary School.
Faulkenberg was eating lunch
when it all happened. "I couldn't believe it," Faulkenberg said. At
first she thought there had been a bomb, "I continued to watch the news to
see what had really happened, and to see if people were in danger inside those
buildings."
After school, Faulkenberg drove
straight home to be with her family, and continued watching the news.
Amy Selby’s
9/11 Experience
On September 11, 2001 eighteen
year old Amy Selby was driving to class at IUPUI.
“I heard the radio announcer
describe the events. I was late to class
so I went in and actually interrupted the professor to tell them what I had
heard. Another student was late and
shared what he heard as well,” Selby said. “I saw video replays all day on TVs
around campus. I honestly didn’t know what to think. I turned the radio up to listen to make sure
I heard it correctly.”
Campus was very quiet. Normally a hustling and
bustling campus it was very calm and people really didn’t talk. People were
gathered around TVs around campus to watch what was going on.
“I stayed on campus for classes;
if I remember correctly classes weren’t cancelled,” Selby said. “I talked to my mom on the phone and she said
to be very aware of my surroundings in case there was another attack.”
