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To Me, Every Day Is Yesterday: Remembering 9/11

StoryCorps

NPR

Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 3.9K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

As we mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 β€” memories of Richard Palazzolo, who didn't make it out of the Twin Towers that day β€” told by his identical twin brother who did.

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0:00.0

I'm Dave Isay, founder of StoryCore.

0:02.6

Support for this podcast and the following message come from Morgan Stanley, a proud sponsor

0:07.2

of StoryCore.

0:08.2

Morgan Stanley is committed to giving back into fostering meaningful dialogue among people

0:12.4

and communities.

0:13.7

Morgan Stanley dot com.

0:39.5

And they cut out and they said, I'm playing, towel one.

0:45.9

I don't even know.

0:46.9

I might have dropped it before.

0:48.4

I know my heart did.

0:49.8

Today marks twenty years since Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes,

0:57.4

and an attack on the United States.

1:00.2

Nearly 3000 people were killed, and another 6000 were injured, making it the single largest

1:06.5

Terrorist Act in World History.

1:10.0

With numbers like that, it's possible to lose sight

1:12.6

of all the individuals that were lost that day.

1:15.6

So in 2005, StoryCore partnered with the National

1:18.5

September 11th Memorial and Museum in a pretty

1:21.4

ambitious project to record a remembrance

1:24.4

for each of the lives lost.

1:26.7

In this episode, we're going to hear from the friends

1:28.6

and family members of one of the people who died

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