First thoughts went to family and friends who lived and worked in New York or Washington D.C., but communication was often difficult.
“Everyone I know is in Manhattan,” Chislenko said. “Not being able to phone home unnerved me.”
Students frustrated with saturated phone lines and malfunctioning cell phones resorted to e-mail and Instant Messenger.
“I have some family members who might have been in the World Trade Center that we haven’t heard from yet,” said Darryl K. Dove ’02. “It’s been hard because cell phones and land phones are down, but I’ve seen people on IM all morning.”
Charlie Cromwell ’02, an Army ROTC member, failed to get through to military personnel in Washington.
“I worked in that wing of the Pentagon this summer, and I haven’t been able to get through to my coworkers,” Cromwell said. “I have no idea if they’re okay.”
Even students who did not have family or friends in the affected area were struck by the scope and severity of the disaster.
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