I have not yet been to 9/11 Memorial Museum, but acquaintances who have gone photographed a display that tells the story of the Wall Street Journal’s Sept. 12, 2001, issue. That quote across the top — “I want a six-column headline!” — is from MrB. He was the managing editor of the Wall Street Journal…
9/11
From the September 11 Archives
Here are my previous September 11 posts, from oldest to newest. 2007 September 11 Is Here Again 2008 9/14/01 Laughing While Crying The Prodigal Bumpe Returns 2009 Three Old Posts and a Little Story 2010 Thoughts on 9/11: The Devil Is in the Details 2011 “I Thought Everybody Else Was Lost” 10 Years Later: “Essential…
September 11
Here are my previous September 11 posts, from oldest to newest. 2007 September 11 Is Here Again 2008 9/14/01 Laughing While Crying The Prodigal Bumpe Returns 2009 Three Old Posts and a Little Story 2010 Thoughts on 9/11: The Devil Is in the Details 2011 “I Thought Everybody Else Was Lost” 10 Years Later: “Essential…
In Case You Missed This Weekend’s Posts …
I’m busy catching up on some work that I put off while I was writing my 9/11 remembrance posts. If you missed those over the weekend, they’re here: 10 Years Later: “Essential Acts of Witness” 10 Years Later: The Weak Horse I’ll be back tomorrow.
10 Years Later: The Weak Horse
I’ve written several times — including yesterday — about how it was to stand outside my office on 9/11, watching the World Trade Center towers burn across the street. I spent last night watching documentaries about that day and realized that every time I saw an image of the buildings collapsing, I tasted the smoke…
10 Years Later: “Essential Acts of Witness”
I’ve been thinking about the tenth anniversary of 9/11 for a year, especially about a 2003 story by Tom Junod, published in Esquire, called “The Falling Man.” The story is about a photo of an unidentified man plunging from the World Trade Center — one of the many people who jumped from the buildings to…
“I Thought Everybody Else Was Lost.”
The tenth anniversary of September 11 is coming up, and that day is very much on my mind. There’s a well-written story on Poynter.org called “How The Wall Street Journal’s improvised 9/11 battle plan helped it to a Pulitzer.” It quotes MrB extensively about the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of 9/11. He was the Wall…
Thoughts on 9/11: The Devil Is in the Details
“The devil is in the details” normally means that the biggest challenges of a project are contained in its smaller elements. But I always think of the expression in relation to the personal stories told by or of the victims of catastrophic events. Such is particularly the case for me today, the anniversary of the…
Three Old Posts and a Little Story
I’m giving you reruns today: Laughing While Crying 9/14/01 September 11 Is Here Again UPDATED TO ADD: I always think of the other Wendy Brandes on this date. The other Wendy Brandes and I were at Columbia University at the same time. She was studying law and I was getting my undergraduate degree. I found…
The Prodigal Bumpe Returns
Last year, when I wrote about my 9/11 experience here, I mentioned how — adding minor insult to major injury — Bumpe the cow disappeared from my abandoned office at Lehman Brothers. Bumpe Let’s take a moment to reflect on the type of person who loots a stuffed cow (as well as laptops, loose change…