Ep. 409 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong (Remembering September 11 - 25 Years Later)
Updated: 18 minutes ago
Twenty-five years after September 11, Steffen A. Kaplan joins me as Guest Co-Host for a special episode of The Sunday #NYTReadalong. Steffen was working as a photo editor at The New York Times on September 11, 2001, and was at ground zero. I was living in Seattle, nearly 3,000 miles away from New York.
We experienced that day from very different places.
On Sunday, we’ll share our stories and ask you to share yours. I’ll also talk about what I saw in the weeks and months afterward, as hatred toward Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and other immigrants fueled an intense backlash.
The New York Times has published a special section marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11, including a lead article by former #NYTReadalong guest Dan Barry. The Times shared the PDF with us, and we are happy to share it with you.
Steffen is a Digimentors colleague, a good friend, and an incredible photographer. More importantly, he agrees that you don’t put pineapple on pizza. You just don’t.
Please join me and Steffen A. Kaplan for Ep. 409 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong on September 13. We will be live at 8:30 a.m. ET, 12:30 p.m. GMT and 6:00 p.m. IST. If you miss the show, you can always watch the replay, right on this page.
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Special Section
25 Years of Moving Forward, And Back
An awkward balance between the tower of remembering and the tower of forgetting.
Click here for the special section, featuring a haunting photo of the Twin Towers on the cover. (pdf, 60mb)
Gift Links
Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.
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The president has de-emphasized and shifted the war on terrorism at a time when fear of foreign attack has receded into the background of American life.
The attacks unleashed a wave of hate, but the years since have seen Muslim Americans’ political and cultural influence grow.
Our Personal Stories
Steffen A. Kaplan
Steffen will share his account of shooting pictures from across the Hudson River and then convincing someone to take him across the Hudson, even with the Coast Guard in the way, so he could get to The New York Times headquarters.
That Morning We Will Never Forget
Neil Parekh
I’ll share my own account of what it was like to watch everything unfold from almost 3,000 miles away. In particular, I saw how hatred toward Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and other immigrants led to an intense backlash in the weeks and months after the attacks. On September 11, I Was a New Yorker 2,800 Miles From Home
Sree Sreenivasan
Even though Sree won’t be on the show, he shared a series of emails that he sent that day. He and his wife Roopa took an early flight into JFK that morning. One of the last flights to land in NYC before air traffic was shut down. 9/11 ATTACKS: My e-mail messages from 9/11/2001
About Steffen A. Kaplan
Steffen A. Kaplan, a born and bred New Yorker, was a Supervising Photo Editor at The New York Times for 15 years. A Freelance Photojournalist who documented the NYPD on his own time, he still loves to walk the streets of his city -- and all cities -- observing life. When not in the city or traveling, Steffen loves to spend time in nature preserves throughout New Jersey and New York State.
He recently launched Just Look Up NYC, photo walks in New York City where you look up for inspiration. Instagram | LinkedIn
A Few Quick Messages
Jaipur Literature Festival
The Jaipur Literature Festival has started its North America run. This weekend it’s in North Carolina.
Sree’s Sunday Note
Sree’s latest newsletter focuses on the Nobel Peace Conference’s “Democracy on the Brink."
“It all comes down to power and money — and a bit of authoritarian solidarity. It’s that solidarity that made my week in Oslo all the more poignant. I met people who were locked up and worse by their own governments. The situations they were in were familiar to all of them—authoritarians love dealing with other authoritarians if only for the lack of drama and hand-wringing over trivialities like human rights, freedom of information, and free and fair elections.”
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Shining Light on Shadows: A Candid Conversation About Mental Health
On Thursday, September 10, Marina Perry joined Neil and Dawn Neuburg on Shining Light on Shadows to talk about PTSD, grief and the long-term mental health impacts of a vicious dog attack. It was also the 33rd Anniversary of when Dawn was violently attacked and raped.
What happened to them was very different. The invisible scars, however, were very similar.
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