9/11 Stories

Eric Racheff

Short, true accounts of the people who lived through September 11th — passengers, first responders, office workers, family members waiting on the other end of the phone. Each episode tells one person's story: what an ordinary Tuesday morning turned into, and how they got through it, or didn't. Released to mark 25 years since the attacks, from the team behind The Conspiracy Podcast.

Episodes

  1. 1 day ago

    9/11 Stories: #7 - Firefighter Stephen Siller

    An off-duty firefighter was on his way to spend the day with his brothers when he heard the news that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. What he chose to do next became one of the most enduring stories of that entire day. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy PodcastYour Host, Eric Racheff To Donate to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, please visit www.t2t.org

  2. 3 days ago

    9/11 Stories #6 - Rick Rescorla

    He spent years warning that this exact building was still a target — and running drills nobody wanted to do because of it. When the moment actually came, everything he'd built paid off in ways nobody could have predicted. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy PodcastYour Host, Eric Racheff

  3. 5 days ago

    9/11: Stories #5 - Richard Eichen & Lucy Gonzalez

    Two strangers on the same floor of the North Tower, ninety flights between them and the street below. What happened between the moment they found each other and the moment the building came down. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy PodcastYour Host, Eric Racheff

  4. 11 Sept

    9/11 Stories #4 - Officer Moira Smith

    She was the first officer in the city to radio in the attack — then spent her final hour guiding hundreds of people out of the South Tower before going back in one last time. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy PodcastYour Host, Eric Racheff

  5. 11 Sept

    9/11 Stories #3 - John O'Neill

    For twenty-five years, one man spent his career warning the government about a threat almost nobody wanted to take seriously. Days before September 11th, he started a brand new job — one with an irony he couldn't have scripted himself. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy PodcastYour Host, Eric Racheff

  6. 11 Sept

    9/11 Stories #1 - Paige, Ruth and Juliana

    This is the true story of Paige Farley-Hackel and Ruth and Juliana McCourt. In the pre-dawn dark at Logan Airport, two best friends say goodbye before boarding two different flights to the same reunion in California. A simple decision — a handful of frequent flyer miles — is the only thing that separates them that morning. What happens next unfolds across two towers, seventeen minutes apart. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy Podcast Your Host Eric Racheff

  7. 11 Sept

    9/11 Stories #2 - Betty Ong

    A flight attendant on American Flight 11 spent the last 23 minutes of her life on the phone, calmly telling American Airlines everything she could about the hijacking underway around her — including actual audio from that call. Sponsored and Produced by The Conspiracy PodcastYour Host, Eric Racheff

  • 7 Episodes

About

Short, true accounts of the people who lived through September 11th — passengers, first responders, office workers, family members waiting on the other end of the phone. Each episode tells one person's story: what an ordinary Tuesday morning turned into, and how they got through it, or didn't. Released to mark 25 years since the attacks, from the team behind The Conspiracy Podcast.

Information

  • Creator
    Eric Racheff
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Eric Racheff
  • Show Website
    9/11 Stories
  • Provider