10 episodes

The Ripple is a place for people to share their stories and experiences around September 11th, 2001. Each person's story from that day is important and deserves a platform and that’s what we do here. We make sure these stories are heard.

The Ripple Podcast The Ripple Podcast

    • Society & Culture

The Ripple is a place for people to share their stories and experiences around September 11th, 2001. Each person's story from that day is important and deserves a platform and that’s what we do here. We make sure these stories are heard.

    Episode 10: Loni and Russ Efron

    Episode 10: Loni and Russ Efron

    On September 11, 2001, Loni and Russ Efron were living across the street from the World Trade Center. They both experienced the towers being hit, falling, and escaping their building. Even though they spent their entire day together, their experiences were so different.

    • 57 min
    Episode 9: Todd MacIntire

    Episode 9: Todd MacIntire

    In today’s episode we feature new music for The Ripple, composed by Timothy Cleary.

    You can see more of Timothy’s work on his website: https://www.timothyclearymusic.com/

    Todd MacIntire was a young man working in New York on September 11th, 2001. As he walked across town to the West Side Highway he looked south, where he saw burning holes in the World Trade Center. He knew it would not be a normal day. This is Todd’s story.

    • 19 min
    Episode 8: Allison Silver Adams [Part 2]

    Episode 8: Allison Silver Adams [Part 2]

    The morning of September 11, 2001, Allison Silver Adams went out for a jog in her neighborhood. She lived in New York City, one block south of World Trade Two. She and her husband had just flown in from vacation the evening of September 10th. Within minutes of Allison returning from her run that morning, the first plane hit the World Trade Center.

    Allison had no idea what September 11th had in store for her as she left her home. She couldn’t have known she would never live there again, or know the things she would see and experience in the next 48 hours. But she survived. This episode delves deeper into Allison’s September 11th, post attack and September 12th and the actions Allison and her husband took after watching their world change in an instant.

    • 30 min
    Episode 7: Allison Silver Adams [Part 1]

    Episode 7: Allison Silver Adams [Part 1]

    The morning of September 11, 2001, Allison Silver Adams went out for a jog in her neighborhood. She lived in New York City, one block south of World Trade Two. She and her husband had just returned home the night before from vacation and the 11th was their first day back. Within minutes of Allison returning from her run, the first plane hit the World Trade Center.

    Allison had no idea what September 11th had in store for her as she left her home. She couldn’t have known she would never live there again, or know the things she would see and experience in the next 48 hours, but she survived. This is her story.

    • 28 min
    Episode 6: The Kids

    Episode 6: The Kids

    In this episode, we will meet students from Western Massachusetts. These students where not yet born when 9/11 occurred. We take a trip to the 9/11 Museum in New York City and talk to them as they experience the exhibits for the first time.

    • 43 min
    Episode 5: Ann Brickley

    Episode 5: Ann Brickley

    In 2001, Ann Brickley was 25 years old and living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She had been working as an attorney for the US Department of Customs out of 6 World Trade Center in Manhattan for just under a year. On the morning of 9/11, Ann was researching in the interior library of 6 WTC. Although in a windowless room, she heard the first plane hitting the WTC but did not know what the noise was from. As she left the library, she heard people talking about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. Soon after, the entire building was told to evacuate. After slight panic and rushing, Ann safely made it to the West Side Highway only to witness the second plane fly right over her head. This is Ann’s story.

    • 23 min

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