9/11 report from the ground: Smoke, shock spread over New York
This article reflects on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks by republishing an original on-the-ground report from The Hindu. It captures the immediate chaos, shock, and confusion experienced by witnesses in New York City as the twin towers collapsed.
Why it matters
It serves as a historical record of one of the most significant geopolitical events of the 21st century, highlighting the human impact of terrorism.
September 11, 2001, has gone down in history as the most devastating terror attack on one of the most powerful nations, which had ramifications across the globe. In a deadly series of blows, terrorists crashed two flights into the World Trade Center that brought down the twin 110-storey towers. The Hindu correspondent Sridhar Krishnaswami witnessed the horrifying events that unfolded in the New York City and extensively covered the attack aftermath from the ground.
His article ‘Smoke, shock spread over New York’, appeared on the frontpage of the newspaper the next day, captured the chaotic atmosphere on the streets even as both people and law enforcement agencies were stumped by the kind of coordination and precision the terrorist acts had been executed on the U.S. soil.
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we reproduce the original article.
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