Arlington Remembers

In 2006, on the 5th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Center for Local History conducted a series of interviews with first responders and Arlingtonians about their experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, and the days that followed.

Transcripts of the oral histories are available online. They include the words of:

Fire Chief James Schwartz
Fire Captain Gary Tobias
Firefighter/EMT Charles Cake
Deputy Police Chief Stephen Holl
Police Lt. James Daly
Police Officer Paul Larson
Police Dispatcher Lisa Thompson

H.B. Woodlawn Principal Ray Anderson
5th grade teacher Gail Klein
H.B. Woodlawn Librarian Theresa Flynn
American Muslim Yasmine El-Droubi
Library Archivist John Stanton

Several short excerpts of the original audio files are also available:

• Lt. James Daly, Arlington County Police Department
• Lisa Thompson, Arlington County Police Department Radio Systems Manager
• Fire Chief James Schwartz, Arlington County Fire Department – designated Incident Commander at the Pentagon on 9/11
• Yasmine El-dourabi, Arlington resident
• John Stanton, Arlington Public Library Archivist