"People kind of just made their way towards the Mall and towards the plaza and people just found people that they knew and just kind of wanted to be around other people because they just didn’t know what was happening or how to process it." –Taqee Khaled, who was president of the U’s Muslim Student Association on Sept. 11, 2001
"It was weird. I’m from New York … when I flew into LaGuardia [airport], it flies in over the end of Manhattan and so that’s how I always knew I was home. I’d always sit on the left side of the airplane because you could see the twin towers." – Amelious Whyte, chief of staff for the vice provost for student affairs
"It didn’t seem real." – Steve Jorgenson, Department of Central Security assistant director
"It’s one of those kind of flashbulb memories … I remember exactly where I was, where I was sitting." – University psychology professor Patricia Frazier
"Those wars have gone on far longer than did World War II, and I think leave young people with less confidence in their country's ability to change the world than is felt by my generation" – University President Eric Kaler, on how the attacks affected the generation attending college now
"That’s when the connection was made that it wasn’t an accident" – University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner, on seeing the plane hit the second World Trade Center tower
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