Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold
The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home As clear as that cloudless September morning, Jenna Jacobs McPartland remembers the moment everything changed. “I was cleaning the bathroom and watching the Today show in the background and nine months pregnant,” the 52-year-old recalls by phone.…
Twenty-five years have passed since the horrific events of September 11, 2001, which forever altered the course of history. The United States, the world's most influential nation, responded to the catastrophic terrorist attack by inflicting terror of its own, both globally and domestically. Jenna Jacobs McPartland, a 52-year-old woman, vividly recalls the moment everything changed.
"I was cleaning the bathroom and watching the Today show in the background, nine months pregnant," she recalls, "I think they were showing 'Today throws a wedding' when the news broke in." A plane had struck the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. McPartland was unaware that her husband, Ariel Jacobs, was present at a conference at the Windows on the World restaurant.
"I called his office to say, 'Hey, turn on the TV. Do you guys know what's going on?' His assistant replied, 'Oh my God, Jenna, he's there.' The entire world disappeared, and there was a sense of hollow collapse."
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