COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — It has been 23 years since Americans watched in horror as the 9/11 terrorist attacks left nearly 3,000 people dead.
One Columbus woman was just miles from the Twin Towers that day.
Alissa Stechschulte grew up in New York City. She was in kindergarten the day of the attacks, but she still remembers the day well. She said that morning was very routine, with her grandmother dropping her off to school.
“It was a typical day,” Stechschulte said. “It was gorgeous, clear skies.”
Those skies quickly turned dark when the first tower in New York City was hit. She said she was playing kickball in gym class at the time.
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“All of a sudden we hear this boom kind of reverberate, to the point where the entire class stopped,” Stechschulte said. “We kind of paused. We were like, ‘OK, this is weird.’”
Little did Stechschulte know the chaos that would ensue, and the tragic events that would follow. She said her principal then came over the loudspeaker dismissing them from school.