MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A Memphis woman had a front-row seat to the devastation in the hours following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Tracey Branch worked as an FBI special agent in Newark, New Jersey, at the time.
Her team was tasked with collecting evidence with the agency’s Emergency Response team on September 11, 2001.
“I was a Memphis girl, and I was 29 years old. I did not have family there. Cell phone coverage died. I was unable to talk to my family at all that day,” Branch said.
First day back from vacation
“I remember what I was wearing. I remember the perfume I had on. I remember all those things. September 11th was a Tuesday. It was the first day back in the office after a 10-day vacation in Cancun,” Branch said…