About New York City Stories

NYCstories.com was launched in August of 2001 intending to be a place where people could share tales about the Big Apple. One month later the towers fell. In the days following the attack New Yorkers seemingly only spoke of one thing—recounting stories about what happened on September 11th.

I lived in NYC at the time and noticed that, after several weeks had passed, conversations began to shift back to the everyday. Vivid memories diminish over time and eventually disappear completely. The stories contained here where collected while they were fresh on people’s minds. In addition to stories, this memorial also holds some of the most popular electronic folklore that circulated the Internet during the weeks and months that followed September 11, 2001. None of the folklore or the stories were edited; they are all presented as they were sent to me.