Douglas Taurel

We were going to a spot to get on the ferry, to go back to Hoboken. Um, I grabbed my clients and that was the first time I saw Manhattan without the, without the world trade towers. Cause we were on the Hudson river. And so we were seeing things from the TV. We saw the towers come down. Um, But we didn't get a perspective until we got on the ferry, until we were on the Hudson River.

And I remember the ferry got in the middle of the Hudson, and I remember just looking back and just, not seeing the towers, which was surreal, right? Because for so long, you just always assumed that these buildings were there.

And I remember the ferry got in the middle of the Hudson, and I remember just looking back and just, not seeing the towers, which was surreal, right? Because for so long, you just always assumed that these buildings were there.

And I remember the ferry got in the middle of the Hudson, and I remember just looking back and just, not seeing the towers, which was surreal, right? Because for so long, you just always assumed that these buildings were there.

And then you couldn't really see the skyline because the smoke was just, I mean, it was just like, I always describe it, it looked like some big giant brought a hibachi grill and it was just smoking all of lower Manhattan. And that smoke lasted for months, man, for six months, right? For a year, I mean, the fires went on for almost two years down there below.

And then you couldn't really see the skyline because the smoke was just, I mean, it was just like, I always describe it, it looked like some big giant brought a hibachi grill and it was just smoking all of lower Manhattan. And that smoke lasted for months, man, for six months, right? For a year, I mean, the fires went on for almost two years down there below.

And then you couldn't really see the skyline because the smoke was just, I mean, it was just like, I always describe it, it looked like some big giant brought a hibachi grill and it was just smoking all of lower Manhattan. And that smoke lasted for months, man, for six months, right? For a year, I mean, the fires went on for almost two years down there below.

They were so hot, 1600 degrees Fahrenheit. And so I grabbed my two clients and I took them home. They're, you know, they had made, I can't remember. I think they, I believe we had cell phones. I can't remember how they called, but they had called family. They had gotten a call out and they were waiting for them in New Jersey and they got picked up. Both of them got picked up by friends and family.

They were so hot, 1600 degrees Fahrenheit. And so I grabbed my two clients and I took them home. They're, you know, they had made, I can't remember. I think they, I believe we had cell phones. I can't remember how they called, but they had called family. They had gotten a call out and they were waiting for them in New Jersey and they got picked up. Both of them got picked up by friends and family.

They were so hot, 1600 degrees Fahrenheit. And so I grabbed my two clients and I took them home. They're, you know, they had made, I can't remember. I think they, I believe we had cell phones. I can't remember how they called, but they had called family. They had gotten a call out and they were waiting for them in New Jersey and they got picked up. Both of them got picked up by friends and family.

And then Hoboken is only a square mile. So I brought them home, they left, my wife was there, girlfriend then, she was like, oh my God, you know, the whole thing, you know, hugging me, you know. And so, and then she goes, are you okay? And I said, yeah, I'm good, man. And I remember the other thing I remember is being starving. Because I hadn't eaten anything and my adrenaline just kicked in.

And then Hoboken is only a square mile. So I brought them home, they left, my wife was there, girlfriend then, she was like, oh my God, you know, the whole thing, you know, hugging me, you know. And so, and then she goes, are you okay? And I said, yeah, I'm good, man. And I remember the other thing I remember is being starving. Because I hadn't eaten anything and my adrenaline just kicked in.

And then Hoboken is only a square mile. So I brought them home, they left, my wife was there, girlfriend then, she was like, oh my God, you know, the whole thing, you know, hugging me, you know. And so, and then she goes, are you okay? And I said, yeah, I'm good, man. And I remember the other thing I remember is being starving. Because I hadn't eaten anything and my adrenaline just kicked in.

I think my adrenaline finally had come down. I go, I'm fucking starving, man. Let's go get some food. You know, an emotion hits people in very different ways. And I just remember thinking, I'm hungry. I want to go eat. And there was a great Italian bar right next to an apartment we rented. Everyone was in it watching TV. It was an old place called Leo's. Had been there from, you know, the 50s.

I think my adrenaline finally had come down. I go, I'm fucking starving, man. Let's go get some food. You know, an emotion hits people in very different ways. And I just remember thinking, I'm hungry. I want to go eat. And there was a great Italian bar right next to an apartment we rented. Everyone was in it watching TV. It was an old place called Leo's. Had been there from, you know, the 50s.

I think my adrenaline finally had come down. I go, I'm fucking starving, man. Let's go get some food. You know, an emotion hits people in very different ways. And I just remember thinking, I'm hungry. I want to go eat. And there was a great Italian bar right next to an apartment we rented. Everyone was in it watching TV. It was an old place called Leo's. Had been there from, you know, the 50s.

and um we went in people were watching um and people were you know trying to kind of grasp the news and i sat down i ordered a spaghetti bolognese she ordered lasagna and i ordered two beers and i remember my wife got a beer and it was flat my girlfriend and she wanted to complain about it and i said not today that's what i told her erica look at the tv drink the fucking beer

and um we went in people were watching um and people were you know trying to kind of grasp the news and i sat down i ordered a spaghetti bolognese she ordered lasagna and i ordered two beers and i remember my wife got a beer and it was flat my girlfriend and she wanted to complain about it and i said not today that's what i told her erica look at the tv drink the fucking beer

and um we went in people were watching um and people were you know trying to kind of grasp the news and i sat down i ordered a spaghetti bolognese she ordered lasagna and i ordered two beers and i remember my wife got a beer and it was flat my girlfriend and she wanted to complain about it and i said not today that's what i told her erica look at the tv drink the fucking beer

And I think she didn't, she just, she snapped. You know, she was not there where everybody was at, you know, because she didn't experience it. And then once she kind of snapped, like, oh, I know, what was I doing?