What are your thoughts about Mary's Story in the 9.11 Pentagon Podcast Project Episodes?
On the morning of the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, Mary was a soldier in the U.S. Army as she sat at her desk with her two-month-old baby girl in a stroller beside her. Mary says it was when she reached to press the “power on” button for her computer that it exploded in her face, and she immediately thought: "bomb.” Then, during what she described as a "slow period," she saw her daughter blown out of her stroller, flames arising from everywhere, and falling debris which, for a moment, pinned her to the floor. As she frantically worked to free herself and begin the search for her daughter, Mary listened to her colleagues' screams for help and yelled back to them: "Help me find my daughter! I'll help you! But help me find my daughter!"
Dr. Scott,
I throughly enjoyed listening to the first three stories of the 9.11 Pentagon Project. Below are my thoughts of these survivor’s stories.
Andrew - with all that was happening around him it seemed he was more concerned with maintaining his military persona and training than anything else. He was more worried about being considered out of uniform without his hat. His 25 yrs of military service really showed in his approach to the situation.
Mary - her response was triggered completely by her natural maternal instincts. In this particular moment she was totally focused on finding her baby and nobody else mattered. Her actual response to others was “if you help me find my baby, then I will…