Growing up in post-9/11 America, Maihan Far Alam was called a “terrorist” because of her ethnicity and suffered the deaths of family members during the conflict in Afghanistan.
A UVA nurse interviewed to work in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the beginning of February 2020, just before COVID hit Virginia. Her story is the third of a five-part series.
Alumna Danielle Faul’s father narrowly avoided death while working in the Pentagon. She reflects on how the sacrifices, bravery and loss of 9/11 inspired her service to her country.
Working in Congress, Melody Barnes, now director of UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy, remembers fear and uncertainty of 9/11 – and the resolve to continue doing the work of the country.
Former CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews, a media studies professor of practice at UVA, recounts his experiences on 9/11 and the importance of a shared set of facts in a national crisis.