Lo0kout Santa Cruz reporter Chris Neely was 11 on 9-11, 2001 and living in a suburb of New Jersey where the majority of parents commuted in to Manhattan. His teacher was sobbing, half a dozen of his classmates were called out of class not to return, and the principal cancelled recess, fibbing there was a bee swarm. What there really was was a fear of a toxic cloud drifting over the school from the twin towers on wire. Chris talks about his vivid memories and the way his neighbors back home still take a silent moment to look across the Hudson at where the towers stood. We also talk local news, from homeless camp sweeps to the closing of MHCAN and the Watsonville City Council’s vote to expand their use of FLOCK license plate cameras, despite public outcry.
