StoryCorps 9/11: Arlene Sullivan and Norene Schneider

Part of Series StoryCorps
Length 01:25
Licensor StoryCorps
Producer(s) StoryCorps
Formats Interview, Soft Feature
Topics Family, Historical Anniversaries
Produced 2006
Added to PRX September 11, 2006
 

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Summary:

Arlene Sullivan remembers her son, Tommy Sullivan, in an interview with her daughter Norene Schneider. Tommy was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Website:

http://www.storycorps.net

Additional Credits and Funding:

Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR

Timely on:

September 11: 9/11 anniversary

Tones:

Humorous, Personal, Sweet

Language:

English

Description:

Tommy Sullivan was a stockbroker at Harvey Young and Yurman. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was having his weekly breakfast at Windows on the World when the terrorist attacks began.

Recently, Sullivan's mother, Arlene Sullivan, and sister, Norene Schneider, discussed what Tommy was like as a little boy. When he died, Tommy Sullivan, who was 38, also left a wife and two sons.