On Sept. 11, 2001, Herbert Lowe walked into a deli in New York. Robyn St. John, a senior journalism major in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University asked him, "Do you remember what you ate in that deli?" "Absolutely not," Lowe replied.
Herbert Lowe, now the professional journalist in residence in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University, was a Newsday reporter in Queens that day. Though he does not remember what he ate, he does remember "the horror and manic" around him and how we all were living different lives then, in one instant, the same one. Very few will forget the events of 9/11 and Lowe's account is a fascinating remembrance of the events that transpired that day. "I was thinking of myself not as a journalist, but as a human being," Lowe said.
It is hard to imagine anyone who could remember 9/11 and first think of their profession before their standing as human beings, but Lowe still had a job to do. "My job is to try to find out what happened," Lowe said. "It was my assignment that day."
9/11 was much more than just an event that affected one region. It shook the nation to its core. "The only thing that separated us as Americans was timezones," Lowe said.
As Lowe looks back on a day that forever changed millions of lives including his own, he has two major takeaways. "Some incredible journalism happened that day," Lowe said. "The biggest story of your career could happen on any given day."
In 2011, Lowe was interviewed about that day and his full story was published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. His reflections on 9/11 a decade after it passed can be read here.
Herbert Lowe, now the professional journalist in residence in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University, was a Newsday reporter in Queens that day. Though he does not remember what he ate, he does remember "the horror and manic" around him and how we all were living different lives then, in one instant, the same one. Very few will forget the events of 9/11 and Lowe's account is a fascinating remembrance of the events that transpired that day. "I was thinking of myself not as a journalist, but as a human being," Lowe said.
It is hard to imagine anyone who could remember 9/11 and first think of their profession before their standing as human beings, but Lowe still had a job to do. "My job is to try to find out what happened," Lowe said. "It was my assignment that day."
9/11 was much more than just an event that affected one region. It shook the nation to its core. "The only thing that separated us as Americans was timezones," Lowe said.
As Lowe looks back on a day that forever changed millions of lives including his own, he has two major takeaways. "Some incredible journalism happened that day," Lowe said. "The biggest story of your career could happen on any given day."
In 2011, Lowe was interviewed about that day and his full story was published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. His reflections on 9/11 a decade after it passed can be read here.