Account analysis of WTC survivors

In the days following the events at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, first-person accounts were collected from newspapers, television programs, e-mail exchanges etc. Over a period of 18 months, a total of 745 first-person accounts from 435 individuals were collected. To analyze the content of these accounts, a questionnaire was developed and used to ?interview' each account. Results of the analysis provide insights into the location of occupants in the initial moments, cue perceived, conditions in different locations as well as occupant responses at key times during the event. Although analysis of first-person accounts has important limitations such an analysis is useful for documenting some specific time sensitive details.Au fil des jours qui ont suivi les \ue9v\ue9nements du 11 septembre 2001 au World Trade Center, des r\ue9cits des survivants ont \ue9t\ue9 recueillis dans les journaux, les \ue9missions de t\ue9l\ue9vision, les courriels, etc., soit un total de 745 t\ue9moignages provenant de 435 personnes, recueillis sur une p\ue9riode de 18 mois. Pour analyser le contenu de ces r\ue9cits, on a mis au point un questionnaire, servant \ue0 \uab interviewer \ubb chacun des t\ue9moins survivants. Les r\ue9sultats de l'analyse nous apprennent \ue0 quels endroits se trouvaient les occupants dans les moments initiaux de l'attaque et quels \ue9taient les indices per\ue7us, les conditions sp\ue9cifiques des diff\ue9rents emplacements ainsi que la r\ue9action des occupants lors des moments cruciaux. Bien que l'analyse des r\ue9cits des survivants comporte des limites consid\ue9rables, elle demeure utile comme outil de documentation de certains d\ue9tails li\ue9s au facteur temps.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye