Former Broadway performer shares how 9/11 shaped her into who she is today
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From WTAJ News:
“CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Susan Russell is currently an associate professor at the School of Theatre at Penn State, but 20 years ago she was living in midtown Manhattan and performing on Broadway.
“I was in Phantom of the Opera, it was my biggest dream,” beamed Russell.
On September 11, 2001, Russell says she was sound asleep until her phone rang. On the other end of the line was a dear friend who told her to turn on the television. She did so just in time, to see the second plane hit the twin towers.
“The effect of that on me was shattering because I was watching something on a television that was happening two miles from my home but it didn’t make sense because it looked like a movie,” said Russell.”