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A little story of resilience and kindness: From 2015 to 2018, I covered the anniversary of 9/11 at the memorial in Lower Manhattan. Last year, I wrote about someone who returned from college to pay respect to the mother he never met. wsj.com/articles/seven…
When the North Tower got hit, Jake Campbell's mother, Jill Maurer-Campbell, called her family from the South Tower to tell them she would be fine. Then a plane hit the South Tower.
Jakes father, an NYPD officer, and grandfather, a firefighter, spent days digging through rubble. Jake's grandfather died from cancer he got from the toxic air at the site. His dad died of a heart attack months before Jake was accepted to Michigan.
After the @WSJ published the story, I knew Jake received an outpouring of support. But a couple days ago, while at a senate field hearing at the 9/11 museum, I learned from a staff member who remembered the story that a reader offered to pay Jake's full tuition at Michigan
I was pretty taken back and texted Jake to learn more. Turns out the 17 year old referred the reader to the 9/11 memorial charity fund. Was even more proud to see Jake tell his own story today in The New York Times. Give it a read here: nytimes.com/2019/09/11/opi…
