We can’t help but remember the horrifying events that took place on September 11th, 2001. It’s safe to say that we all remember where we were when it happened. I was in the car with my mom, as she was driving me to school that day. There was breaking news on the radio, and my mom had to pull over and she kept yelling, “It’s gone…it’s completely gone.” Since we were in California, the towers had already collapsed by 7:30am Pacific Time.
It’s safe to say that no school work happened on this day. Every class, well, except for my French class, had the news on, and we watched everything unravel. Then, my school was placed on lockdown since we were just a few miles from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
With such a massive event like this, it would be weird if something wasn’t left behind. I wouldn’t be shocked if there were residual events occurring on one of these sites, or the victims coming back to say goodbye to their loved ones.
A Controversial Subject
Before we start; I wanted to issue a disclaimer.
Most of my readers and subscribers lived to witness the events of 9/11. So, talking about the paranormal part of it has been controversial because it’s something that hits close to home. The thought of ghost hunting Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and the United Airlines Flight 93 crash site and Memorial are totally out of the question. Yet, I know people who have investigated the Flight 93 site, at the request of the victims’ families. They never publicized it, and it remained private until a few years ago.
But yet, every day I’m learning that the families of the victims who lost their lives had, or are currently having, paranormal experiences in relation to the 9/11 attacks. I think it’s important to be able to talk about the paranormal connection to 9/11 in a respectful manner because there are people who need support. I think this subject is not one to gawk at or post videos of data for the world to see since we can never tell who is related to who.
The stories you’re about to read about were made public by the witnesses or the members of the victim’s family.
The Red Cross Ghost
In the book, “From the Landfill to Hallowed Ground”, NYPD Lieutenant Frank Marra recounted a ghostly experience while sifting through the rubble of the World Trade Center. Cops, EMTs, firefighters all saw the same spirit while working on an area known as Fresh Kills landfill, also known as “The Hill”, in Staten Island. After the attacks, much of the rubble and destruction were sent to the landfill for further investigation. The spirit they saw was a woman dressed in white, like a Red Cross worker from World War II. She was carrying a tray of sandwiches and coffee. Many assumed she was one of the volunteers coming to help. Could the events of 9/11 awaken the spirits and they came to offer aid?
It was reported by a psychic medium says that the woman may have been a soul collector, meaning she was guiding the recently deceased to the afterlife.
The Man at the Landfill
NYPD officer, Joe Lani, had a front row seat to the horrific aftermath of 9/11. While driving to the Fresh Kills landfill, he saw a man wandering the debris field. It was the middle of the night. As Lani pulled up to inspect further, the man disappeared. He is certain that he saw the ghost of a 9/11 victim. Lani wrote a book about his experiences titled, “Running with the Bulls”, and it’s available on Amazon.
Given that the landfill held the debris from the attack, it’s no surprise that the remains, ashes and possessions of all the lives lost were in that landfill.
Premonitions
Bonnie McEneaney
Bonnie McEneaney, who lost her husband on 9/11, wrote a book called, “Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11. It is a collection of stories from the families of the fallen who had paranormal experiences from their lost loved ones. About a week before the attack, Bonnie’s husband, Eamon, was talking with his brother about the possibility of the World Trade Center being attacked again. He also had a foreboding feeling that started weeks before 9/11. After that conversation, Eamon told Bonnie that she needed to be a tougher disciplinarian to the children because it was going to get harder once he was gone. On the morning of 9/11, Eamon had a vertigo episode in the shower.
Later that day, Bonnie was waiting for Eamon to come home, hoping and praying he survived. She went outside and yelled, “Eamon, where are you?” At that moment, she felt a “river of wind” swirl around her, the branches swayed, leaves rustled, and the wind lifted her skirt. She knew Eamon had died.
Monica and Michael Iken
Eamon wasn’t the only one to experience vertigo the morning of.
Monica and Michael Iken were married on September 11, 2000. During the wedding, a jet had buzzed overhead so loudly that the couple had to wait to say, “I do.” On September 9, 2001, Michael and Monica had checked into a hotel near the Boston airport. Michael started to panic and said they had to check out. Turns out that the hijackers were staking out the hotel.
After the attack, Monica woke up one night to find Michael standing at the foot of their bed. She thanked him for coming, and he smiled and disappeared. Monica described him as glowing, and he told her he was there with her in her dreams.
David and Ruth McCourt
Ruth McCourt seemed to know that she didn’t have long to live. About 4 weeks before 9/11, she was making amends with everyone she knew and wrote notes to her loved ones. Their 4-year old daughter, Juliana, wasn’t supposed to go on the ill-fated trip to the west coast, but Ruth told her husband David, “David, Juliana belongs with me. I’m taking Juliana with me.” Ruth and Juliana were lost on one of the flights.
Coming Back
Lisa O’Brien
Lisa O’Brien lost her husband on 9/11, and it seemed he stuck around the family for a bit. While he was alive, he had an inside joke with Lisa surrounding the song, “A Penny for Your Thoughts, A Nickel for a Kiss”, and Lisa would finish by saying she wondered what a quarter would be. After his death, Lisa started finding quarters in strange places around the house. She even found one in the middle of her bed in the middle of the night after checking on the kids.
Also, her 4-year old daughter Jacie, was often found talking to the wall, and then it was revealed she was talking to her Daddy. Jacie would tell Lisa about the Knock Knock jokes her dad would tell her even though he passed. Jacie could also identify her Dad’s coworkers in photos even though she never met them in person.
Finding Closure and Protection
Joanne Kelly
Joanne Kelly was on the phone with her husband when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. He worked in the other tower, and when the second plane hit, she said she couldn’t feel her husband anymore. After searching for her husband’s remains, it seemed like a hopeless cause. While at the medical examiner’s office, eight more morgue trucks filled up and her heart started racing. Joanne was able to point out the truck that held her husband’s remains, and she was right.
The Shanksville Angel
On September 11th, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Lilli Leonardi, who worked for the FBI as a “Community Outreach Specialist”, soon found herself at the crash site. In her book, “In the Shadow of a Badge: A Memoir About Flight 93, a Field of Angels, and My Spiritual Homecoming”, she recounts a story of an angelic sighting on the field. As she got out of her car, she could see this blinding light over her left shoulder.
The blinding light soon evolved into a white mist. Before she knew it, she saw a legion of angels to the left of the crash site. She then saw one angel, who was clearly the leader of the group, look onto the debris. As she looked, she could see the angels escorting the souls of the deceased to the next life. What I found interesting is that some of these souls moved on with the angels while others stayed behind.
Hallowed Ground
You’re probably wondering, are the sites of 9/11 haunted? Are there souls who have yet to move on?
The answer? I don’t know. A few psychics I know of who have read various areas of significance of the event have given mixed feedback. One psychic reported that she felt absolutely nothing around the One World Trade Center. She says it is because the world acknowledged the event, and therefore acknowledging the dead. So, they move on. I’ve also heard the opposite, given how so many lives were lost in an instant, there is a severe lack of closure.
Whatever is truly happening, this was an event that left a physical and emotional scar on us all, and it seems that someting still lingers so that we can learn their story.
Sources
https://www.redbookmag.com/life/news/a20855/9-11-workers-say-they-were-haunted-by-female-ghost/
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/911-widows-deceased-relatives-communicate-grave/story?id=10891128
