CWA Local 1101 We Have Not Forgotten

CWA Local 1101 We Have Not Forgotten We mourn the members we lost to 9/11 related illnesses in the years afterward.

On the 20 year anniversary of 9/11 we recognize and honor the CWA 1101 and other CWA members who rebuilt the communications network in lower Manhattan after the WTC attacks.

In 'We Have Not Forgotten' ATT wireless technician and volunteer firefighter Todd Hollritt describes the cell sites ATT ...
09/20/2021

In 'We Have Not Forgotten' ATT wireless technician and volunteer firefighter Todd Hollritt describes the cell sites ATT technicians set up in Liberty State Park on the NJ side of the river. Here are some of his photos of the site from Sept, 2001, and of him at Ground Zero. Tough times.

09/15/2021

CWA Local 1101 members tell their stories of rebuilding the communication system in lower Manhattan after the 9/11 attacks.

09/11/2021

Alisha Noonie Greene, Special Representative. 'Every day that's what we did, making sure NYC customers were up and running, that the hospitals didn't lose service, that the emergency companies, the ambulance 911 was always available. That's what I did for the next 10 months at Verizon.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America

09/11/2021

Brandt Cullen, Splicer. 'I remember riding down on the bus and it was like going into kind of a war zone. Once you got into working and doing what you do as a field technician, you kind of forgot where you were. It wasn't until you a free moment and you looked around and you'd see all the destruction.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America, Brandt Cullen

09/10/2021

'The job that we were doing was directly related, because we were a T-1 center. We had to get stuff working. Everything was demolished and destroyed.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America

09/10/2021

Gerry Shapiro, Central Office Technician. 'I volunteered to go down to Central Office that was opposite the World Trade Center, which was West Street. And we spent the next several months trying to restore communication for all of Southern Manhattan.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America

09/09/2021

Phyllis Kendal, TTA/Central Office Technician. 'One of the interruptions was Liberty Plaza, because they kept saying it was going to fall, and ricochet and affect this building. For the few weeks after that we had to constantly evacuate, which was nerve racking because you felt like something was going to happen again.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America

09/08/2021

Dan Dennehy, elevator mechanic. 'Twenty years ago I was asked to go down in the aftermath of 9/11 to respond and do recovery work in my trade. I was surrounded by other first responders doing their trades to bring the city back and to find those that were lost and we continue to remember them and honor them.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America

09/07/2021

My name is Ron Van Long. I'm in the special services department, and under CWA Local 1101. I was part of the recovery for all the special service equipment to establish communications for the first responders. CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America, Ron Spaulding

09/06/2021

Bernard Burgess, Central Office Technician. 'A few of my co- workers and myself volunteered to go back to 140 West Street that day. We worked a 12 hour shift nonstop, with no light and no elevator, and at the end of the day we were all tired. But as we were exiting Ground Zero, there was a group of people that just started clapping and cheering for us, and at that moment I knew we did something special.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America

09/06/2021

Billy Stefandel, CWA 1101 Business Agent. Chief Steward for Broad & West Street Field Technicians on 9/11. 'I'm very happy that we still honor the memory of all the people that died. It's certainly a day that I will never, ever forget.' CWA Local 1101, CWA District 1, Communications Workers of America, Bill Stefandel

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