STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Did you know the Advance/SILive.com is on Reddit ?
On Wednesday, Sept. 10, longtime reporters Jessica Jones-Gorman and Tom Wrobleski hosted an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on the r/IAmA subreddit, sharing their experiences covering the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
At the time, Jones-Gorman was a fashion reporter covering a show in Manhattan when the attacks began, while Wrobleski was reporting on politics and government from Staten Island. Both joined the rest of the newsroom in the immediate aftermath, helping document the unfolding events.
During the AMA, readers asked what it was like to report on that day, how misinformation spread and how Staten Island — home to hundreds of first responders and families who lost loved ones — carried the weight of the attack in the