Paula Short Remembers 9/11: Confusion and Fear

In this video, Paula Short, Scheduler/Executive Assistant to Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, remembers the confusion and fear that staff experienced during the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The clip is part of a series of oral history interviews conducted by the Office of the House Historian to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks. To learn more about the series, "'Due to the Circumstances of Today': The U.S. House of Representatives Remembers September 11, 2001," and the Oral History Program, visit http://oralhistory.clerk.house.gov/.

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