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Changed by 9/11: Maria Venuto, Filmmaker

Venuto, a Glen Cove parent and filmmaker, remembers the camaraderie she saw between perfect strangers in the weeks following 9/11.

Glen Cove resident and filmmaker Maria Venuto said the morning of Sept. 11, she was startled by news of a plane crash in New York City.

“My husband and I work late; we woke up to the radio and all the weird chaotic reports,” she said. “It was very jarring to hear it.”

As she watched breaking news reports on television, Venuto became intrigued with the coverage of the attacks. She remembers some journalists being able to “step up to the plate,” while others did not.

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“I was very interested in how the media was covering it,” she said. “It was a time that tested the talents and intelligence of news reporters.”

She says she will never forget the overall feeling of that day, especially the way complete strangers were treating one another. 

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“That day, and for several days and weeks after, was such a weird time in terms of how people interacted; it was almost like a camaraderie, but a sad kind of camaraderie,” she said. “Days later, going into Manhatten, people were so quiet; there was a smell in the air. It was very different than anything I’d experienced before.”

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