Verbatim: Paly staff recall shock, uncertainty during 9/11
September 12, 2018
Although most Palo Alto High School students did not live through the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, many staff members still possess vivid memories of the event. The Paly Voice asked teachers and administrators about their initial reactions when they heard the news.





![A protester in a chicken suit wearing a taco hat with the words “Cluck Trump” at the “No Kings” Democracy Fair in Palo Alto on Saturday. Protestor Mary Chan said she and her husband are horrified at the state of science and medicine in America. “What he [Trump] is doing by defunding scientific research is destroying our academic medical centers, and he’s [Trump] bankrupting rural medical centers,” Chan said. “We will have lasting negative impacts on American health for decades.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/11562FFE-9912-4152-BB01-582426B52ECB_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg)