© 2002 Oxford University Press
What He Knew Before It All Changed: A Narrative from Ground Zero
From the Ehrenkranz School of Social Work and the School of Law at New York University
Contact author: Linda G. Mills, Professor, New York University, One Washington Square North, #201A, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: linda.mills{at}nyu.edu
Linda Mills lives in downtown Manhattan in the neighborhood known as Tribeca. Her loft, located on Murray Street, is just three blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. Peter Goodrich, her husband, is a professor at Cardozo School of Law. Their son, Ronnie Mills Goodrich, 5, started kindergarten at Public School (P.S.) 234 on September 6, 2001. The school is located three blocks from where the North Tower fell. Linda and her family were displaced for 6 weeks following the attack on the World Trade Center. Ronnie's school has been relocated twice. P.S. 234 was not occupied until four months after 9/11.
Linda Mills is a Professor at New York University (NYU) in the Ehrenkranz School of Social Work and an Affiliated Professor at the NYU School of Law. She is the author of two books and several articles on intimate abuse. Professor Mills is a native of Los Angeles and taught at UCLA before moving to New York City.
KEY WORDS: fear, World Trade Center, children's mental health, trauma