# Randi LoCicero oral history interview conducted by Laurel Gumpert, July 14, 2020

When Randi heard the news of the attacks on 9/11, she headed to the WTC with a group of fellow NYPD officers, but the streets were so crowded that they could barely drive through. It was complete chaos as they tried clearing people from the street. The sounds went from screaming and rumbling to silence as the tower fell and everything was covered in ash. She thought she had died until she heard the firefighter alarms going off. She helped an injured man to get to a hospital. Later they appeared together in a photograph published in People Magazine. In the following days, Randi went to the Chelsea Piers and was able to find her boyfriend and his friends, who were paramedics. Randi had worked as an EMT prior to joining the NYPD, and she always brought her bag just in case. She continued to search for anything that could bring closure to the grieving families until the end of October, when she injured her foot. Randi never really spoke about her experiences or expressed emotions until she got married and had children. She became hyper-vigilant when it came to her family. The survivor's guilt took a toll on her, and the constant funerals only added to the pain. No matter how hard she tries to escape those memories, there will always be a sound or smell that brings her right back to that day. Randi has formed strong bonds with many people who were also present during the disaster. She has helped transport some of the officers, including Detective Lou Alvarez, who played a major…

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2020
- Runtime: 1 h 4 min
- By: Locicero, Randi
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2015048_450/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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