September 11 and the End of the World I Thought I Knew (9/11/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Sep 11, 2026 · 17m

On September 11, 2001, I was 21 years old and working at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, where crews had spent the previous day loading in the band 311 for a multi-day event. After working a 16-hour shift, I was asleep when my mother woke me to say that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. At first, I assumed it was a small aircraft and a tragic accident. That changed when I went downstairs and watched the second plane strike the other tower. Standing in my parents’ living room, I looked at them and said, “We are under attack.” The fear quickly became personal…