On September 11th, 2001, in the wake of the collapse of the Twin Towers, I created what may have been the first online "survivor registry"—a site where people could post their names to let unreachable friends and loved ones know they were okay. The site received over a million hits that day and the next, and while it may have outlived its usefulness as a tool, I present those lists of names here, along with other explanatory material, as a remembrance of how grief-stricken, helpless, and uncertain we all felt that tragic day.

The World in a List The story of how the survivor registry came to be

Reports of Survivors The names of those who checked in on September 11th

Requests for Information Moving pleas from those seeking missing loved ones

Expressions of Support Generous words from a multitude of strangers

Support Official Sites The essay I wrote in despair on Friday, September 14th

International Post Words folks from around the world have asked me to pass on to America

Outside Perspectives What other folks have had to say about the survivor registry

September Eleventh Links Where to go for better information on survivors