‘It’s just not discussed much anymore’

  • Amy Ballmer waits for a subway with her daughter, Lola.

    Amy Ballmer waits for a subway with her daughter, Lola.

    Amy Ballmer waits for a subway with her daughter, Lola.
Amy Ballmer doesn’t revisit some aspects of her September 11, 2001, experience–and, she doesn't call it her “9/11 experience,” either. She has strong feelings about what happened that day. She was 25 years old. “It was a beautiful morning, and I was walking to work, close to where I lived in Brooklyn, just listening to a CD, not aware of what was happening. When I got there, I found out my mom…

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