Joyce Ng

Joyce Ng (Questrom) published Hotel 9/11 (JSW Books, 2016), which was designated a national artifact in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. “This book is a moving history that chronicles the escapes of many survivors of Three World Trade Center, one of the seven buildings destroyed in the 9/11 attacks in New York,” she writes. On 9/11, Joyce was inside the World Trade Center when it was attacked. She was temporarily trapped inside the hotel that connected the North and South Towers, when Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. She is the founder of the nonprofit 9/11 Survivors of Three World Trade Center, the only charity that helps survivors of Three World Trade Center. Joyce has talked to many of US leaders about 9/11 and strives to educate others on the impact. She has been featured in the Washington Post and the New York Times and on NPR. “This book preserves a tragedy in American history through the voices of the people who were in the hotel that day,” she writes. She received a letter from President Barack Obama recognizing the book.

From the Fall 2017 issue.