Things They Left Behind, The
  Things They Left Behind, The

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Scott Staley survived the collapse of the World Trade Center where he worked for Light and Bell Insurance. Nearly a year later, memorabilia his dead co-workers had kept in their office cubicles mysteriously appears in his apartment.

 

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Posted By: L. Jay - April 23rd, 2012 9:06:10 am EDT

I am a survivor of the 9-11 attacks on the WTC. Sometimes it is difficult to put everything you are feeling into words or to truly explain what you are thinking or feeling. Over 10 years later I still have trouble, at times, explaining the feelings that suddenly course through my body. This story.....it's it. It does it. I was astounded when I read it. I know Stephen King likes things the way they are. He in his place and readers in theirs. I respect that. I simply wish there was a way for me to tell him... thank you! He GOT it! I don't know how - but THIS piece is so extraordinarily relevant. It was devastating and healing for me all at once. It was like the knowing looks in our office for the next three years. No words really needed. It felt like that. Thank you!

 
 
Posted By: Serenepece - September 20th, 2011 10:36:21 am EDT

excellent

 
 
Posted By: Debby - September 12th, 2011 8:40:17 pm EDT

This was just eerie. I read this story yesterday, which was 9/11/11! Of course, at first, you don't know it's a 9/11 story, but it gave me shivers when I realized it.

 
 
Posted By: Elturtle - February 21st, 2011 2:37:48 pm EST

I bought Just After Sunset to fill the time on a weekend away. I was reading this story just after 1am. I was at the part where Scott was explaining the circumstances to Paula when I happen to look at the TV, which was providing background noise, only to see the footage of the 747 plow into the Trade Centre during a History Channel broadcast about Nostradamus. Freaked me right out but, of course, I kept reading. The next story is called Graduation Afternoon, sure enough as I look up from the end of that story. The same special about Nostradamus is on but this time there is a mushroom cloud on the screen just as I finish the story. Someone was trying to tell me something. I put down the book and went to bed. Too much of a coincidence for me.

 
 
Posted By: Anonymous - February 4th, 2011 12:01:32 pm EST

This was a very emotional story, it brought tears to my eyes more than once while I read it.

 
 
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