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#1187 | Tuesday, April 16th, 2002
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On September 11th 2001 my husband and I were sitting in the Mexican Embassy in Orlando Florida. My husband immigrated here from Mexico, and we were in the process of getting his Naturalization finished. He became a full citizen of the USA on September 20th 2001. We watched in horror thinking it must be some mistake, but as the moments passed we soon realized it was very, very real. Life as we knew it was over forever. My husband understood even more what it is to be an American in the coming months.
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Amanda | 33 | Florida
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#1188 | Tuesday, April 16th, 2002
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I was sitting in one of my school classes and some kid came up and said the pentagon and the world trade center just got hit by three different airplanes I though it was a joke (a very sick joke). Then I went to lunch and by the next period we were all watching the news and people just stared at the t.v. screen in dis-belief... how could someone do this.... why whould someone do this, and then it hit be like a ton of bricks.. the pure hatred that I developed inside had to be released. I know I am very young but I was ready to go to war I wanted to be on the front lines just to see those responsible pay. Now that Hatred is still not gone and I still am ready for war but I want them to remember that they messed with the wrong country.
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Jerry | 16 | Ohio
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#1189 | Wednesday, April 17th, 2002
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was talking with a co-worker when we got a phone call from a partner's wife asking if something was going on at the World Trade Center. We looked out the window to see that there was fire and smoke but did not know until that phone call that a plane had hit. I immediately ran to my desk to call my sister who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor. Unfortunately, I never heard from her that day or ever since. While I was trying to reach my sister, the second plane hit. I am thankful that I was not watching like so many others when that second plane hit. Our company sent everyone out of the building soon after and I did not return to the office for three days and then only for a short while. Til this day I cannot look over into New York City. There is such a void staring back at me and it breaks my heart every single time I look that way even over seven months later. Forever In My Heart.
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Raquel | 40 | New Jersey
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#1190 | Wednesday, April 17th, 2002
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To bylo straszne . Kiedy Nowy Jork zostal zaatakowany bylem w moim domu w Warszawie . O zamachu dowiedzialem sie z radia . Wlonczylem telewizor i zobaczylem widok , ktorego nie zapomne juz do konca zycia . Mam nadzieje , ze podobna tragedia nigdy wiecej sie nie wydzrzy .
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Piotr | 17 | Poland
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#1191 | Wednesday, April 17th, 2002
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Sept.10,2001 I went to visit my bestfriend who attends William Patterson University in Patterson,NJ.As the evening wound down,we were looking out the window at a gorgeous view of the NYC skyline.The night was clear and crisp and we remarked on how cool it was that we could see the twin towers....The next morning her sometimes over-elaborate roomate announced to my half-sleeping conciousness that we were getting attacked but not to think twice about my continuing slumber.As I reared my head from beneath the blankets,I saw the news coverage and immediately bit back my sarcastic retort.I plodded to the window to see two smokey gray beacons throwing the skyline askew from its former beauty.It was beyond the harshest definition of surreal.The drive home that morning was absolutely frightening.The traffic was unsurpassed by any other day I had ever spent idling on the Garden State Parkway.I thank my lucky stars none of my friends and loved ones were harmed during that nightmare but it is an abhoration I will never forget.
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Melissa | 20 | New Jersey
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