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#1292 | Saturday, May 18th, 2002
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Greetings --
I was in my apt, just sitting down to write a paper for graduate school. I spent 15 years living in Manhattan and ran a business about half a mile from the site. Now, my bedroom window is three miles as the crow flies from where the buildings ued to be. Wrote all my friends in NYC, before the phones went down. No one I know was there, even those who were supposed to be -- incredible. The noise outside was deafening -- helicopters, Air Force, sirens, etc. I could not leave to help, all the roads were closed. I live just west of Manhattan, hence no smoke. But the energy that poured in my bedroom window was big and loud and heavy. On Thursday night, there was a thunderstorm. It felt like some big arm of thunder creeped west to east and cracked right over ground zero. Stayed there and thundered, and then the rain fell. No more energy came in my window after that night.
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Christina | 47 | New Jersey
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#1293 | Saturday, May 18th, 2002
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I was up, preparing to head out for an appointment with my doctor. I had the tv on, listening to Today, as I dressed. The report came that there was a fire at the WTC, that it was thought a plane had crashed into it. I called my mother in Florida and told her to wake up and switch on her tv, that she wouldn't believe what was going on in NYC. The worst was coming and no one knew it, until the second plane hit and I sat down, quietly on a chair and stared - thinking " oh, my God...we are under attack. " I hurried to my appointment and scurried home. One tower had fallen. I was watching, not wanting to believe it and my phone rang - my Heartsound calling, thank God. I was crying, asking " how much is enough ? " Then, the other tower fell and then I couldn't speak. Horror had replaced whatever disbelief I was feeling. The continuing story worsened and I ached for those on the planes, in NYC, in DC and the loved ones of those whoe perished - and knew that the devastation, death and agony would somehow be rationalized as " the US had it coming " in some parts of the globe. I had to think beyond that - to ache for those gone, the survivors, their families and for all of us who aged that day. Now, nine months on, we stand and we have endured every emotion
imaginable. Am I angry ? Yes, who wouldn't be angry ! Yes, Mr. BinLaden, you pulled off a massive attack, but your motives were self-serving. You did what you set out to do, but it had nothing to do with good and righteous living. It was one mans' will, not Allahs'. I don't know what life has in store for you, but know this - you failed. We stand, Mr. BinLaden, we stand.
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Deborah | 49 | Indiana
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#1294 | Saturday, May 18th, 2002
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I remember waking at 4.a.m. on sep 11th..it is not something I do...but this time I woke,I walked into the lounge room,and a dread came over me?..I would normally if up too early,just go back to bed...or watch t.v...but this time,No.I remember in
my heart,feeling this dread.I did go
back to bed,and sleep.Untill my 9yr
old told me to get up.He said Mum,you have to see what is o.n. t.v.I think when that feeling came upon me,at 4.a.m. it was all the lost souls .
I saw it on t.v. three hours after that.
About 7.a.m.
I remember thinking....this is some kind of movie.I was so shocked,my son was unable to take it in...I wish I had
been more careful,and not let my son see so much.But...alas we are but human
and we have no idea sometimes,what to do....our world,as we knew it...is not
ever going to be the same.It has made me a different person,and now I suffer
from a panic that at times will set in.
I love America,I have family there....
God Bless her....and keep ..her safe.
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p.Starks | 47 | Australia
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#1295 | Sunday, May 19th, 2002
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I was up on the morning of September 11, 2001 getting ready to go to school (at the University of Florida, aerospace engineering dept.) with the TV on a local channel when programming was interrupted after one plane had struck the WTC. I was horrified at the live video footage, but thought it must have been an accident. I continued to watch and saw in real time, as it happened, the second plane strike. Then I knew this was no accident. The event made my heart sink to the bottom of my feet, especially as I continued to watch and the first tower collapsed. I called my parents to make sure they were OK and my girlfriend in Texas to make sure she and her family were OK. It was completely devastating that morning and for months to come. Being that I had visited the Trade Centers several times and knew of their enormity, it was hard for me to believe they could actually collapse killing so many innocent men, women, and children. I will never forget the morning... I can still see it as clear as yesterday.
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Zac | 23 | Florida
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#1296 | Sunday, May 19th, 2002
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The morning of September 11, I was sleeping with my chidren beside me and the phone rang waking us up. My sister-in-law Heather had been watching the news and saw the tragity unfold before her eyes. She called us immediatley after the second plane hit. Af first I could not understand what she was saying she was so upset. Finally I turned on the TV and watched in horror. It was difficult to keep my 6 & 8 year old children from seeing it(every channel played the scenes over and over). After a while, after some of the shock started to wear a little, I sat down and tried to explain to them what was happeing. The very tragic part of it all, was when they heard about the firemen missing. (their father is a Firefighter/paramedic for Cape Girardeau MO) At first it did not seem as though it was effecting them, until they ask if their daddy was going to New York to help find the people lost and missing.Every day after 9-11 they would ask if he would come home again from the fire Dept.,afraid he wouldn't because of the events they seen and heard. I reassured them the best I could and told them to have faith in the Lord and he would help to bring him home saftely. These are the foremost thoughts in my mind, from the day the world changed.
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Mindy | 30 | Missouri
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