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#1302 | Tuesday, May 21st, 2002
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I'm sharon from israel. On that day i were at my army base doying my work when I heared the news on the radio.
we all were shoked and we wer'nt alowed to leave the base and go home.
It was frightning.
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sharon | 20 | Israel
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#1303 | Tuesday, May 21st, 2002
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I woke up around noon on September 11 by the ringing of the telephone. I turned over in bed thinking "Great, telemarketer."...until I heard my friend Steve's voice saying "Hey Jo, did you hear about what happened in New York and Washington? The World Trade Center is gone..." and it was at that point that I very quickly reached for the remote and turned on CNN. I could not believe this would ever happen.
I ended up glued to the TV until I had to commute to work. I remember walking to the bus stop seeing the enormous lines, full of potential blood donors, in front of the Red Cross. There were even speakers mounted outside the radio station broadcasting ABC continuing coverage. I reached work , which was just as somber as I imagined. Specific instructions were given as to handling of accounts (I work in a call center that handles long distance service) -- none could be canceled and no calls (which were mostly collection calls) could be made out. I struggled working and watching the TV...then after four hours I decided I couldn't concentrate and went home. After picking up dinner I returned to my apartment, afraid to even sleep. I called my parents and a few friends just to make sure they were OK. One of my friends who had family in Long Island was hysterical. I also had a friend who lost some friends at the World Trade Center unfortunately. That night I did not go to sleep until 5 or 6 AM, part of me glued to the news, part of me scared of what was to come.
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Jo | 28 | United States
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#1304 | Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002
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the time was around 6:00 am in san diego california. i was sleeping and suddenly my roommate opens my door and starts yelling at me. i thought he was having a nightmare. i couldnt think at the moment. again i asked "what" and he said "were being attacked". again still sleeping i go into the living room and im watching KTLA out of LA and i see one building on fire and suddenly the other building gets hit. what is going on. an attack never in this country would never happen. my roommate mentioned that i probably wouldnt be going into work. i happen to work at a submarine base here in san diego. he left for work and i was still in shock. i got dressed, drove to work and traffic came to a
standstill as i drove closer to the base. about 20 later a woman in her car going the other way tells me that no one is being allowed on base. so i turn around and by the time i get home, the towers have collapsed. all day i was glued to the television in shock.
and again the next day. i felt a sadness for months after. i felt a loss in my soul and felt and still feel like i have to see my family soon. for a time i thought that maybe i needed to see a psychiatrist because i wouldnt feel good until i cried for the day. im still obsessed over this and find myself continuously looking for more video on the attack. and i ask myself how i would have handled it if i had been trapped in the buildings. and my heart breaks everytime i think of the people who chose to end their life by jumping 100 floors instead of burning to death. and i hope they are all in heaven watching over their family members that live with their loss.
god bless them all.
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Richard | 33 | California
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#1305 | Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002
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On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was hard at work when I heard one of my co-worker yell, “oh my god”. She screamed for me to come into her office. She was on the phone with her mom who was telling her the awful, horrible, unbelievable news of the attacks. The other girl next door to us came out of her office and all three of us stood in the hallways shaking in fear. I can still feel that awful, panicky fear. All of us went home not too long after the news as no one could work. My cousin and I sat in front of the TV all day. I could not (still can’t) believe what was happening. Please everyone, although we don’t want to be fearful everyday of our lives, let us not forget what has happened, with dignity let us keep the memories of those we lost alive and most importantly…THEY CAN NOT CHANGE US, unless we let them. God bless everyone, always and forever.
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Jackie | 25 | Canada
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#1306 | Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002
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I heard about this attack form my aunty. I woke up around 6:00 a.m. Hawaii time. I was
getting ready for school and then I got a call from my aunty. She told me when is your
mom them coming back home? The reason is because my mom was in Las Vegas and she
was coming home the next day. So the my aunty said “well... I don’t think she’s coming
back tomorrow....! because.... there’s a terrorist attack right now. And so she told be to
put on the news. Once I turned on the T.V. it was already on the news. So that’s when I
saw the Towers in smoke. And the reporters taking about what just had happend. So I
was really shocked, worried and scared. So then I did go to school and all day at school
everyone was talking about it.
When school was done, I went straight home to call my mom at Las Vegas. I told
her if she had heard what had happend. She said “ Yeah.... I heard it on T.V. down at the
casino. Everyone was looking at the T.V.” So I asked her if she was coming home? She
said she didn’t know, because of what happend. But then the next day she did come
home.
So this attack did affect my family and of course to the whole world.
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Laura | 16 | Hawaii
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