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How has your life changed because of what happened on September 11, 2001?
I've fairly well recovered but it has taken time. I have to take the subways at times but don't like to especially around 42nd Street.
How will you remember the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks?
On September 11th, 2001, I had an early morning appointment in the NYU dental clinic on 24th Street and 1st Avenue. Being as it is a clinic, several people were working on me or, rather, were observing the work on me. Some time after they began, there was an announcement that a plane had flown into a WTC tower but despite this, they continued to work on me without interruption.
After a while and after they finished I went to the desk where a man was listening to a radio and he instructed me to go up to a student lounge on a higher floor without explanation.
When I got to the lounge, I saw a window with a pretty unlimited view of the second tower but presently, a woman screamed and I turned around. When I looked back, the tower was no longer there. At which point a tall young man said something about suicide bombers to the effect that once they started using them, there was little defense against them. After which I thought that it was the end of an era.
But I became worried for my own safety since I knew nothing about what was happening and ran out, taking the stairs down 7 flights I think. After that I walked home as there was no public transportation and I must have gone up 1st Avenue thinking it was prudent to avoid the west side of Manhattan as long as possible. There were all sorts of military convoys going south that I recall. I must have gradually gone west after that and when I got to Central Park and 5th Avenue I walked through it to the West Side and home. The gray cloud over the area persisted for some time.
When I got there I found that it was not possible to make phone calls and this lasted for several hours. I was able to call out after a while and determine eventually that everyone I knew was safe.
I was pretty numb emotionally the rest of the day but the following day I was rather in a bad way and say the nurse-practitioner who gave me a prescription for a few sleeping pills. (the most familiar brand.) It has since taken me quite a while to get over the trauma.
My musical composition Memorial 5 9/11 was placed on this site some time ago:
http://911digitalarchive.org/repository.php?collection_id=315
After a while and after they finished I went to the desk where a man was listening to a radio and he instructed me to go up to a student lounge on a higher floor without explanation.
When I got to the lounge, I saw a window with a pretty unlimited view of the second tower but presently, a woman screamed and I turned around. When I looked back, the tower was no longer there. At which point a tall young man said something about suicide bombers to the effect that once they started using them, there was little defense against them. After which I thought that it was the end of an era.
But I became worried for my own safety since I knew nothing about what was happening and ran out, taking the stairs down 7 flights I think. After that I walked home as there was no public transportation and I must have gone up 1st Avenue thinking it was prudent to avoid the west side of Manhattan as long as possible. There were all sorts of military convoys going south that I recall. I must have gradually gone west after that and when I got to Central Park and 5th Avenue I walked through it to the West Side and home. The gray cloud over the area persisted for some time.
When I got there I found that it was not possible to make phone calls and this lasted for several hours. I was able to call out after a while and determine eventually that everyone I knew was safe.
I was pretty numb emotionally the rest of the day but the following day I was rather in a bad way and say the nurse-practitioner who gave me a prescription for a few sleeping pills. (the most familiar brand.) It has since taken me quite a while to get over the trauma.
My musical composition Memorial 5 9/11 was placed on this site some time ago:
http://911digitalarchive.org/repository.php?collection_id=315
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“[Untitled],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/96810.