story1724.xml
Title
story1724.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-04
911DA Story: Story
On September 11th, I turned on the TV shortly after the first plane crashed onto one of the towers. It must have been right before 9am. I had no idea what was going on. I was just about to get ready for work, when I found myself glued to the TV and in awe.
My husband was on a business trip in LA and I was alone at home. I called him at around 9am and he told me that he was watching too. We didn't know what to think. At first, we thought it was an accident, but then we saw the second plane crash and the news reported the possibility of a terrorist attack. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the first tower collapse, both of us still on the phone, we were heart broken. We didn't think the towers would fall, we thought the top would just burn.
So, I proceed to make calls to our family. My husband's dad lives in Queens, and I could not reach anyone in the NY area because all the NJ/NY lines were tied up. My dad works in DC, and no luck either.
I got on the internet right away, and my sister in law who lives in DC, is on AOL IM - tells me she's scared because they won't let her out of her building. She works only a few blocks from the White House. She says the lines are busy and cannot get through to her family. I then call her mom and tell her she's ok. She didn't get home that day until late afternoon. Thank God for IM!
I called work, to find out if people knew about this, my office mate and another friend said they were all listening to the news on the radio and that people had left work already and that the building was closing shortly.
We live near the Jersey shore and this place called Union Beach is about 5 minutes away. On a clear day, you can see NYC from the small boardwalk. So 3 of us decided to go. We went there after the towers had already collapsed. We saw a lot of smoke and an intense fire going on. There were a number of people watching with us. It was very sad.
I still cannot understand how these people could have done such an awful thing. My sympathies to all who were affected and those who lost loved ones. May God bless us all.
My husband was on a business trip in LA and I was alone at home. I called him at around 9am and he told me that he was watching too. We didn't know what to think. At first, we thought it was an accident, but then we saw the second plane crash and the news reported the possibility of a terrorist attack. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the first tower collapse, both of us still on the phone, we were heart broken. We didn't think the towers would fall, we thought the top would just burn.
So, I proceed to make calls to our family. My husband's dad lives in Queens, and I could not reach anyone in the NY area because all the NJ/NY lines were tied up. My dad works in DC, and no luck either.
I got on the internet right away, and my sister in law who lives in DC, is on AOL IM - tells me she's scared because they won't let her out of her building. She works only a few blocks from the White House. She says the lines are busy and cannot get through to her family. I then call her mom and tell her she's ok. She didn't get home that day until late afternoon. Thank God for IM!
I called work, to find out if people knew about this, my office mate and another friend said they were all listening to the news on the radio and that people had left work already and that the building was closing shortly.
We live near the Jersey shore and this place called Union Beach is about 5 minutes away. On a clear day, you can see NYC from the small boardwalk. So 3 of us decided to go. We went there after the towers had already collapsed. We saw a lot of smoke and an intense fire going on. There were a number of people watching with us. It was very sad.
I still cannot understand how these people could have done such an awful thing. My sympathies to all who were affected and those who lost loved ones. May God bless us all.
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Citation
“story1724.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 16, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10167.