story4966.xml
Title
story4966.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I woke up late and turned on the television. I normally do not watch the news first thing but I did that morning. The vantage point of the smoking building made me think it was a tower a building in Warsaw, Poland! I did not see the other tower nor did I see the river. And this is from a former New Yorker!
I was dumbstruck when it I found out it was the Twin Towers. I could not believe that two airplanes had slammed into it. then i heard reports of the Pentagon building and then a firth plane had crashed. I truly thought the world had gone mad. Nothing made sense.
Up until that morning, I was in a wheelchair and using crutches. I was recuperating from a fractured leg. That morning i had decided to go into work. I was an assitant manager from British Airways at Miami Airport and i thought if there was ever a day that they needed my services, it was that day.
I was not needed. The airport was empty except for the rest of the numb airport employees. Miami airport is full of employees who transfered from NYC, so it was even more somber. I am embarrassed to say that the Twin Towers eclipsed those horrible attrocities in Washington and onboard UA93 because this happened in the city of our youth, where many of our families still reside.
I could not help but feel useless! What could I do? How could I help those poor people in NYC, Washington and Pennsylvania. I couldn't. In the months that followed, I became frightened that i would be laid off. What would I do? I consoled myself that i still had a life to worry about. Then I started thinking of my back-up plan. Since I am being told to do something else, I decided to pursue a whole new career in nursing!
Well, i di d NOT get laid off, and frankly, I was upset. the more i thought about it, the more I wanted to do it. To make a long story short, the compnay looked for volunteers to leave, and I jumped at the opportunity. At 44 years old, i have left the white colar airline management field and am in school taking anatomy and chemistry to get myself set for a worthwhile career!
I dedicate my new life to the men, women and children who lost their lives so senselessly and so horribly. I hope the knowledge that these souls are at peace is some comfort to those who miss them.
I was dumbstruck when it I found out it was the Twin Towers. I could not believe that two airplanes had slammed into it. then i heard reports of the Pentagon building and then a firth plane had crashed. I truly thought the world had gone mad. Nothing made sense.
Up until that morning, I was in a wheelchair and using crutches. I was recuperating from a fractured leg. That morning i had decided to go into work. I was an assitant manager from British Airways at Miami Airport and i thought if there was ever a day that they needed my services, it was that day.
I was not needed. The airport was empty except for the rest of the numb airport employees. Miami airport is full of employees who transfered from NYC, so it was even more somber. I am embarrassed to say that the Twin Towers eclipsed those horrible attrocities in Washington and onboard UA93 because this happened in the city of our youth, where many of our families still reside.
I could not help but feel useless! What could I do? How could I help those poor people in NYC, Washington and Pennsylvania. I couldn't. In the months that followed, I became frightened that i would be laid off. What would I do? I consoled myself that i still had a life to worry about. Then I started thinking of my back-up plan. Since I am being told to do something else, I decided to pursue a whole new career in nursing!
Well, i di d NOT get laid off, and frankly, I was upset. the more i thought about it, the more I wanted to do it. To make a long story short, the compnay looked for volunteers to leave, and I jumped at the opportunity. At 44 years old, i have left the white colar airline management field and am in school taking anatomy and chemistry to get myself set for a worthwhile career!
I dedicate my new life to the men, women and children who lost their lives so senselessly and so horribly. I hope the knowledge that these souls are at peace is some comfort to those who miss them.
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Citation
“story4966.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 14, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10198.