story7050.xml
Title
story7050.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-13
911DA Story: Story
I happened to be working day shift for Harrah's Casino. My shift was to start at 12:00 noon. That day started like any other day: after waking up from a good nights sleep and feeding my kids I turned the T.V. on to view the Today show.
Because my wife and I had two T.V.'s in our living room, one a small, black and white and another, a l7 inch color T.V. I put a Disney movie in the VCR for the kids to watch on the color T.V. On the Today show was hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lourer. One of the hosts were interviewing someone on the show, when Katie came on with a news flash about one of the World Trade Center towers being on fire.
Because Katie and the media did not know exactly what had happened they speculated that a missle had hit the building or it was a result of an explosion inside. The building was heavily ingulfed in smoke and you could tell that there was a large fire inside. I remember telling my oldest son about the building being on fire and he looked at the image on t.v. briefly before turning back to view his video. I watched the image of the one burning tower for quite some time. I can't say for how long. I remember watching the one burning tower when out of nowhere a large explosion engulfed the other tower. My reaction was mixed of awe and disbelelief. I remember telling my oldest son (whom was 6 years old) again to come and see the image of the new burning tower as NBC replayed the explosion over and over again. His reaction to the image was also disbelief. He kept asking me "Is this real" to which my response was "yes". Moments later, from another camera angle it became apparent as to what had happened(the jet striking the second tower)and I knew at that moment that the jet hitting the building was no accident. That is was deliberate.
The kids were still watching there movie as if nothing had happened. I glanced back to look at them and the cartoon that they were watching and what stuck in my mind was the image of a cartoon villian grinning maniacally.
Because my wife and I had two T.V.'s in our living room, one a small, black and white and another, a l7 inch color T.V. I put a Disney movie in the VCR for the kids to watch on the color T.V. On the Today show was hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lourer. One of the hosts were interviewing someone on the show, when Katie came on with a news flash about one of the World Trade Center towers being on fire.
Because Katie and the media did not know exactly what had happened they speculated that a missle had hit the building or it was a result of an explosion inside. The building was heavily ingulfed in smoke and you could tell that there was a large fire inside. I remember telling my oldest son about the building being on fire and he looked at the image on t.v. briefly before turning back to view his video. I watched the image of the one burning tower for quite some time. I can't say for how long. I remember watching the one burning tower when out of nowhere a large explosion engulfed the other tower. My reaction was mixed of awe and disbelelief. I remember telling my oldest son (whom was 6 years old) again to come and see the image of the new burning tower as NBC replayed the explosion over and over again. His reaction to the image was also disbelief. He kept asking me "Is this real" to which my response was "yes". Moments later, from another camera angle it became apparent as to what had happened(the jet striking the second tower)and I knew at that moment that the jet hitting the building was no accident. That is was deliberate.
The kids were still watching there movie as if nothing had happened. I glanced back to look at them and the cartoon that they were watching and what stuck in my mind was the image of a cartoon villian grinning maniacally.
Collection
Citation
“story7050.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 25, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10464.