story5601.xml
Title
story5601.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I was trying to install a computer in a small office, when I heard the new come over a radio. I was shocked, stunned...then the second plane hit. I couldn't think straight. This was America !
By 5 P.M., I was totally confused...didn't know what had happened (speculation was terrorism). I had to get home to my teenagers...I knew that if I was shocked about this event, they needed me to help understand the events...
I thanked God that my parents weren't alive to have witnessed this happening to our nation...My Dad was a WWII veteran (Navy), then a Pediatrician, and my Mom, a teacher. They loved their country, and taught all of us that our country's strength was in it's diversity...accepting all races, creeds, cultures, religions - that made us unique...and also a democracy...
Days later, I found out 2 friends of mine had perished.
On 9-11, we were damaged and bruised...but we also became more determined than ever to be "one Nation, under God, indivisable, with liberty and justice, for ALL.
9-11 victims, families and heroes will live on in my mind and heart forever. May we help provide the strength and the determination for you to go on.
By 5 P.M., I was totally confused...didn't know what had happened (speculation was terrorism). I had to get home to my teenagers...I knew that if I was shocked about this event, they needed me to help understand the events...
I thanked God that my parents weren't alive to have witnessed this happening to our nation...My Dad was a WWII veteran (Navy), then a Pediatrician, and my Mom, a teacher. They loved their country, and taught all of us that our country's strength was in it's diversity...accepting all races, creeds, cultures, religions - that made us unique...and also a democracy...
Days later, I found out 2 friends of mine had perished.
On 9-11, we were damaged and bruised...but we also became more determined than ever to be "one Nation, under God, indivisable, with liberty and justice, for ALL.
9-11 victims, families and heroes will live on in my mind and heart forever. May we help provide the strength and the determination for you to go on.
Collection
Citation
“story5601.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 19, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10807.