story6844.xml
Title
story6844.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-12
911DA Story: Story
Because it was my twin daughters first day of Pre-K, I had taken the day off of work and was planning a fun day with them. We were planning to go to Mc Donald's(their favorite) for lunch and then to school in the afternoon.
We had gotten up early to see Daddy off to work and then they were watching a video(Disney) in their room. I had been busy cleaning when one of them came in to tell me the movie was over. As I went into their rooom, I saw the image of the first tower shortly after it had been hit and the headline "Breaking News" at the bottom of the screen. Of course since it was their t.v., I quickly turned the channel to a cartoon and ran into the living room to find out what had happened.
As I sat their in disbelief, I called my sisiter at work to tell her a plane had crashed into the WTC. We both thought it was an accident only to find out otherwise a few minutes later as the second tower was hit on live television.
During the rest of the unfolding events, I became more afraid to leave my house. My friend whose child would be attending school with my twins called to ask if they were going. We discussed our fears and decided school would have to wait for another day.ANd to my twins unhappiness, McDonald's would have to wait too.
As I hugged my girls tightly throughout the day, I prayed that people would survive and ran several times to the bathroom to cry. I tried to explain to my twisn that some bad men had done very bad things and that we needed to stay home from school today.
As the hours progressed, I felt my fear and sadness turn to anger as I realized the terrorists had not only killed thousands but they had cheated me out of seeing my twins first day of preschool. Although they finally had their first day of school later in the week, I was unable to take the day off of work to do all the fun things that we had planned. Today, I am thankful and feel very lucky because unlike the thousands of Moms and Dads who were killed that day, I still got to hug my beautiful children!
God Bless all those families whose lives were forever changed that awful september day and God Bless America!
We had gotten up early to see Daddy off to work and then they were watching a video(Disney) in their room. I had been busy cleaning when one of them came in to tell me the movie was over. As I went into their rooom, I saw the image of the first tower shortly after it had been hit and the headline "Breaking News" at the bottom of the screen. Of course since it was their t.v., I quickly turned the channel to a cartoon and ran into the living room to find out what had happened.
As I sat their in disbelief, I called my sisiter at work to tell her a plane had crashed into the WTC. We both thought it was an accident only to find out otherwise a few minutes later as the second tower was hit on live television.
During the rest of the unfolding events, I became more afraid to leave my house. My friend whose child would be attending school with my twins called to ask if they were going. We discussed our fears and decided school would have to wait for another day.ANd to my twins unhappiness, McDonald's would have to wait too.
As I hugged my girls tightly throughout the day, I prayed that people would survive and ran several times to the bathroom to cry. I tried to explain to my twisn that some bad men had done very bad things and that we needed to stay home from school today.
As the hours progressed, I felt my fear and sadness turn to anger as I realized the terrorists had not only killed thousands but they had cheated me out of seeing my twins first day of preschool. Although they finally had their first day of school later in the week, I was unable to take the day off of work to do all the fun things that we had planned. Today, I am thankful and feel very lucky because unlike the thousands of Moms and Dads who were killed that day, I still got to hug my beautiful children!
God Bless all those families whose lives were forever changed that awful september day and God Bless America!
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Citation
“story6844.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10825.