story7394.xml
Title
story7394.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-14
911DA Story: Story
On the morning of September 11, 2001, my husband asked me to drive him to the city as he didn't want to drive in. That day he was working as a carpenter, at 120 Broadway on the 20th fl, 1 block away from WTC. I dropped him off in front of the World Trade Center at 6am, returned home, got ready for work, took the kids to school and went to work.
At the time of the 1st tower being struck, I was on a conference call when someone mentioned what had happened. My office mate (who's wife) worked at Tower 1 and I stared at each other, turned on the radio and immediately tried to call our spouses. As with everyone else, the cell phones were down and we could not reach them. We each consoled each other, knowing in our hearts that our phones would soon ring and it would be our spouses. Around 9:30am, my husband called, frantic, upset, and out of breath. He had been running for almost an hour.
After hearing the impact on the 1st tower, he went to the window where he had a direct look at what had happened and thought it had been an accident. Soon after he saw a 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower and knew we were under attack, quickly left the building and started running north as quickly as possible, constantly trying to call me. I was so happy and relieved that he was safe. He was at a bus stop and was going to wait for the bus to take him home.
I called my kids school and asked them to relay the message that their father was safe.
My office mate on the other hand, still had not received any calls from his wife and was losing hope. Sticking together we prayed and hoped for his phone to ring. As the radio said the 1st tower was collapsing, then the 2nd tower was collapsing, we were so hoping that phone would ring. It finally rang, she was safe and at the White Plains train station.
After the plane hit the 1st tower, she immediately evacuated from the 2nd tower, jumped on the subway to Grand Central Station to take Metro North home.
What a relief our spouses were both safe!!
My office mate left work and went to pick up his wife as I waited to hear from my husband again as to whether he was on a bus heading home. He was at the bus stop alright, but the bus never came as the city had been shutdown and public transportation was at a stand still. He decided to start walking and met up with someone who lives a few blocks from our home, who too was wondering how to get home.
Finally, their guardian angel appeared, a delivery van, with an advertisement from Queens. They approached the driver and asked him to take them home to Yonkers. After a bit of hesitation, the man agreed.
I left the office to head home and to school to pick up my kids. Not realizing the buses were not running, I got home a bit alarmed that he was not yet home. I tried calling his phone and he told me he was in Yonkers, with a new friend' and was on his way home. I waited in the driveway and gave him the biggest hug imaginable and so happy that he had escaped safely.
My heart goes out to all those families who were not as lucky as I was....to have my husband, father of our daughters, safe and sound with us!
September 11, 2001, a Day We Will Never Forget!
At the time of the 1st tower being struck, I was on a conference call when someone mentioned what had happened. My office mate (who's wife) worked at Tower 1 and I stared at each other, turned on the radio and immediately tried to call our spouses. As with everyone else, the cell phones were down and we could not reach them. We each consoled each other, knowing in our hearts that our phones would soon ring and it would be our spouses. Around 9:30am, my husband called, frantic, upset, and out of breath. He had been running for almost an hour.
After hearing the impact on the 1st tower, he went to the window where he had a direct look at what had happened and thought it had been an accident. Soon after he saw a 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower and knew we were under attack, quickly left the building and started running north as quickly as possible, constantly trying to call me. I was so happy and relieved that he was safe. He was at a bus stop and was going to wait for the bus to take him home.
I called my kids school and asked them to relay the message that their father was safe.
My office mate on the other hand, still had not received any calls from his wife and was losing hope. Sticking together we prayed and hoped for his phone to ring. As the radio said the 1st tower was collapsing, then the 2nd tower was collapsing, we were so hoping that phone would ring. It finally rang, she was safe and at the White Plains train station.
After the plane hit the 1st tower, she immediately evacuated from the 2nd tower, jumped on the subway to Grand Central Station to take Metro North home.
What a relief our spouses were both safe!!
My office mate left work and went to pick up his wife as I waited to hear from my husband again as to whether he was on a bus heading home. He was at the bus stop alright, but the bus never came as the city had been shutdown and public transportation was at a stand still. He decided to start walking and met up with someone who lives a few blocks from our home, who too was wondering how to get home.
Finally, their guardian angel appeared, a delivery van, with an advertisement from Queens. They approached the driver and asked him to take them home to Yonkers. After a bit of hesitation, the man agreed.
I left the office to head home and to school to pick up my kids. Not realizing the buses were not running, I got home a bit alarmed that he was not yet home. I tried calling his phone and he told me he was in Yonkers, with a new friend' and was on his way home. I waited in the driveway and gave him the biggest hug imaginable and so happy that he had escaped safely.
My heart goes out to all those families who were not as lucky as I was....to have my husband, father of our daughters, safe and sound with us!
September 11, 2001, a Day We Will Never Forget!
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“story7394.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 27, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/11286.