story5431.xml
Title
story5431.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
My name is Donna. On 9-11-01 I was in my bed thinking that I was recovering from a gallbladder surgury. I lay in my bed and watched as the news broke for a major news story.
I wasn't as well as I thought I was, so I just laid there and remember saying to myself that alot of people just lost their lives and for what and why is this happening.
The next day I was put on life support. I wasn't recovering at all. It took me a few days after being in the hospital for people to tell me that we were in a WAR.
My heart just broke in two.
I felt helpless, that I was in this stupid hospital and I couldn't help anybody. I didn't leave for 46 days.
But as my family let me (trying to help me) watch the news I was amazed how Americans were all pulling together to help one another. It was a time for love and lots of it. And we as a nation did that and are still doing it.
I wasn't as well as I thought I was, so I just laid there and remember saying to myself that alot of people just lost their lives and for what and why is this happening.
The next day I was put on life support. I wasn't recovering at all. It took me a few days after being in the hospital for people to tell me that we were in a WAR.
My heart just broke in two.
I felt helpless, that I was in this stupid hospital and I couldn't help anybody. I didn't leave for 46 days.
But as my family let me (trying to help me) watch the news I was amazed how Americans were all pulling together to help one another. It was a time for love and lots of it. And we as a nation did that and are still doing it.
Collection
Citation
“story5431.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 7, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/11562.