September 11 Digital Archive

story3592.xml

Title

story3592.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

They were my favorite structures to photograph. that very day, after school i had planned to go to the towers and finish all the photowork i had started...that never happened. the last photo i took of them was on august 18th, 2001. i had an urge to go back to them that day but since it was a hot saturday afternoon, the tourists and lines kept me away. Till this day I regret not going. I woke up on 09.11.01 to "get down here and see this!" that minute i thought I was watching a movie...then the 2nd plane hit. My heart broke. As an artist and a photographer, a part of me wanted to be there, to photograph it, and to feel what others felt. The closest i got was a TV set. My dad was supposed to be there that day...Thank God the meeting was cancelled. When i went to what is now "Ground Zero" all i smelt was death,I was on sacred ground. Fires were still burning and the ash was still under my feet. I will never forget that. I made it a point to be there (ground zero) on 09.11.02 (today). I was greeted with a disturbing silence, bagpipes playing in some distant landd...ghosts without graves. I stood thinking, broken hearted. As the sun rose, the clouds above seemed like fire. I will miss them greatly. They are still there in my memories. God was also there that day...He was with so many in the stairwell of their final moments.

Citation

“story3592.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 7, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/12212.