story7273.xml
Title
story7273.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-13
911DA Story: Story
HELLO EVERYONE,
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001! I WAS ON DUTY AS MANY OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WERE.MANY THAT WOULD NOT SEE SEPTEMBER 12, 2001.I WAS SITTING THE THE BAY WATCH-ING T.V.I HAD ALREADY HAD BREAKFAST AND DONE OUR MORNING
DUTIES.(ON A FEW MINUTES OF DOWN TIME)
WOW!!!THE FIRST TOWER HAD ALREADY BEEN HIT SMOKE AND FIRE COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING.I GOT EVERYBODIES ATTENTION IN-
SIDE..I TOLD THEM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HAD BEEN HIT WITH A PLAIN.NO ONE BELIEVED ME UNTIL THEY TURNED ON THE T.V.
I IMMEDIATLY CALLED TWO PEOPLE.ONE A POLICEMAN AND MY MOTHER A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.NEITHER HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.THEN I SAW THE SECOND TOWER GET HIT.THEY EVACUATED MY MOM'S OFFICE.
SHE REALLY TOOK IT HARD.
THERE ARE BAD THINGS HAPPENING SOMEWHERE EVERYDAY..I KNOW
THAT THIS WAS A HORRIBLE THING BUT A POLICE OFFICER IN OUR
COUNTY WAS BURRIED A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS.KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR NO REASON EXCEPT IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME SOME WOULD SAY.SOME PEOPLE CARE NOTHING ABOUT HUMAN LIFE..IT IS VERY SAD..THERE ARE ALOT OF MEAN PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.IF THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THERE LIFE,WHY DO WE THINK THEY WILL CARE AHOUT US???
I WENT TO NEW YORK JANUARY OF 2000.I LOVED THE CITY.I GREW
UP IN THE SOUTH,DEEP SOUTH.ALL MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN A COUNTRY
GIRL BUT WHEN I WENT THERE IT WAS GREAT.WE STAYED RIGHT ON TIME SQUARE.I TALKED TO A FEW POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE-
FIGHTERS THERE.THEY ARE A DIFFERENT BREED BY THEMSELVES!!!
A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE..THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND LOTS OF ENJOYMENT FROM THE JOB.YOU COULD TELL AND FEEL IT!!!!
I WATCHED SOME T.V.ON THE 11TH AND LISTENED TO A FIREFIGHTER THAT HIS TWIN BROTHER GOT KILLED.HIS WORDS,
"THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF FIREFIGHTERS,ONE WHO IS A NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER,AND ONE WHO WANTS TO BE."IT MADE ME STOP TO THINK,THERE ARE FIREFIGHTERS EVERYWHERE THAT DO LOVE THERE JOBS AND TAKE THERE JOBS VERY SERIOUS BUT IN REALITY
I ALMOST AGREE WITH HIM..IT SEEMS A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN
WITH A REAL PASSION AND BOND...THAT I WISHED WAS ALL ACROSS
THE LAND.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IT THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL ALWAYS. WE FORGET THAT TO OFTEN.WE HAVE TO TRUST AND BELIEVE.GOD BLESS TO ALL FIREFIGHETERS,POLICE OFFICERS,
AND E.M.S.WORKERS.
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001! I WAS ON DUTY AS MANY OTHER FIREFIGHTERS WERE.MANY THAT WOULD NOT SEE SEPTEMBER 12, 2001.I WAS SITTING THE THE BAY WATCH-ING T.V.I HAD ALREADY HAD BREAKFAST AND DONE OUR MORNING
DUTIES.(ON A FEW MINUTES OF DOWN TIME)
WOW!!!THE FIRST TOWER HAD ALREADY BEEN HIT SMOKE AND FIRE COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING.I GOT EVERYBODIES ATTENTION IN-
SIDE..I TOLD THEM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HAD BEEN HIT WITH A PLAIN.NO ONE BELIEVED ME UNTIL THEY TURNED ON THE T.V.
I IMMEDIATLY CALLED TWO PEOPLE.ONE A POLICEMAN AND MY MOTHER A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.NEITHER HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.THEN I SAW THE SECOND TOWER GET HIT.THEY EVACUATED MY MOM'S OFFICE.
SHE REALLY TOOK IT HARD.
THERE ARE BAD THINGS HAPPENING SOMEWHERE EVERYDAY..I KNOW
THAT THIS WAS A HORRIBLE THING BUT A POLICE OFFICER IN OUR
COUNTY WAS BURRIED A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS.KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR NO REASON EXCEPT IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME SOME WOULD SAY.SOME PEOPLE CARE NOTHING ABOUT HUMAN LIFE..IT IS VERY SAD..THERE ARE ALOT OF MEAN PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.IF THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THERE LIFE,WHY DO WE THINK THEY WILL CARE AHOUT US???
I WENT TO NEW YORK JANUARY OF 2000.I LOVED THE CITY.I GREW
UP IN THE SOUTH,DEEP SOUTH.ALL MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN A COUNTRY
GIRL BUT WHEN I WENT THERE IT WAS GREAT.WE STAYED RIGHT ON TIME SQUARE.I TALKED TO A FEW POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE-
FIGHTERS THERE.THEY ARE A DIFFERENT BREED BY THEMSELVES!!!
A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE..THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND LOTS OF ENJOYMENT FROM THE JOB.YOU COULD TELL AND FEEL IT!!!!
I WATCHED SOME T.V.ON THE 11TH AND LISTENED TO A FIREFIGHTER THAT HIS TWIN BROTHER GOT KILLED.HIS WORDS,
"THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF FIREFIGHTERS,ONE WHO IS A NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER,AND ONE WHO WANTS TO BE."IT MADE ME STOP TO THINK,THERE ARE FIREFIGHTERS EVERYWHERE THAT DO LOVE THERE JOBS AND TAKE THERE JOBS VERY SERIOUS BUT IN REALITY
I ALMOST AGREE WITH HIM..IT SEEMS A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN
WITH A REAL PASSION AND BOND...THAT I WISHED WAS ALL ACROSS
THE LAND.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IT THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL ALWAYS. WE FORGET THAT TO OFTEN.WE HAVE TO TRUST AND BELIEVE.GOD BLESS TO ALL FIREFIGHETERS,POLICE OFFICERS,
AND E.M.S.WORKERS.
Collection
Citation
“story7273.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 15, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13007.