story1982.xml
Title
story1982.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-09
911DA Story: Story
While drinking coffee on our balcony early that morning, my husband turned on his pager, and read a news alert about a plane crash. We turned on the TV and saw the Pentagon on fire, and then the newscasters switched back to NYC. My husband left to go to work, and he called me to say that the roads were empty. As we spoke, the first tower collapsed. I remember simply sobbing to him, horrified and saddened for those unfortunate souls trapped inside.
I know intellectually that human tragedies of enormous, soul-sickening proportion happen all the time... I am a history instructor, after all. However, seeing it in color on TV, and hearing the trembling voices of those left behind, mourning their loved ones has made a permanent etching in me, like acid on glass.
I guess that like many fellow Las Vegans, I worried-- and still do-- that our city remains an easy target, but I will never walk in Vegas or fly throughout the US in fear. Fear is a victory for terrorists.
I know intellectually that human tragedies of enormous, soul-sickening proportion happen all the time... I am a history instructor, after all. However, seeing it in color on TV, and hearing the trembling voices of those left behind, mourning their loved ones has made a permanent etching in me, like acid on glass.
I guess that like many fellow Las Vegans, I worried-- and still do-- that our city remains an easy target, but I will never walk in Vegas or fly throughout the US in fear. Fear is a victory for terrorists.
Collection
Citation
“story1982.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 13, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13046.