story9317.xml
Title
story9317.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2003-05-16
911DA Story: Story
Im a British girl and was in my seventh month of working as an aupair in America when the tragedy happened.
i had just gotten up when i saw the twin towers in flames on the tv, i couldnt belive it, i thought it was a dream but of course it wasnt it was reality. Then they showed pictures of the pentagon in washington D.C, well that was only 20 minutes away from me and i had been there the day before! then the phones were ringing in the home i lived in, my host mother had been evacuated from her place of work in downtown D.c as she worked for the goverment, and that her children who i cared for were coming home from school, my host father was in Atlanta at the time and was grounded there till further notice. When the children and there mother arrived we all sat and wathched the horrifyig events on the tv, i had been crying for a while by this point and thought it best that i call my parents back home in the u.k to tell them i was ok, they were very worried but i assured them that we were all ok.
The following day the children and i lit candles and said a prayer on our porch, this was a big thing for me as i am not religous atall, but it felt right to say my thoughts and cares aloud, while saying our prayers we could hear the fighter jets in the sky above hovering over the city trying to keep it safe, no longer could we see or hear the many airliners flying overhead to the 3 main airports near our home, that was an earey experience that will stay with me forever. September 11th will stay with me forever, and even though i was a british girl in America at the time, i felt even more proud to be there and to join in with the coming together of americans and its culture.
Before i came back home 6 months after the event, I visited ground zero, i had been to New York 3 times before but this time it was so much different, i read the memorials and couldnt belive that this was once the world trade centre. I got back home and it was still very much in my mind, and most people were fasinated about what it was like for me to have been there at the time.
On september 11th 2002 i hung a american flag in my window and tied an american ribbon around my car ariel, i spent most of that day crying.
I just cannot imagine what it must have felt like for all those poor innocent men and women, and it burns a hole in my heart everytime i think about it.
September 11th was one of the most upsetting and heartbreaking days of my life and i will never forget it, it was an honour to have experienced America coming together stronger at such a devastating time.
God bless all those who lost their lives.
i had just gotten up when i saw the twin towers in flames on the tv, i couldnt belive it, i thought it was a dream but of course it wasnt it was reality. Then they showed pictures of the pentagon in washington D.C, well that was only 20 minutes away from me and i had been there the day before! then the phones were ringing in the home i lived in, my host mother had been evacuated from her place of work in downtown D.c as she worked for the goverment, and that her children who i cared for were coming home from school, my host father was in Atlanta at the time and was grounded there till further notice. When the children and there mother arrived we all sat and wathched the horrifyig events on the tv, i had been crying for a while by this point and thought it best that i call my parents back home in the u.k to tell them i was ok, they were very worried but i assured them that we were all ok.
The following day the children and i lit candles and said a prayer on our porch, this was a big thing for me as i am not religous atall, but it felt right to say my thoughts and cares aloud, while saying our prayers we could hear the fighter jets in the sky above hovering over the city trying to keep it safe, no longer could we see or hear the many airliners flying overhead to the 3 main airports near our home, that was an earey experience that will stay with me forever. September 11th will stay with me forever, and even though i was a british girl in America at the time, i felt even more proud to be there and to join in with the coming together of americans and its culture.
Before i came back home 6 months after the event, I visited ground zero, i had been to New York 3 times before but this time it was so much different, i read the memorials and couldnt belive that this was once the world trade centre. I got back home and it was still very much in my mind, and most people were fasinated about what it was like for me to have been there at the time.
On september 11th 2002 i hung a american flag in my window and tied an american ribbon around my car ariel, i spent most of that day crying.
I just cannot imagine what it must have felt like for all those poor innocent men and women, and it burns a hole in my heart everytime i think about it.
September 11th was one of the most upsetting and heartbreaking days of my life and i will never forget it, it was an honour to have experienced America coming together stronger at such a devastating time.
God bless all those who lost their lives.
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Citation
“story9317.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13269.