September 11 Digital Archive

story4277.xml

Title

story4277.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

I was sitting in the livingroom when my daughter brught her three year old son so she could go to work. We watched as the second plane hit in horror. My niece was in NY on business and I was terrified. Luckily, she was standing in a parking lot outside her hotel across the river and heard the first and actually saw the second plane hit. She finally managed to get a bus home on Friday.

My three year old grandson said in his innocence, "Uncle Teddy, a fireman, needs to get his ropes and climb up and help them people climb down." At that moment, I knew, we as a country, had lost a precious part of ourselves, our innocence as a nation. We had been attacked on our own soil. God Beless America.

Citation

“story4277.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13317.