story4395.xml
Title
story4395.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
No, I'm not one of the thousands who lost love ones or even knew of any of those who were lost, hurt, or mained. I am, though, one of those who watched horror struck while the events happened on TV.
A friend called (lets call her "J") and told me to turn the station while at the same time I was rattleing off about some talk show. She kept trying to interrupt me. I finally got it! Something was wrong. I could hear panick in her voice. I turned the station and watched the second plane hit the tower and then the pentagon was hit. "J" become frantic. Her husband work's involves the president of the USA and he frequents the Pentagon. All day she waited. It wasn't until 6:00 p.m. that she finally knew he was alive and well. At the same time another friend (lets call her "C") was very anxious as well. Her husband has ties to the Pentagon also. She didn't hear from her husband until around 3:00 p.m. Another friend (lets call her "D") had just transfered to the Pentagon. She had just arrived back from Korea after being separated from her family for a year. I had thought she was station in the same area of the pentagon that the plane hit. I called her that morning, praying for everything I was worth. She answered the phone. I just cryed. She was ok. Her two beautiful children still had a mother. She work midshift. Another friend (Lets calll her "CA") lost 6 friends from the incident at the Pentagon. My daughter's godmother's sister just quit her job at the twin towers two weeks prior but she lost so many friends.
After an incident such as this it brings us back to the value of humanity. Money, fame, and all that we held so much value for became so minute. There is no price or higher value then human life.
Renee Salnave
A friend called (lets call her "J") and told me to turn the station while at the same time I was rattleing off about some talk show. She kept trying to interrupt me. I finally got it! Something was wrong. I could hear panick in her voice. I turned the station and watched the second plane hit the tower and then the pentagon was hit. "J" become frantic. Her husband work's involves the president of the USA and he frequents the Pentagon. All day she waited. It wasn't until 6:00 p.m. that she finally knew he was alive and well. At the same time another friend (lets call her "C") was very anxious as well. Her husband has ties to the Pentagon also. She didn't hear from her husband until around 3:00 p.m. Another friend (lets call her "D") had just transfered to the Pentagon. She had just arrived back from Korea after being separated from her family for a year. I had thought she was station in the same area of the pentagon that the plane hit. I called her that morning, praying for everything I was worth. She answered the phone. I just cryed. She was ok. Her two beautiful children still had a mother. She work midshift. Another friend (Lets calll her "CA") lost 6 friends from the incident at the Pentagon. My daughter's godmother's sister just quit her job at the twin towers two weeks prior but she lost so many friends.
After an incident such as this it brings us back to the value of humanity. Money, fame, and all that we held so much value for became so minute. There is no price or higher value then human life.
Renee Salnave
Collection
Citation
“story4395.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13869.