story4027.xml
Title
story4027.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
September 11th, 2001 was a day that I was dreading...I was to go in to have my tonsils out at the age of 29. I would be out of work for at least 2 weeks and possibly longer and I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to afford rent, groceries and all that good stuff. I was going through a painful divorce and life was looking rather bleak.
A nurse came out in the hallway and gave me a fast-acting sedative to prep me for surgery. It hit me very quickly but just as I was passing out, I heard someone say 'one hit high and one hit low!' They sounded incredulous but I had no idea what anyone was talking about. After surgery I was on heavy pain killers and had no idea what had happened for almost a week after but when it finally dawned on me that our world had changed so severly, I was in shock. I was also in incredible awe at the tremendous acts of heroism and courage that took place in New York. Bravery at it's highest form. These are the people that I want to be heros for my children..not actors, sports figures or ficticious supermen but the real men and women who helped and saved others with no thought for themselves. Both civilians and emergency workers alike. September 11th was humanity's bleakest, darkest hour...but it was also it's brightest and most shining! Suddenly my troubles did not look so scary...
My heart goes out to everyone who was personally touched by this evil. May whatever God you serve wrap Their arms around you and give you comfort and peace. You are loved and thought about every day...some by people who know you but also by many who do not.
A nurse came out in the hallway and gave me a fast-acting sedative to prep me for surgery. It hit me very quickly but just as I was passing out, I heard someone say 'one hit high and one hit low!' They sounded incredulous but I had no idea what anyone was talking about. After surgery I was on heavy pain killers and had no idea what had happened for almost a week after but when it finally dawned on me that our world had changed so severly, I was in shock. I was also in incredible awe at the tremendous acts of heroism and courage that took place in New York. Bravery at it's highest form. These are the people that I want to be heros for my children..not actors, sports figures or ficticious supermen but the real men and women who helped and saved others with no thought for themselves. Both civilians and emergency workers alike. September 11th was humanity's bleakest, darkest hour...but it was also it's brightest and most shining! Suddenly my troubles did not look so scary...
My heart goes out to everyone who was personally touched by this evil. May whatever God you serve wrap Their arms around you and give you comfort and peace. You are loved and thought about every day...some by people who know you but also by many who do not.
Collection
Citation
“story4027.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 20, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/14569.