story428.xml

story428.xml

born-digital

story

yes

no

2002-04-16

On september 11, I woke up late for work and was in a huge rush. I quickly got myself organized and headed to my vehicle. Every morning while driving I listen to Bubba the Love Sponge, a local radio disc jockey. Usually when I turn it Bubba and his buddies are usually talking to a guest stripper or acting goofy in someway. This time they were talking about some plane crashing, which i didn't really give much serious attention too. Then, they said the plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. The first thoughts in my head were, "Wow thats crazy!". I thought there was just some mechanical problem with the plane and for some unlucky reason it crashed into the world Trade Center. It wasn't about two minutes later, that Bubba and his disc jockey crew began yelling, "Oh my God! Oh my God! Another plane has hit the World Trade Center". I was totally speechless, my mouth was numb and my goose bumps flared with shock. I parked my car, unbuckled my seatbealt and sat for a minute to regroup myself. I entered work and saw my boss' face wrapped around the small black and white televison. He looked at me and said, "They think it is an act of terrorism". I nodded and said, "Yeah it has to be, two planes just do not crash into the Twin Towers". My boss was very worried, because his brother lives a couple blocks down from the World Trade center. He had been trying to call his brother for a couple hours and could not reach him. He finally reached him and his brother said he saw from the roof of his apartment building the falling of the second tower. He had just finished crying when my boss called.

The whole day at work we watched and waited for more information. Customers came in saddened and disguisted, they gave their opinions on who they thought were to be responsible and how they were going to pay for their terrorist acts. After the shock wore off, I began to think of what was going to happen to my country. I asked myself what actions are we going to take against these villians and what freedoms would I loose.

I went home from work that day and watched the news until one o' clock in the morning. Almost every station had some kind of news on about the tragedy. I have watched ESPN since I was in elementary school and never before have they shown news rather than sporting news. I went to bed that night and thanked god that no one close to me was in the tragedy. I also sent my blessings to those who lost people close to them.

One thing good about the Sepetember 11, tragedy, was how our country came together waving flags, wearing red, white, and blue, and the great efforts to help New York City families and repair on the city. There have been comercials, songs, and television shows dedicated to the tragedy. I think everyone learned a lot from September 11, and our country has become stronger.