story5691.xml
Title
story5691.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I was at home on September 11, 2001 with our son Christian, who was 21 months old at the time. Michael, my husband, was working at the UK hospital in downtown Lexington, Kentucky.
I had just changed and fed Christian, and turned on the news to see what the weather would be like that day. I had thought about going on an outing to the countryside with the baby to look at and feed the horses, when I saw the first plane hit the towers.
I stopped packing the diaper bag, sat down on the couch and sat glued to the t.v. in disbelief as I watched the second plane hit the other tower. I called Michael at work to let him know what had happened.
Then the Pentagon was hit and I heard two planes fly above our home. I ran outside to see what was going on and to talk to the neighbors about the whole thing. Our street was empty and quiet. I felt so alone and so scared.
I decided that we had to do something, so I put Christian in the car and drove to Michael's Arts and Crafts store and bought a roll of wide ribbon and 6 medium and 6 small American flags. On the way to the store, with the radio on, I heard about a fourth hijacked plane that had crashed in Pennsylvania. I was so scared. I bought my ribbon and flags and drove home very fast .
I put ribbons and flags around the cherry trees in front of our house, in the flowerboxes, as well as on the mailbox. The next day my neighbors followed suite, creating their own personal memorials in remembrance of that horrible day.
And then I can remember just putting my life on hold, and being very scared for a long, long time.
I had just changed and fed Christian, and turned on the news to see what the weather would be like that day. I had thought about going on an outing to the countryside with the baby to look at and feed the horses, when I saw the first plane hit the towers.
I stopped packing the diaper bag, sat down on the couch and sat glued to the t.v. in disbelief as I watched the second plane hit the other tower. I called Michael at work to let him know what had happened.
Then the Pentagon was hit and I heard two planes fly above our home. I ran outside to see what was going on and to talk to the neighbors about the whole thing. Our street was empty and quiet. I felt so alone and so scared.
I decided that we had to do something, so I put Christian in the car and drove to Michael's Arts and Crafts store and bought a roll of wide ribbon and 6 medium and 6 small American flags. On the way to the store, with the radio on, I heard about a fourth hijacked plane that had crashed in Pennsylvania. I was so scared. I bought my ribbon and flags and drove home very fast .
I put ribbons and flags around the cherry trees in front of our house, in the flowerboxes, as well as on the mailbox. The next day my neighbors followed suite, creating their own personal memorials in remembrance of that horrible day.
And then I can remember just putting my life on hold, and being very scared for a long, long time.
Collection
Citation
“story5691.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 1, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15342.