story3221.xml
Title
story3221.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I awoke the morning of September 11th to the cry of my son.
It was 8:30am, I was getting my son breakfast, my husband had the day off. We had the televsion on watching childrens t.v.. My sister-in-law called us and as if we were watching the new as there was what she had hear as a boom had gone off at the pentigone. We switch the channel and witness the plane hit the first tower. The only thought that went throught my head was I had to hold my son. Right then and there I grabbed him. He was a 11 months old, He just hugged me back unawear of what had happened. I looked at my husband and we all hugged each other. I had to get ready for work, it all seemed unreal somehow. Like I knew something that know one else new. I drove to work in a daze, it was all over the radio. I work in a restraunt. The others came in and we were all discussing it. We all thought that all the businessess in the area would close early to let everyone go home to be with there loved ones, we expected no business. We were wrong , the restraunt was packed. Everyone came in looking for news. we have three rooms with televions. There were people waiting to sit, wanting to find out anything that could explain what and why it happened. I ended my work day in the same daze it had begun. Driving home I was in the same fog as driving in.
When I came home, I held my son for what seemed like hours,
but was only minutes. Hereing the story of the man who sent his wife message over the answering machine. I thought of how I would feel if it was my husband , to never see or hear from him again. To never have my son know the real person he was. My heart cried out for her,and the children I didn't know if she had. For the first time that day I shed tears for all of the lost of life.
thank you for listening.
It was 8:30am, I was getting my son breakfast, my husband had the day off. We had the televsion on watching childrens t.v.. My sister-in-law called us and as if we were watching the new as there was what she had hear as a boom had gone off at the pentigone. We switch the channel and witness the plane hit the first tower. The only thought that went throught my head was I had to hold my son. Right then and there I grabbed him. He was a 11 months old, He just hugged me back unawear of what had happened. I looked at my husband and we all hugged each other. I had to get ready for work, it all seemed unreal somehow. Like I knew something that know one else new. I drove to work in a daze, it was all over the radio. I work in a restraunt. The others came in and we were all discussing it. We all thought that all the businessess in the area would close early to let everyone go home to be with there loved ones, we expected no business. We were wrong , the restraunt was packed. Everyone came in looking for news. we have three rooms with televions. There were people waiting to sit, wanting to find out anything that could explain what and why it happened. I ended my work day in the same daze it had begun. Driving home I was in the same fog as driving in.
When I came home, I held my son for what seemed like hours,
but was only minutes. Hereing the story of the man who sent his wife message over the answering machine. I thought of how I would feel if it was my husband , to never see or hear from him again. To never have my son know the real person he was. My heart cried out for her,and the children I didn't know if she had. For the first time that day I shed tears for all of the lost of life.
thank you for listening.
Collection
Citation
“story3221.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 14, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15458.