story5638.xml
Title
story5638.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
Just as Alan Jacksons "Where Were You" song talks about, I
was "working on a stage in L.A.".
I had started work at 5:00 am Pacific Time. I was working on
the NBC game show Weakest Link. The mean Brittish host Anne
Robinson was supposed to be interviewed by I think it was
the Today show live via sattelite. Needless to say, all of
the TV's on stage were tuned to NBC.
At about 5:45 am, the first pictures were shown of the first
plane burning inside the tower.
All eyes were fixated. No one wanted to look, but no one
could turn away. No one could believe what we were
witnessing. Obviously our interview was not going to happen
that day. But something much more substantial was.
Just when we thought we had seen it all, the second plane
hit the second tower. I seriously thought I was going to be
sick to my stomach. I could only immagine the number of
lives that were changed by these events.
I called my folk who were deep in sleep in a suburb of the
San Fernando Valley. I was yelling "Wake up! Turn on the
TV, were under attack!!!" My fater thought it was a joke!
He laughed it off and hung up the phone. Only to have my
cel. phone ring back a minute later with him in histericks.
As rumors started flying as they so often do around
Hollywood. There was talk that a plane from Las Vegas was
hijacked and headed to Los Angeles. All sorts of crazy
stories.
Even while all of this was going on, the immages were still
on TV, and everyone was watching intently. Then it
happened. The towers fell. I had that "sick" feeling
in my stomach again. I was surrounded by co-workers, but
I felt so scared, afraid, and alone. It was REALLY weird.
I know I didn't mention Flight 93, or the plane that hit
the Pentagon, but those events did significantly add to the
horror and sadness that I felt on September 11, 2001.
was "working on a stage in L.A.".
I had started work at 5:00 am Pacific Time. I was working on
the NBC game show Weakest Link. The mean Brittish host Anne
Robinson was supposed to be interviewed by I think it was
the Today show live via sattelite. Needless to say, all of
the TV's on stage were tuned to NBC.
At about 5:45 am, the first pictures were shown of the first
plane burning inside the tower.
All eyes were fixated. No one wanted to look, but no one
could turn away. No one could believe what we were
witnessing. Obviously our interview was not going to happen
that day. But something much more substantial was.
Just when we thought we had seen it all, the second plane
hit the second tower. I seriously thought I was going to be
sick to my stomach. I could only immagine the number of
lives that were changed by these events.
I called my folk who were deep in sleep in a suburb of the
San Fernando Valley. I was yelling "Wake up! Turn on the
TV, were under attack!!!" My fater thought it was a joke!
He laughed it off and hung up the phone. Only to have my
cel. phone ring back a minute later with him in histericks.
As rumors started flying as they so often do around
Hollywood. There was talk that a plane from Las Vegas was
hijacked and headed to Los Angeles. All sorts of crazy
stories.
Even while all of this was going on, the immages were still
on TV, and everyone was watching intently. Then it
happened. The towers fell. I had that "sick" feeling
in my stomach again. I was surrounded by co-workers, but
I felt so scared, afraid, and alone. It was REALLY weird.
I know I didn't mention Flight 93, or the plane that hit
the Pentagon, but those events did significantly add to the
horror and sadness that I felt on September 11, 2001.
Collection
Citation
“story5638.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 4, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15686.