September 11 Digital Archive

story5188.xml

Title

story5188.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

I WAS HOME SITTING ON MY COUCH , I WAS OUT OF WORK ON SICK LEAVE HAD SURGERY ON MY FOOT , AND SO HAPPENED SOMETHING WOKE ME UP IT WAS VERY STRANGE THAT MORNING, THE TELEVISION WAS ON SO IT WASNT CLEAR AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING A GOOD MOVIE ON THE TELEVISION, AND IT DIDNT DAWN ON ME AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS REALLY HAPPENING. THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS TO START PRAYING AT THAT VERY MOMMENT. THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WAS IN THAT BUILDING ON THAT MORNING. MY HEART WENT OUT IN DISTRESS, I WAS SO BURDEN DOWN. JUST THINK OF ALL THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES
LIVES, FIRE FIGHTER POLICE OFFICERS AND MOST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN THOSE BUILDING, THINKING OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, NEVER TO SEE THEM AGAIN
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS MEAN A CRUEL WORLD BUT IT LETS ME KNOW THAT WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER UNDER ONE NATION UNDER GOD and pray for one another, never take prayer away from anything we procede in life. God does make the difference. so my heart still goes out to those who suffered the losses that can never be replaced. my prayers are still with them. and mayGOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS COUNTRY.

Citation

“story5188.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15832.