story508.xml
Title
story508.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-05-04
911DA Story: Story
Heather Caward
September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 will always be remembered as my generation?s ?Day that will live in infamy.? It was the day that our national security blanket was removed and we saw just how vulnerable we all were. I remember the day very clearly. That day I remember that I was going to sleep in and go to an Aerosmith concert in Virginia Beach. I was abruptly awakened by my boyfriend who called me and told me that we were under attack. At first I didn?t believe him, but then I turned on the television to see the images of the former Twin Towers burning. Then came the word that the Pentagon had been bombed, and all I could think about was the fact that it was only two hours away from here. On the bottom of the television screen ran a red crawler with the Civil Defense System instructions saying that roads in the viewing area had been closed due to a terrorist attack. My boyfriend?s cousin actually saw the explosion and the fire from atop his office job in downtown Washington, DC.
All I could think was how many people were going to be affected, and that this could lead to a lot worse than what was already happening. It was the first time in my lifetime that I was the witness to a war in my own country, and I have learned to appreciate many of the good things and people in my life.
September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 will always be remembered as my generation?s ?Day that will live in infamy.? It was the day that our national security blanket was removed and we saw just how vulnerable we all were. I remember the day very clearly. That day I remember that I was going to sleep in and go to an Aerosmith concert in Virginia Beach. I was abruptly awakened by my boyfriend who called me and told me that we were under attack. At first I didn?t believe him, but then I turned on the television to see the images of the former Twin Towers burning. Then came the word that the Pentagon had been bombed, and all I could think about was the fact that it was only two hours away from here. On the bottom of the television screen ran a red crawler with the Civil Defense System instructions saying that roads in the viewing area had been closed due to a terrorist attack. My boyfriend?s cousin actually saw the explosion and the fire from atop his office job in downtown Washington, DC.
All I could think was how many people were going to be affected, and that this could lead to a lot worse than what was already happening. It was the first time in my lifetime that I was the witness to a war in my own country, and I have learned to appreciate many of the good things and people in my life.
Collection
Citation
“story508.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 16, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15890.