story4604.xml
Title
story4604.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
Just got out of shower, 5:58 am P.D.S.T , turned on the news. They were showing what looked like to me some old footage of the 1992 bombing in the under ground parking.
Then I realized that it was LIVE when I saw the 2nd plane crash into the sencond tower, I froze , I thought what in gods name was I seeing. I was so confused as the moments passed & the news kept coming in. I starting praying & crying for all the souls that I had passed before my eyes.
I cried for the nation, my nation, my home , my families home for the last 13 generations had been viciously attacked, I called my mom in Ohio & we both prayed & cried, for the world as we knew it was no longer the same, so many , so fast, for what????? WHY civilians???
My husband calls from the living room " They hit the Pentagon & its on fire." Dear god, whats next.
Flight 93 was what was to be next. I was numb , good god some one take control here & then some one did & 93 came down in a field. I was in a haze as I went off to work. When I got there everyone had very long faces that showed a combonation of sadness , anger & bewilderness.
As I walked through the lobby at work I could hear the news reporter on the television stateing that the tower was coming down. When I got to the T.V all there was was people running for their lives & what looked like the end of the world chasing them. I kept my composure & continued on with my day knowing in my heart that this was a wake up call for all of us, & that we would join together to find the people that planned, financed & executed these heartless attacks not just on us Americans, but on the world & the people that call America their home away from home.
After what seemed like the shortest yet longest day of my life, I got home from work & prayed & cried & thought long and hard about life itself & of the people that have lost so much, so fast.........
As the old saying goes "its always the darkest before the dawn" Well the sun has now risen and we are awake and alert and we will prevail as a Nation...............
Then I realized that it was LIVE when I saw the 2nd plane crash into the sencond tower, I froze , I thought what in gods name was I seeing. I was so confused as the moments passed & the news kept coming in. I starting praying & crying for all the souls that I had passed before my eyes.
I cried for the nation, my nation, my home , my families home for the last 13 generations had been viciously attacked, I called my mom in Ohio & we both prayed & cried, for the world as we knew it was no longer the same, so many , so fast, for what????? WHY civilians???
My husband calls from the living room " They hit the Pentagon & its on fire." Dear god, whats next.
Flight 93 was what was to be next. I was numb , good god some one take control here & then some one did & 93 came down in a field. I was in a haze as I went off to work. When I got there everyone had very long faces that showed a combonation of sadness , anger & bewilderness.
As I walked through the lobby at work I could hear the news reporter on the television stateing that the tower was coming down. When I got to the T.V all there was was people running for their lives & what looked like the end of the world chasing them. I kept my composure & continued on with my day knowing in my heart that this was a wake up call for all of us, & that we would join together to find the people that planned, financed & executed these heartless attacks not just on us Americans, but on the world & the people that call America their home away from home.
After what seemed like the shortest yet longest day of my life, I got home from work & prayed & cried & thought long and hard about life itself & of the people that have lost so much, so fast.........
As the old saying goes "its always the darkest before the dawn" Well the sun has now risen and we are awake and alert and we will prevail as a Nation...............
Collection
Citation
“story4604.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 29, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15940.