story7387.xml
Title
story7387.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-14
911DA Story: Story
MY NAME IS MARION KLUMPP AND ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2002- I WAS A PRIVATE SITTER JUST GETTING TO WORK AT 8:00 AM (CENTRAL TIME). THE OLD COUPLE I SAT FOR HAD THEIR TV ON AND I HAPPEN TO GLANCE AT THE PICTURE AND I STOPPED IN SHOCK. THE IMAGE OF THE TOWER ON FIRE FROM A COLLISION WITH AN AIRPLANE WAS PRETTY HARD TO COMPREHEND. I MEAN- HOW COULD THE PLANE NOT SEE THE TOWER TO BEGIN WITH AND WHY WOULD IT HAVE BEEN FLYING SO LOW.
WELL THE ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS SOON BECAME APPARENT WHEN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION WE WITNESSED THE PLANE FLYING DIRECTLY INTO THE SECOND TOWER AFTER PURPOSELY AIMING FOR IT. THAT WAS THE MOMENT,I BELIEVE, THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REALIZED IT WAS UNDER ATTACK FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WAS TO BE HIT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE SOON FOUND OUT MORE AND IT WASN'T GETTING ANY BETTER. THE ATTACK ON THE PENTAGON WAS A SHOCK AND I KNEW DEEP IN MY HEART THAT WHOEVER WAS DOING THIS HAD PLANNED THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE LOSS OF LIFE WITH THE TOWERS AND THE PENTAGON WOULD BE STAGGERING, NOT TO MENTION THE LOSS OF LIFE ON THE PLANES, AND WE HAD NO IDEA IF THEY WERE FINISHED YET.
I WATCHED IN SHOCK WHEN THE SECOND TOWER FELL AND I KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ABOVE THE IMPACT ZONE HAD NOT GOTTEN OUT. I ALSO KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE ABOVE THE IMPACT ZONE IN THE FIRST TOWER WERE NOT GETTING OUT EITHER, WHICH OF COURSE WAS EVIDENT WHEN THEY STARTED JUMPING OUT THE WINDOWS. THERE IS NO WAY TO DESCRIBE THE HELPLESSNESS A PERSON FEELS TO SEE PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF DESPARATION KNOWING THEY WILL DIE EITHER WAY--AND THAT YOU HAVE NO WAY OF HELPING THEM.
IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TOGETHER TRYING TO HELP OUT. THE POLICE AND FIREMAN OF NEW YORK ARE AMAZINGLY BRAVE PEOPLE AND THEY SHOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR THEIR SELFLESSNESS. THE PLANE IN PENNSYLVANIA WAS ANOTHER AMAZEMENT. FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR LIVES SO THAT THE TERRORISTS EVIL PLANS COULD BE STOPPED WAS NOTHING SHORY OF A BLESSING FROM GOD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE BEAUTOIFUL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. IT IS TRULY THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. WE MAY HAVE TO REBUILD BUT MAY THE PEOPLE WHO DIED THAT DAY BECAUSE OF OUR FREEDOM NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
WELL THE ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS SOON BECAME APPARENT WHEN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION WE WITNESSED THE PLANE FLYING DIRECTLY INTO THE SECOND TOWER AFTER PURPOSELY AIMING FOR IT. THAT WAS THE MOMENT,I BELIEVE, THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REALIZED IT WAS UNDER ATTACK FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WAS TO BE HIT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE SOON FOUND OUT MORE AND IT WASN'T GETTING ANY BETTER. THE ATTACK ON THE PENTAGON WAS A SHOCK AND I KNEW DEEP IN MY HEART THAT WHOEVER WAS DOING THIS HAD PLANNED THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE LOSS OF LIFE WITH THE TOWERS AND THE PENTAGON WOULD BE STAGGERING, NOT TO MENTION THE LOSS OF LIFE ON THE PLANES, AND WE HAD NO IDEA IF THEY WERE FINISHED YET.
I WATCHED IN SHOCK WHEN THE SECOND TOWER FELL AND I KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ABOVE THE IMPACT ZONE HAD NOT GOTTEN OUT. I ALSO KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE ABOVE THE IMPACT ZONE IN THE FIRST TOWER WERE NOT GETTING OUT EITHER, WHICH OF COURSE WAS EVIDENT WHEN THEY STARTED JUMPING OUT THE WINDOWS. THERE IS NO WAY TO DESCRIBE THE HELPLESSNESS A PERSON FEELS TO SEE PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF DESPARATION KNOWING THEY WILL DIE EITHER WAY--AND THAT YOU HAVE NO WAY OF HELPING THEM.
IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TOGETHER TRYING TO HELP OUT. THE POLICE AND FIREMAN OF NEW YORK ARE AMAZINGLY BRAVE PEOPLE AND THEY SHOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR THEIR SELFLESSNESS. THE PLANE IN PENNSYLVANIA WAS ANOTHER AMAZEMENT. FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR LIVES SO THAT THE TERRORISTS EVIL PLANS COULD BE STOPPED WAS NOTHING SHORY OF A BLESSING FROM GOD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE BEAUTOIFUL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. IT IS TRULY THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. WE MAY HAVE TO REBUILD BUT MAY THE PEOPLE WHO DIED THAT DAY BECAUSE OF OUR FREEDOM NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
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Citation
“story7387.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 13, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/16742.