September 11 Digital Archive

story2464.xml

Title

story2464.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

I experienced the same feelings of shock, confusion, disbelief and grief as others did.

In December 2000, we drove up to New York mainly for my 3 year old grandson to see the Christimas Tree. (He always referred to the city as "Ms. New York" when he'd see a shot of it on the morning news show--I guess he associated the city and the Statue of Liberty as one in the same). We arrived later than anticipated, so we didn't get to go down to see the World Trade Center. I said, "that's ok, it'll be here next December for us to see." How wrong I was!

I had went to visit the Computer Assistive Technology Program (CAP) office at the Pentagon in June 2001 (my first time ever inside of the building). The people there were so nice, and I was so relieved when I received an e-mail from that office on 9/12 letting us know the staff was unharmed. But, my heart went out to all those who were not in that number.

Citation

“story2464.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 25, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/17188.