story1286.xml
Title
story1286.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-08-20
911DA Story: Story
It was just like any other day ...
I was on my third round with my snooze button, I didn't want to get up and get ready for class. Most college kids don't. When my alarm jolted me out of bed for the fourth time that morning my roomie told me that I 'might want to come into the living room'. I turned my alarm off and sleepily trudged my way out to the living room.
I watched in first disbelief, and quickly thereafter complete horror as the events of 9-11 unfolded in front of my very eyes. The word 'WAR' was being thrown around my living room over and over again by my roomies and myself. I don't think we knew quite how accurate we were with our premonition, but it proved quite accurate in the next few weeks.
I remember thinking it was a great display of CGI, or digital effects. I remember thinking it was going to be a trailer for a blockbuster movie. I remember crying when I realized that it was neither. Class was the last thing on my mind after I witnessed the second plane brutally slam into one of the twins. I remember frantically searching my mental database for anyone that lived/worked in or around the towers or the pentagon, thats when the sick feeling hit me square in the gut. My roomies father worked in the pentagon, on the navy side. We frantically tried to get ahold of him on the phone to no avail ... all circuits were busy.
We got word that he was safe, he was not in the building, but at a meeting at the time of the attack. Relief. Sorrow for all that were not at a meeting.
The images and feelings of that beautiful morning here in Gainesville, FL will forever be burned into my memory. The vivid details of the attack, the feeling of helplessness, and the extreme feeling of pride and patriotism as I saw my countrymen pull themselves up and come together in one of the most amazing displays of 'family' I can remember in my short 22 year life. Thanks for the pride, thanks for the lesson, and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
I was on my third round with my snooze button, I didn't want to get up and get ready for class. Most college kids don't. When my alarm jolted me out of bed for the fourth time that morning my roomie told me that I 'might want to come into the living room'. I turned my alarm off and sleepily trudged my way out to the living room.
I watched in first disbelief, and quickly thereafter complete horror as the events of 9-11 unfolded in front of my very eyes. The word 'WAR' was being thrown around my living room over and over again by my roomies and myself. I don't think we knew quite how accurate we were with our premonition, but it proved quite accurate in the next few weeks.
I remember thinking it was a great display of CGI, or digital effects. I remember thinking it was going to be a trailer for a blockbuster movie. I remember crying when I realized that it was neither. Class was the last thing on my mind after I witnessed the second plane brutally slam into one of the twins. I remember frantically searching my mental database for anyone that lived/worked in or around the towers or the pentagon, thats when the sick feeling hit me square in the gut. My roomies father worked in the pentagon, on the navy side. We frantically tried to get ahold of him on the phone to no avail ... all circuits were busy.
We got word that he was safe, he was not in the building, but at a meeting at the time of the attack. Relief. Sorrow for all that were not at a meeting.
The images and feelings of that beautiful morning here in Gainesville, FL will forever be burned into my memory. The vivid details of the attack, the feeling of helplessness, and the extreme feeling of pride and patriotism as I saw my countrymen pull themselves up and come together in one of the most amazing displays of 'family' I can remember in my short 22 year life. Thanks for the pride, thanks for the lesson, and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Collection
Citation
“story1286.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 7, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/17351.