story5800.xml
Title
story5800.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-12
911DA Story: Story
My morning was like most. Early out the door, a quick stop for fast-food breakfast and the paper. A nice drive across town to the office. As I came across town I turned on a local Radio show. They better than average morning talk and comedy show, but they weren't laughing. I had left that morning after watching the news and weather. Now 2 of the best morning show hosts in Indiana were stunned and you could hear it in their voices.
As I listened I heard them say "a plane has just accidently flew into one of the Twin Towers" But you could hear the edge of nervousness in their voice. As I cautiously moved down the road, I started wondering about all those people there, adn about how terriable an accident this was. I truely wish it was an accident, then only one plane would have fell from the sky that day.
As I got to my parking spot, thats when I heard that another plane had hit the towers, and that was when you could feel the ripple through the town. As I entered the office, the radio which is usually set to classical music, talked on about this new incident. I quickly ushered myself into the confrence room and there on a old tv, using the antanae, I saw the first image of the first plane, quickly followerd by the second image.
It was shortly after that it seemed, that it was announced as a terrorist attack. My first thought was "Are they Out of their Minds?!?" They (who later were reveiled to be Al-Quieda) have to know that blood on our soild will only lead to a massive retaliation. If not outright war. I felt incensed, I felt robbed, and I felt Angry. All that rage though was capped by the first thought of those in New York who were bareing the brunt of this.
It was then I prayed. Not for world peace, not for love, but for a lot of fellow Americans, That even in the fastest car, I could never help. I even believe in guardian angels, and asked mine to go and help those there, because they needed it more than I did. Then somone in the office, an Engineer, pointed out that back when the towers were being made some enviromentalists protested the use of asbestos to protect the steel in that area, and he was reading about it in a book for school. It was shortly after that the Mighty buildings were brought down on themselves.
I felt my heart sink, and what hope I had disappear. Sometime in that day the other plane in Pennsylvania crashed, and the other hit the Pentagon. Both adding insult to injury. My boss prompted us all to work, and do our regular jobs, but there was nothing easy about work that day. The driving thought in my mind was "Don't Let Them Win!" so I kept working... cried a little... and still kept working. Al-Quieda would shake me, scare me, but I would never break.
It was then I realized, thats our spirit. That is our America. The land my grandpa fought for, and his friends died for. The land my friends lost their childhood in Korea and Vietnam for. I realized, reguardless of what was found out, or how hard we were hit, we'ld live up to our oldest image as a nation. Rough and tumble... Bullnecked... Freedom lovers. The next though was "Fine we are the worlds last economic Superpower. It means we are the big guys on the block. We'll get bloody noses, but we'll always protect those who seek peace and freedom." and I wondered... The world will learn, again what Japan, and other nations learned before. Americans have a huge propencity for dwelling on internal politics, but smack the nest, threaten our peace, and you only succeed in rousing a giant.
That day and its following days are a blurr. Lots of emotions, and a question of Why? Now a year later, I look back and wonder what we've gained and what we've lost. There is little doubt in my mind, that we had the right man as president. While most of us, even myself, were ready for blood, and vengance, he steered us and told us to wait. Now, we've toppled an evil regime, and are poised to finish a job the politicians didn't let us do in the first place, Iraq.
Just rescently Arafat has denounced his countriemens policy of marterdom, and maybe someday there will be peace to that troubled land. Other countries watch us, and wait to see what we do. Some will follow and approve us, some won't. In the end ask yourselves, "If Iraq, or indeed any other Extreemist country has a chemical or nuclear arsennal, would they hesitate to use it on us?" if the answer is no, then realze your talking about our, and our childrens future.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men, to do nothing, or little"
As I listened I heard them say "a plane has just accidently flew into one of the Twin Towers" But you could hear the edge of nervousness in their voice. As I cautiously moved down the road, I started wondering about all those people there, adn about how terriable an accident this was. I truely wish it was an accident, then only one plane would have fell from the sky that day.
As I got to my parking spot, thats when I heard that another plane had hit the towers, and that was when you could feel the ripple through the town. As I entered the office, the radio which is usually set to classical music, talked on about this new incident. I quickly ushered myself into the confrence room and there on a old tv, using the antanae, I saw the first image of the first plane, quickly followerd by the second image.
It was shortly after that it seemed, that it was announced as a terrorist attack. My first thought was "Are they Out of their Minds?!?" They (who later were reveiled to be Al-Quieda) have to know that blood on our soild will only lead to a massive retaliation. If not outright war. I felt incensed, I felt robbed, and I felt Angry. All that rage though was capped by the first thought of those in New York who were bareing the brunt of this.
It was then I prayed. Not for world peace, not for love, but for a lot of fellow Americans, That even in the fastest car, I could never help. I even believe in guardian angels, and asked mine to go and help those there, because they needed it more than I did. Then somone in the office, an Engineer, pointed out that back when the towers were being made some enviromentalists protested the use of asbestos to protect the steel in that area, and he was reading about it in a book for school. It was shortly after that the Mighty buildings were brought down on themselves.
I felt my heart sink, and what hope I had disappear. Sometime in that day the other plane in Pennsylvania crashed, and the other hit the Pentagon. Both adding insult to injury. My boss prompted us all to work, and do our regular jobs, but there was nothing easy about work that day. The driving thought in my mind was "Don't Let Them Win!" so I kept working... cried a little... and still kept working. Al-Quieda would shake me, scare me, but I would never break.
It was then I realized, thats our spirit. That is our America. The land my grandpa fought for, and his friends died for. The land my friends lost their childhood in Korea and Vietnam for. I realized, reguardless of what was found out, or how hard we were hit, we'ld live up to our oldest image as a nation. Rough and tumble... Bullnecked... Freedom lovers. The next though was "Fine we are the worlds last economic Superpower. It means we are the big guys on the block. We'll get bloody noses, but we'll always protect those who seek peace and freedom." and I wondered... The world will learn, again what Japan, and other nations learned before. Americans have a huge propencity for dwelling on internal politics, but smack the nest, threaten our peace, and you only succeed in rousing a giant.
That day and its following days are a blurr. Lots of emotions, and a question of Why? Now a year later, I look back and wonder what we've gained and what we've lost. There is little doubt in my mind, that we had the right man as president. While most of us, even myself, were ready for blood, and vengance, he steered us and told us to wait. Now, we've toppled an evil regime, and are poised to finish a job the politicians didn't let us do in the first place, Iraq.
Just rescently Arafat has denounced his countriemens policy of marterdom, and maybe someday there will be peace to that troubled land. Other countries watch us, and wait to see what we do. Some will follow and approve us, some won't. In the end ask yourselves, "If Iraq, or indeed any other Extreemist country has a chemical or nuclear arsennal, would they hesitate to use it on us?" if the answer is no, then realze your talking about our, and our childrens future.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men, to do nothing, or little"
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