story2850.xml
Title
story2850.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
After my first class of the day, I heard a few people talking about some plane crash in New York. I had no idea of what it was at the time, but it didn't concern me much. PLane crashes happen, right? When I arrived in my second class, the television was on to aome news network and live footage of the towers was playing. By this time, both towers had been hit but were wtill standing.
My first feeling was shock, and I know it lasted for the rest of the day. In all of my classes for the rest of the day, we watched tlevision. What struck me most about the television coverage was how visibly shaken the reporters were. For once,they were allowed to let down their masks of calm, and their fear and sadness showed through. For once they seemed as human as the rest of us.
After that, my benevolence towards the media faded as they almost comstantly replayed images of the planes crashing or the towers falling. It nearly made me physically ill and it did make me ill mentally. I stopped watching the news because I did not want to watch those thousands of people dying over and over again. I'm not sure if I imagined it or not, but I swear I could see people jumping from the buildings, trying their chances with a fall rather than stay in the flames of the building.
I was not caught up in the patriotism that ensued, nor was I bent on revenge. Some of the events that followed made me ashamed to be American at all (the attacks on Muslims and Arabs who had no connection to the attacks whatsoever).
I became more cynical and disgusted in matters concerning the governent. I already didn't like Bush, and the almost immediate retaliation did not endear him to me. Bush claims to be a Christian, but he was not even following the most basic guideline for actions that Christians hold dear: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. He seemed to twist that into "You have done this to me and now I will do it to you." Revenge gets us nowhere. The only thing it accomplishes is to give morticians more work.
My first feeling was shock, and I know it lasted for the rest of the day. In all of my classes for the rest of the day, we watched tlevision. What struck me most about the television coverage was how visibly shaken the reporters were. For once,they were allowed to let down their masks of calm, and their fear and sadness showed through. For once they seemed as human as the rest of us.
After that, my benevolence towards the media faded as they almost comstantly replayed images of the planes crashing or the towers falling. It nearly made me physically ill and it did make me ill mentally. I stopped watching the news because I did not want to watch those thousands of people dying over and over again. I'm not sure if I imagined it or not, but I swear I could see people jumping from the buildings, trying their chances with a fall rather than stay in the flames of the building.
I was not caught up in the patriotism that ensued, nor was I bent on revenge. Some of the events that followed made me ashamed to be American at all (the attacks on Muslims and Arabs who had no connection to the attacks whatsoever).
I became more cynical and disgusted in matters concerning the governent. I already didn't like Bush, and the almost immediate retaliation did not endear him to me. Bush claims to be a Christian, but he was not even following the most basic guideline for actions that Christians hold dear: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. He seemed to twist that into "You have done this to me and now I will do it to you." Revenge gets us nowhere. The only thing it accomplishes is to give morticians more work.
Collection
Citation
“story2850.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 20, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18494.