story11000.xml
Title
story11000.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2004-09-13
911DA Story: Story
"Hey chris, you have your tv on?" Asked my friend Dr. Arnold. "nope im busy with stuffs. Why what about it?" I answered. "A plane just crashed at the World trade center man. "Geez bro ok im gonna go check it out,bye". I put down the phone turned on the tv and just then the 2nd plane hit the other tower then erupted into a ball of flames. And then i screamed "Oh God, my brother!"
My brother mike works as a system analyst with the credit suisse first boston located in what used to be building 10. It was 9 in the morning and mike have had the habit of having his breakfast there at the tower.
My intial reaction was to call him at his mobile but then all the communication system in the entire east coast area was already down. And there is no way for me to reach him through his pager even. No phone calls from him or even a call to any of my other siblings situated across the continental US. It was past 1 a.m. (local time) when i believe my brother was already dead.
I was devastated and was already making funeral plans at the back of my mind. Provided there would be a body. I cried, i prayed (most of our family are born again christians) and asked God for strength to help us through.
At around 4 am the phone rang and then i heard a very familiar voice saying, "it's ok bro,it's ok. Thank God we're all ok!"
No body from the credit suise first boston were among the dead and call it divine intervention or anything, my good brother for the first time in his almost 8 years with the company, he came to work very late.
My brother mike works as a system analyst with the credit suisse first boston located in what used to be building 10. It was 9 in the morning and mike have had the habit of having his breakfast there at the tower.
My intial reaction was to call him at his mobile but then all the communication system in the entire east coast area was already down. And there is no way for me to reach him through his pager even. No phone calls from him or even a call to any of my other siblings situated across the continental US. It was past 1 a.m. (local time) when i believe my brother was already dead.
I was devastated and was already making funeral plans at the back of my mind. Provided there would be a body. I cried, i prayed (most of our family are born again christians) and asked God for strength to help us through.
At around 4 am the phone rang and then i heard a very familiar voice saying, "it's ok bro,it's ok. Thank God we're all ok!"
No body from the credit suise first boston were among the dead and call it divine intervention or anything, my good brother for the first time in his almost 8 years with the company, he came to work very late.
Collection
Citation
“story11000.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 20, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18498.