story11357.xml
Title
story11357.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2005-03-31
911DA Story: Story
I was driving my son to daycare and I had the car radio on. Our radio station is notorious for their silliness and pranks during the morning shows, so when I heard the news I thought it was fake. When I realized that it wasn't I got to the sitter's house fast. I remember bursting through the door yelling "What the heck is going on?!" By the time I got to work I was scared, upset and confused. That night I just rocked my boy and cried while I watched the news. He was only 9 months old. "What is he going to have to grow up in?" I kept asking myself, or "Is he going to get to grow up at all?"
I was scared for him and prayed that this would be the end of what seemed like just the beginning of a nation-wide attack, possibly nuclear. I'm afraid my son, and his peers, will grow up in a war-torn world with the attitude that this is normal. All we can do is pray and hold fast to the dream of peace.
I was scared for him and prayed that this would be the end of what seemed like just the beginning of a nation-wide attack, possibly nuclear. I'm afraid my son, and his peers, will grow up in a war-torn world with the attitude that this is normal. All we can do is pray and hold fast to the dream of peace.
Collection
Citation
“story11357.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 9, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18525.