story3023.xml
Title
story3023.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
First let me tell you l was not born an American, l am English by birth, so as a person who has chosen this country by free will and not birth, l will tell you my story.
l was home alone, when l saw the first pictures l thought it was a hollywood movie. alas it was true, we were hit. we thought this could never happen. Was London next the place where all my family are. phone lines internationally busy busy busy. no news from England on the t.v. that was a good sign. were we too busy though to report it if something was wrong as we had this terrible event before our eyes.
pray, l thought pray for the whole free world. this is an atteack against us all.
my heart broke that day, our world of no fear gone forever, this land l have loved, hurt,crying,wounded.
l am to be a grandmother soon, will my grandchild never know the peace l had lived with all my life, going around as if all was well, forgetting that for all my life other people lived like this on a daily basis.
we must never let them win, they are evil, my grandchild, an American will one day know that peace l had for so long, and took for granted without a single thought
l know one day we will be as we were, it may not be in my lifetime but we are so strong, so kind, so loving.
l will never forget the images that day. l will forever think of their children, their wives, mother's and father's
l cannot help them, l wish l could. they watched what l watched and had a loved one inside those towers, but they are American's , somehow they will do it that is what American's do.
my son is a policeman, his heart at age 30 has been broken, if he had been there on that day he would have done what they did. no questions asked, he would have gone in, he would have not been afraid, you see he is an American policeman and he loves America like l do, he was born to it l chose it but the love is the same.
we will alway's remember every one of you, we will alway's cry and pray for you. we will alway's love America no matter what they try to do to us, it belong's to us, we have built lives here and we love the way it is and will not let them change it
God bless America my home sweet home
ruth krug
Lakeland florida
l was home alone, when l saw the first pictures l thought it was a hollywood movie. alas it was true, we were hit. we thought this could never happen. Was London next the place where all my family are. phone lines internationally busy busy busy. no news from England on the t.v. that was a good sign. were we too busy though to report it if something was wrong as we had this terrible event before our eyes.
pray, l thought pray for the whole free world. this is an atteack against us all.
my heart broke that day, our world of no fear gone forever, this land l have loved, hurt,crying,wounded.
l am to be a grandmother soon, will my grandchild never know the peace l had lived with all my life, going around as if all was well, forgetting that for all my life other people lived like this on a daily basis.
we must never let them win, they are evil, my grandchild, an American will one day know that peace l had for so long, and took for granted without a single thought
l know one day we will be as we were, it may not be in my lifetime but we are so strong, so kind, so loving.
l will never forget the images that day. l will forever think of their children, their wives, mother's and father's
l cannot help them, l wish l could. they watched what l watched and had a loved one inside those towers, but they are American's , somehow they will do it that is what American's do.
my son is a policeman, his heart at age 30 has been broken, if he had been there on that day he would have done what they did. no questions asked, he would have gone in, he would have not been afraid, you see he is an American policeman and he loves America like l do, he was born to it l chose it but the love is the same.
we will alway's remember every one of you, we will alway's cry and pray for you. we will alway's love America no matter what they try to do to us, it belong's to us, we have built lives here and we love the way it is and will not let them change it
God bless America my home sweet home
ruth krug
Lakeland florida
Collection
Citation
“story3023.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 27, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18597.