story2066.xml
Title
story2066.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-10
911DA Story: Story
I had been at a birthday party of a friend and I was getting home at 10.30pm Australian time (8.30am NYC time). I decided to turn on the TV for a while before going to bed. A local sports show was interupted by a breaking news story.
It took me some time before I realised that the burning building in the picture was one of the WTC Towers in NYC. I could hardly belive what I was seeing. I was trying to make myself belive that it was something that could be detained and put right until....out of the side of the TV screen came a plane. As they say - the rest is history.
NYC had a special meaning to me at that time. My best friend had just excepted a 2 year contract to work and live in the city. He was due to fly out of Australia on September 27th. He took that flight and is still there.
Even though I am on the other side of the world my heart breaks everytime I see the images of that day. I have had the chance to visit NYC in May 2002 and I fell in love with it and the people. I just wish that I had had the chance to see the Towers tall and strong. I did visit the WTC site with a heavy heart. In a way I felt like I was intruding. All those people who's lives ended in such a senseless way - their families desperate for something to hold onto. I felt like I was prying into their lives. If I was - I'm sorry.
My love goes out to everyone involved in the rebirth of a great city. Stay strong.
It took me some time before I realised that the burning building in the picture was one of the WTC Towers in NYC. I could hardly belive what I was seeing. I was trying to make myself belive that it was something that could be detained and put right until....out of the side of the TV screen came a plane. As they say - the rest is history.
NYC had a special meaning to me at that time. My best friend had just excepted a 2 year contract to work and live in the city. He was due to fly out of Australia on September 27th. He took that flight and is still there.
Even though I am on the other side of the world my heart breaks everytime I see the images of that day. I have had the chance to visit NYC in May 2002 and I fell in love with it and the people. I just wish that I had had the chance to see the Towers tall and strong. I did visit the WTC site with a heavy heart. In a way I felt like I was intruding. All those people who's lives ended in such a senseless way - their families desperate for something to hold onto. I felt like I was prying into their lives. If I was - I'm sorry.
My love goes out to everyone involved in the rebirth of a great city. Stay strong.
Collection
Citation
“story2066.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18946.