story8335.xml
Title
story8335.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-10-02
911DA Story: Story
SEPTEMBER 11TH , 2001 STARTED OUT AS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY, EXCEPT THAT IT WAS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY !!! UGHHH . I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE TRAUMATIC ... SFTER WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY , 40 IS A PIECE OF CAKE .
I REMEMBER ONE OF MY COWORKERS COMING UP TO ME A LITTLE AFTER 9:00 AM , AND TELLING ME THAT MY BIRTHDAY HAD A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE NOW ~~~ THAT A PLANE HAD HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER . I LOOKED AT HIM AND JUST KIND OF LAUGHED, TOLD HIM WHAT AN IDIOT HE WAS AND THAT THAT WAS YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS NOT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, BUT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (ALSO KIND OF JOKING WITH HIM THAT MAYBE HE WAS MIXED UP WITH THE MOVIE OF KING KONG AND FAYE WRAY ! A LITTLE WHILE LATER , HE COMES UP TO ME AGAIN, AND SAYS NOW A SECOND PLANE HAS JUST HIT THE OTHER TOWER .
WELL, NOW IT HIT ME ... THIS WAS NOT A MISTAKE ON HIS PART , AND THIS WAS NO JOKE . I FELT MY WORLD CRUMBLE AS IF I WAS IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS . YOU SEE, I WAS IN NEW YORK THE NIGHT BEFORE , DELIVERING A YACHT ON THE HUDSON RIVER . I WILL NEVER FORGET THE 10th EITHER AS IT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST DAYS WEATHER WISE I WILL EVER SEE. WE ( MY BOYFRIEND AND I ) HAD LEFT NORWALK COVE MARINA WITH A 36 FOOT YACHT, AND THE WEATHER WAS GEORGOUS, BUT VERY HOT AND HUMID . WITHIN MINUTES , THE SKY GREW THAT QUEER GREENISH - ORANGE COLOR THAT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS . THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE , AND IT TURNED QUITE NASTY OUT ON LONG ISLAND SOUND !!! I EVEN SUGGESTED PUTTING OFF THE TRIP FOR THE NEXT DAY , BUT WE STUCK IT OUT AND MADE IT THRU THE SOUND, THE EAST AND THE HARLEM RIVERS . WE TIED THE BOAT UP AT VAN KYLLS MARINA AND HAD TO STAY ON IT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTENING . I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING OFF THE PALLISADES THAT NIGHT .LOOKING DOWNTOWN AT THE TWINS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT ~~~ ALL ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHTENING BOLTS . I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THIS, WHEN I SAID TO MYSELF, STOP WASTING FILM . THE PICTURES PROBABLY WON'T COME OUT VERY GOOD ANYWAYS, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE A BETTER ONE NEXT TIME ~~~ WELL THERE NEVER WAS A NEXT TIME !
THE WEATHER THAT DAY / NIGHT ( THE 10th ) AND THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY HAVE MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME . YOU NEVRE KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SO ENJOY EVERY DAY AS IF IT WAS YOUR LAST , BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS IN STORE FOR YOU !!!( BY THE WAY, THOSE PICTURES THAT NIGHT DID NOT COME OUT, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER VERY GOOD PICTURES OF THE TWIN TOWERS THAT I TOOK FROM THAT BOAT AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT I CREWED ON OVER THE YEARS )
MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE POOR SOULS THAT PERISHED ON THAT HORRIBLE DAY - MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY EVERY BIRTHDAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE !!!
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN !!!
I REMEMBER ONE OF MY COWORKERS COMING UP TO ME A LITTLE AFTER 9:00 AM , AND TELLING ME THAT MY BIRTHDAY HAD A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE NOW ~~~ THAT A PLANE HAD HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER . I LOOKED AT HIM AND JUST KIND OF LAUGHED, TOLD HIM WHAT AN IDIOT HE WAS AND THAT THAT WAS YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS NOT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, BUT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (ALSO KIND OF JOKING WITH HIM THAT MAYBE HE WAS MIXED UP WITH THE MOVIE OF KING KONG AND FAYE WRAY ! A LITTLE WHILE LATER , HE COMES UP TO ME AGAIN, AND SAYS NOW A SECOND PLANE HAS JUST HIT THE OTHER TOWER .
WELL, NOW IT HIT ME ... THIS WAS NOT A MISTAKE ON HIS PART , AND THIS WAS NO JOKE . I FELT MY WORLD CRUMBLE AS IF I WAS IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS . YOU SEE, I WAS IN NEW YORK THE NIGHT BEFORE , DELIVERING A YACHT ON THE HUDSON RIVER . I WILL NEVER FORGET THE 10th EITHER AS IT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST DAYS WEATHER WISE I WILL EVER SEE. WE ( MY BOYFRIEND AND I ) HAD LEFT NORWALK COVE MARINA WITH A 36 FOOT YACHT, AND THE WEATHER WAS GEORGOUS, BUT VERY HOT AND HUMID . WITHIN MINUTES , THE SKY GREW THAT QUEER GREENISH - ORANGE COLOR THAT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS . THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE , AND IT TURNED QUITE NASTY OUT ON LONG ISLAND SOUND !!! I EVEN SUGGESTED PUTTING OFF THE TRIP FOR THE NEXT DAY , BUT WE STUCK IT OUT AND MADE IT THRU THE SOUND, THE EAST AND THE HARLEM RIVERS . WE TIED THE BOAT UP AT VAN KYLLS MARINA AND HAD TO STAY ON IT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTENING . I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING OFF THE PALLISADES THAT NIGHT .LOOKING DOWNTOWN AT THE TWINS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT ~~~ ALL ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHTENING BOLTS . I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THIS, WHEN I SAID TO MYSELF, STOP WASTING FILM . THE PICTURES PROBABLY WON'T COME OUT VERY GOOD ANYWAYS, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE A BETTER ONE NEXT TIME ~~~ WELL THERE NEVER WAS A NEXT TIME !
THE WEATHER THAT DAY / NIGHT ( THE 10th ) AND THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY HAVE MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME . YOU NEVRE KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SO ENJOY EVERY DAY AS IF IT WAS YOUR LAST , BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS IN STORE FOR YOU !!!( BY THE WAY, THOSE PICTURES THAT NIGHT DID NOT COME OUT, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER VERY GOOD PICTURES OF THE TWIN TOWERS THAT I TOOK FROM THAT BOAT AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT I CREWED ON OVER THE YEARS )
MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE POOR SOULS THAT PERISHED ON THAT HORRIBLE DAY - MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY EVERY BIRTHDAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE !!!
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN !!!
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“story8335.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 1, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/19099.