story8864.xml
Title
story8864.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-12-17
911DA Story: Story
How did you witness history on September 11th? Share your experinece.
I had just taken Casey to the doctors and dropped him off at school. I arrived home around 9:00 a.m. I turned on my favorite news channel, the "Today" show and they were showing video tape of the first tower that was struck. I immediately jumped on the phone and called Aunt Linda's where Aunt Donna and Mamaw were and told them to turn on the T.V. the World Trade Center had just been struck by a plane. As I stood there with them on the phone and wathcing the T.V. I witnessed the second plane hitting the second tower. I just said, "Oh my God!" and told them I had to go. I just went and sat down in disbelief. I sat there all day, they wanted me to come over but I was glued to the T.V. As I sat there through the morning I saw what happened to the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. I wondered what the heck was going on and who would do something like this. I watched the whole thing unfold on T.V. I must have said, "Oh, my God" a hundred times that day as the towers collapsed and all that happened on T.V. right in front of me.
Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how.
Well, it makes you think about how much people's lives can change in a split second. I think I appreciate the firemen, policemen and emergency workers so much more when you see how they put their lives on the line everyday they go to work. Even though our family didn't know anyone that lost their life that day I feel their pain and grieve for them. Another way its changed is being much more aware of my surroundings and who's doing what and just watching out more. And just talking about it makes me cry.
What do you think you should be remembered about September 11th?
All the lives that were lost, all the INNOCENT lives that were lost. Children on those airplanes that probably didnt even know what terrorist means or what it is. And moms, dads, sisters, brothers and friends just all those 2819 lives that were lost.
Did you fly an American flag after the events of Septmeber 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th?
Yes we did fly an American flag. We put them on our cars and on a tree in the front yard. Well, I think that we shouldn't take our freedom for granted and to always be proud to be an American and not to be afraid to show it.
I had just taken Casey to the doctors and dropped him off at school. I arrived home around 9:00 a.m. I turned on my favorite news channel, the "Today" show and they were showing video tape of the first tower that was struck. I immediately jumped on the phone and called Aunt Linda's where Aunt Donna and Mamaw were and told them to turn on the T.V. the World Trade Center had just been struck by a plane. As I stood there with them on the phone and wathcing the T.V. I witnessed the second plane hitting the second tower. I just said, "Oh my God!" and told them I had to go. I just went and sat down in disbelief. I sat there all day, they wanted me to come over but I was glued to the T.V. As I sat there through the morning I saw what happened to the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. I wondered what the heck was going on and who would do something like this. I watched the whole thing unfold on T.V. I must have said, "Oh, my God" a hundred times that day as the towers collapsed and all that happened on T.V. right in front of me.
Has your life changed because of September 11, 2001? If so, tell us how.
Well, it makes you think about how much people's lives can change in a split second. I think I appreciate the firemen, policemen and emergency workers so much more when you see how they put their lives on the line everyday they go to work. Even though our family didn't know anyone that lost their life that day I feel their pain and grieve for them. Another way its changed is being much more aware of my surroundings and who's doing what and just watching out more. And just talking about it makes me cry.
What do you think you should be remembered about September 11th?
All the lives that were lost, all the INNOCENT lives that were lost. Children on those airplanes that probably didnt even know what terrorist means or what it is. And moms, dads, sisters, brothers and friends just all those 2819 lives that were lost.
Did you fly an American flag after the events of Septmeber 11th? Have your feelings about the American flag changed as a result of September 11th?
Yes we did fly an American flag. We put them on our cars and on a tree in the front yard. Well, I think that we shouldn't take our freedom for granted and to always be proud to be an American and not to be afraid to show it.
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“story8864.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 4, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/19235.