lc_story152.xml

lc_story152.xml

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2003-12-20

I was walking into work at 2 WTC
As I looked up I saw a ring of fire around Tower 1. No one knew what was going on. In my mind I kept saying to myself should I go in. Something in my heart said No, so I proceeded to back away from 2 wtc. I backed away facing 2 wtc. As I backed away while looking up I stopped in the street facing 2wtc. I saw a plane in the sky; I thought it's one of ours, when it disappeared behind 1wtc. I had my cel phone in my hand and I kept dialing in order to communicate with my fellow workers and could not get through when the plane came out through 2wtc. I could not move. A piece of glass game down my right side and hit the floor. I remember feeling the wind but I could not move. A man yelled at me at told me to run that we were under attack. I just stood there and looked to my right side and saw the glass that had just missed me. One more inch or two and it would have been imbedded into my shoulder. A man pushed me and that was when I started to walk away. I then stopped and looked up and it was at that point all I could think about was all my coworkers were dead. I new at that point, that the plane hit our floors. Next thing I remember I was just walking around and not knowing what to do or where to go. I still have gapes in memory. The next thing I know I was covered with dust or something and walking toward the BKLYN Bridge. When I came across a former coworker from another firm. She walked with me to 33rd street and 2nd ave. where we departed. In the mean time I kept trying to call my sister and my phone was still out. Finally at 34th street I got hold of my sister only to find out my nephew was in lock up at school and no one could get into Manhattan to pick him up, So I walked to 15 street and 5th ave and sighed him out. I then walked with him to 34 street and 2nd ave and I found a police officer and told him I had to get into queens. The police Officer put my nephew and I into someones car and we got home. At that point I collapsed.

My strongest memory would be the plane going through 2wtc the floors where I worked, as I stood there in the street.

It has had one of the most emotional impacts on this country I believe in my lifetime. Personally my life has been turned upside down. Lost my job and due to the date of termination I was kept out of certain benefits, Even thou what was left of us after 9-11.were kept on at an emergency site till Jan 31 and then terminated. Up until this day I have not been able to find employment. I was also left with repository problems and I spent seven month in therapy.