email380.xml
Title
email380.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-08-19
September 11 Email: Body
Just got home... We were there for the collapse of the second tower. Me
and a couple buddies volunteered for search and rescue. When we arrived
people were running out of clouds of smoke and dust from the first one that
collapsed 15min later the second one dropped. I'm sure you saw the footage
of the clouds of smoke and shit blowing through the streets, we were caught
in that but were luckily far enough from the implosion that we just got
covered with dust and shit...my lungs are killin me. When thing calmed down
people started to organize again and just blocks from us Tower 7 dropped and
we were caught, literally in a fucking stampede of people, hundreds, running
north up Hudson being chased by clouds of dust. It was so scary people had no
idea what was going on diving under cars. People were yelling that a bomb
went off... Then all you could smell was gas and shit. We headed up town
about 20 blocks and hung out at a volunteers apartment and waited for things
to calm down which is fuckin impossible after what ya just witnessed. When
we finally headed out again and we were quickly escorted out of another area
where a suspicious suitcase was left in the street. I can't believe the shit
that I've seen today. They finally told people to leave the area because at
the time the FBI and CIA turned the area into a crime scene because of the
number of police that were killed and layin all over the ground dead with
there guns still on them. It was so friggin surreal. Tomorrow we are
heading back. All they give ya is a mask, gloves and orange vests and I
guess they just send ya in.... The stories we've heard from firefighters
were unreal... They were warning us that what we are about to see is
disturbing as hell.. They told us stories of shoes that were just layin all
over the ground empty. My buddy Craig also lost his girlfriend who worked on
the 102nd floor of the first tower that was hit. This whole thing is fucking
sickening.....
ek
and a couple buddies volunteered for search and rescue. When we arrived
people were running out of clouds of smoke and dust from the first one that
collapsed 15min later the second one dropped. I'm sure you saw the footage
of the clouds of smoke and shit blowing through the streets, we were caught
in that but were luckily far enough from the implosion that we just got
covered with dust and shit...my lungs are killin me. When thing calmed down
people started to organize again and just blocks from us Tower 7 dropped and
we were caught, literally in a fucking stampede of people, hundreds, running
north up Hudson being chased by clouds of dust. It was so scary people had no
idea what was going on diving under cars. People were yelling that a bomb
went off... Then all you could smell was gas and shit. We headed up town
about 20 blocks and hung out at a volunteers apartment and waited for things
to calm down which is fuckin impossible after what ya just witnessed. When
we finally headed out again and we were quickly escorted out of another area
where a suspicious suitcase was left in the street. I can't believe the shit
that I've seen today. They finally told people to leave the area because at
the time the FBI and CIA turned the area into a crime scene because of the
number of police that were killed and layin all over the ground dead with
there guns still on them. It was so friggin surreal. Tomorrow we are
heading back. All they give ya is a mask, gloves and orange vests and I
guess they just send ya in.... The stories we've heard from firefighters
were unreal... They were warning us that what we are about to see is
disturbing as hell.. They told us stories of shoes that were just layin all
over the ground empty. My buddy Craig also lost his girlfriend who worked on
the 102nd floor of the first tower that was hit. This whole thing is fucking
sickening.....
ek
September 11 Email: Date
Wed 9/12/2001 2:39 AM
September 11 Email: Subject
(no subject)
Collection
Citation
“email380.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed July 8, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/39307.