nmah5262.xml

nmah5262.xml

born-digital

story

yes

no

2002-10-29

I WAS HOME WAKEING UP W/MY 2 KIDS MY MOM SAID TO ME THAT MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER TO TURN THE TV ON WE JUST WATCHED MY MOM SAID MAYBE THE PLANE JUST HIT MAYBE IT WAS TO LOW THEN WE WATCHED THE SECOND PLANE HIT MY MOM SAID NO THAT WAS NOT TO LOW I JUST KEPT SAYING WHY IS THIS HAPPENING I DON'T GET IT MY MOM SAID I DON'T KNOW THEN MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAME IN & SAY MOMMY WHATS WRONG I SAID TO HER THAT SOME BAD PEOPLE JUST MADE PLANES GOING INTO THE TWIN TOWERS SHE BUT MOMMY WHY I SAID I DON'T KNOW I GUESS THEY DON'T LIKE THE BUILDINGS I WAS LIKE MOM HOW DO U TELL A 4 YEAR OLD THIS SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW WE JUST SAT THERE WATCHING EVERYTHING WISHING IT NEVER HAPPENED I WANT ONLINE THAT DAY & MY FRIEND ONLINE ASKED ME IF I HEARD I SAID YEA WHY SHE WAS LIKE I WANTED TO GO OVER THERE BUT THEY WOULD NOT LET ME SHE SAID I DIDN'T KNOW WHY UNTILL I GOT HOME & HER MOM SAID LOOK WHAT HAPPENED SHE SAID TO ME THAT SHE WAS SO GLAD SHE DIDN'T GO THE NITE BEFORE I WAS LIKE ME TOO THEN SHE LEFT & I WAS STILL WATCHING MY 11 YEAR OLD SISTER CAME HOME ALITTLE WHILE LATER & SAID MOMMY I AM SCARED MOM SIAD WHY SHE TOLD HER THAT HER SCHOOL TOLD ABOUT IT WE HAD FAMILY OVER THERE THAY DAY WE WERE SO SCARED THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED I CALLED MY AUNT & SAID LOOK OUT UR WINDOW SHE WAS LIKE WHY I SAID JUST DO IT SHE SAID OH MY GOD THEY R GONE (SHE WAS SLEEPING ALL DAY) & THATS WHAT I DID THAT DAY CRIED MY EYES OUT ALL DAY

YES IT HAS NOW I TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME & I THINK OF EACH & EVERYONE I LOVE & EVERYONE ONE WHO LOST SOMEONE THAT DAY

I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT HARDER FOR WHAT WE WANT CUZ ONE DAY IT WILL BE GONE

I STILL LOVE THE FLAG I DIDN'T FLY A FLAG I PUT A SMALL ONE IN MY WINDOW & & IN MY MOM & DADS CARS