story20651.xml
Title
story20651.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2006-09-11
911DA Story: Story
We had just woken up and as we lay in bed, turned on the NBC Today Show. We thought we had somehow turned into a movie. Within a few minutes, we saw the second plane hit! As we watched in horror and disbelief, it began to sink in that this was really happening and it was happening live.
The days, weeks, months and years that have followed have seen our nation plunge in to a very dark place. Growing up, it was one thing to come to know that life was not a trouble free playground. The most fortunate and protected of children eventually lose their childhood innocence and survive. But this, this was the loss of adult innocence of a magnitude I could not understand.
These are the things that use to happen on the other side of the globe in places unfamiliar to people who were little more than tragic statistics. It wasn't real! Now we are truly one world. There is no escape from the madness, terror, senseless hate and barbaric deeds. The world will never be the same, or more troubling, perhaps it will stay the same, but now there is no refuge or foolproof defense.
Bill Kelly
4220 Maryland Street
San Diego, Ca. 92103
The days, weeks, months and years that have followed have seen our nation plunge in to a very dark place. Growing up, it was one thing to come to know that life was not a trouble free playground. The most fortunate and protected of children eventually lose their childhood innocence and survive. But this, this was the loss of adult innocence of a magnitude I could not understand.
These are the things that use to happen on the other side of the globe in places unfamiliar to people who were little more than tragic statistics. It wasn't real! Now we are truly one world. There is no escape from the madness, terror, senseless hate and barbaric deeds. The world will never be the same, or more troubling, perhaps it will stay the same, but now there is no refuge or foolproof defense.
Bill Kelly
4220 Maryland Street
San Diego, Ca. 92103
Collection
Citation
“story20651.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 15, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/4605.