nmah5472.xml
Title
nmah5472.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2003-03-18
NMAH Story: Story
TO AMERICA,
MY NAME IS JOHN ,THEY CALL ME JR,I LIVE ONLY 5 MILES FROM THE WTC AND GREW UP WITH THEM IN MY LIFE,FROM SEEING THEM IN THE SKY-LINE EACH DAY I WAKE ,TO CUTING SCHOOL AND TAKEING THE PATH TRAINS TO THEM AND JUST ROAMING AROUND THE CITY.
ON THE DAYS BEFORE THE 11TH,MY FRIENDS AND I TOOK A NICE RIDE ON OUR MOTORCYCLES TO LIBERTY STATE PARK AND ALL LOOKED AT THE SKY LINE NOT KNOWING WHAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BRING,AFTER THAT WE ALL RODE OVER TO NYC FOR A LITTLE DINNER IN LITTLE ITALY,SOMTHING WE HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT NEVER KNOWING IT WOULD BE OR LAST TIME.YOU SEE 2 OF MY FRIENDS ON THAT DAY WENT TO A MEETING IN WTC 1,UP ON THE 95TH FLOOR,WELL WHEN THE PLANES HIT, I TRYED TO CONTACTE THEM VIA THERE CELL PHONE ONLY TO HAVE THERE VOICE MAILS REPLY THEY WERE NOT THERE,SO AFTER THE SECOND PLANE HIT,THE CELLS WENT DEAD,
I REMEMBER FELLING SO ALONE ON THAT DAY AND RUSHING HOME FROM WORK AND SEEING ALL THE SMOKE FROM THE TOWERS ONLY A FEW MILES TO THE EAST OF MY HOME,ALSO THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WERE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR EMER PERSONAL,
I REMMERBER AS DAYS PAST AND NOT HEREING FROM THEM AGAIN,HOW EMPTY IT WAS AND NEVER BEING ABLE TO RIDE AGIAN,WHO KNEW THAT THAT WEEKEND WOULD BE OUR LAST RIDE TOGETHER,WE HAVE NOT FOUND THEM TO THIS DAY,AND EVER DAY I WAKE AND SEE THE SKY LINE AND THE TOWERS MISSING I CRY,YES CRY ,A BIG 6 FOOT 5 265 LB BIKES WITH TEARS IN MY EYES ,
THOSE TEARS ARE FOR MY FRIENDS AND ALL THOSE OTHERS LOST THAT DAY,
BUT I KNOW IN MY HEART ,THAT THEY ARE STILL HERE AND WE WILL RIDE AGIAN SOME DAY.
MY NAME IS JOHN ,THEY CALL ME JR,I LIVE ONLY 5 MILES FROM THE WTC AND GREW UP WITH THEM IN MY LIFE,FROM SEEING THEM IN THE SKY-LINE EACH DAY I WAKE ,TO CUTING SCHOOL AND TAKEING THE PATH TRAINS TO THEM AND JUST ROAMING AROUND THE CITY.
ON THE DAYS BEFORE THE 11TH,MY FRIENDS AND I TOOK A NICE RIDE ON OUR MOTORCYCLES TO LIBERTY STATE PARK AND ALL LOOKED AT THE SKY LINE NOT KNOWING WHAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BRING,AFTER THAT WE ALL RODE OVER TO NYC FOR A LITTLE DINNER IN LITTLE ITALY,SOMTHING WE HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT NEVER KNOWING IT WOULD BE OR LAST TIME.YOU SEE 2 OF MY FRIENDS ON THAT DAY WENT TO A MEETING IN WTC 1,UP ON THE 95TH FLOOR,WELL WHEN THE PLANES HIT, I TRYED TO CONTACTE THEM VIA THERE CELL PHONE ONLY TO HAVE THERE VOICE MAILS REPLY THEY WERE NOT THERE,SO AFTER THE SECOND PLANE HIT,THE CELLS WENT DEAD,
I REMEMBER FELLING SO ALONE ON THAT DAY AND RUSHING HOME FROM WORK AND SEEING ALL THE SMOKE FROM THE TOWERS ONLY A FEW MILES TO THE EAST OF MY HOME,ALSO THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WERE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR EMER PERSONAL,
I REMMERBER AS DAYS PAST AND NOT HEREING FROM THEM AGAIN,HOW EMPTY IT WAS AND NEVER BEING ABLE TO RIDE AGIAN,WHO KNEW THAT THAT WEEKEND WOULD BE OUR LAST RIDE TOGETHER,WE HAVE NOT FOUND THEM TO THIS DAY,AND EVER DAY I WAKE AND SEE THE SKY LINE AND THE TOWERS MISSING I CRY,YES CRY ,A BIG 6 FOOT 5 265 LB BIKES WITH TEARS IN MY EYES ,
THOSE TEARS ARE FOR MY FRIENDS AND ALL THOSE OTHERS LOST THAT DAY,
BUT I KNOW IN MY HEART ,THAT THEY ARE STILL HERE AND WE WILL RIDE AGIAN SOME DAY.
NMAH Story: Life Changed
YES,IT HAS ,I LOOK AT LIFE FROM A NEW WAY LIVEING EACH DAY AS IT MAY BE MY LAST AND TRYING TO ENJOY EACH DAY AND BRING A SMILE TO SOME ELSE AND ENJOYING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS MORE AND MORE,
NMAH Story: Remembered
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LOST THAT DAY............WE CAN ALWAYS REBUILD THE TOWERS BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE
NMAH Story: Flag
I ALWAYS HAD A FLAG ON MY CARS ,BIKE AND HOEM EVEN BEFORE THE 11TH,TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS ,AND I STILL DO BUT IT HAS SO MUCH MORE MEANING NOW AND WE STILL NEED TO SUPPORT ALL WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR US
Citation
“nmah5472.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 22, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/46963.