story1902.xml
Title
story1902.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-08
911DA Story: Story
Its 9:50 am (Central Time), my phone rings and as I answer Hello, I hear My mom almost yelling to me to turn on the TV. Lost and not awake, it takes me several minutes to understand what is going on. I sit there on the floor watching, and talking to her for several minutes before hanging up. No sooner did I have the reciever down, and the phone rings agian. Its a good friend of mine calling me to see if I know. I talk to her a few minutes, and then hang up the phone agian, and I sit there looking at the TV, and wondering WHY? What is happening. What do I do now.
You see, I was in the in Middle of moving 5 states away to Pennsylvania. My truckload of all my household stuff had left on Monday, this was Tuesday, and I was to fly out on Wednesday. There I sat on the living room floor, with a phone, a 6 inch black and white TV, my suitcase, and a cooler. Sitting there knowing that the electricity would be shut off in a few hours, not knowing if and when I would be leaving. I ended up having to stay at a motel right by the airport, because I didnt know when I was going to get to leave, if ever.
After several flight cancelations, and switching airlines, I got to fly out on Friday morning, and got to my new home around Midnight that night. The next morning I got a call that the moving truck was ready for deleivery. The truck almost had to wait for me.
Now after a year I am glad I am here, and I made it safely.
It will always be easy to remember when I moved here, certainly not a date to be forgotten.
You see, I was in the in Middle of moving 5 states away to Pennsylvania. My truckload of all my household stuff had left on Monday, this was Tuesday, and I was to fly out on Wednesday. There I sat on the living room floor, with a phone, a 6 inch black and white TV, my suitcase, and a cooler. Sitting there knowing that the electricity would be shut off in a few hours, not knowing if and when I would be leaving. I ended up having to stay at a motel right by the airport, because I didnt know when I was going to get to leave, if ever.
After several flight cancelations, and switching airlines, I got to fly out on Friday morning, and got to my new home around Midnight that night. The next morning I got a call that the moving truck was ready for deleivery. The truck almost had to wait for me.
Now after a year I am glad I am here, and I made it safely.
It will always be easy to remember when I moved here, certainly not a date to be forgotten.
Collection
Citation
“story1902.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 9, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/4817.