story4698.xml
Title
story4698.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
On 9/11/01, I was scheduled to go in to work @ 10AM. I woke up and turned the t.v. on - CNN news was on - and I was watching the news of the 1st tower after it had been hit. The reporter was rehashing what had just happened minutes before and began saying "Here's an instant replay of the plane crashing into the tower of the World Trade Center. No! Wait a minute! What's going on? Oh my God, 'There's a 2nd plane'"!
"Oh my God!" he said again. "There's a 2nd plane! This can't be happening! OH GOD! A second plane just crashed through the other tower of The World Trade Center"!
As I watched in total dismay, my heart just sank. I can't explain it. I knew this wasn't a movie. I knew that what had just happened before my eyes was real and I stood there totally numb - in shock. The tears did not come right away. I felt the need to do something - but I couldn't. I just kept watching - pacing the floor.
Then other reports came in - "A 3rd plane just crashed into the Pentagon"! The only thing that kept going through my head was "Why was this happening"? Later as I drove to work, it was reported on the radio that Tower II collapsed. I barely remember driving. Just as I got to work I watched on the television there - Tower I collapse. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The tears came. Later, the 4th plane that went down in Pa. from the heroic efforts of the passengers on board - God bless their loved ones.
The trauma to ALL those people, from EVERY Nationality! Their family! Their friends! Their co-workers! Their neighbors - even their acquaintances! This evil act of terror - I feel - is an act to ALL Mankind! Not just Christianity and/or America. These people who did this. All those who are or have been involved, shall see the light of day. "Vengeance is MINE sayeth the Lord"! I pray that God's WILL be done, not our own. I pray that God will forgive us all and heal our land. I pray for Favor in God's sight as we (This Nation) and all those who CHOOSE to abide in this Glorious Country - stand firm once more in our beliefs. And hold strong the words "Under God" and "In God We Trust". These words that are the very foundation of which this Beautiful country was born. These words that give EVERY Nationality the FREEDOM - to Be, to GROW, to PROSPER, to LIVE! If anyone reading this disagrees, you also have the FREEDOM TO LEAVE!!! Let GODS Will be done. On Earth as it is in Heaven! Amen and Amen!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
"Oh my God!" he said again. "There's a 2nd plane! This can't be happening! OH GOD! A second plane just crashed through the other tower of The World Trade Center"!
As I watched in total dismay, my heart just sank. I can't explain it. I knew this wasn't a movie. I knew that what had just happened before my eyes was real and I stood there totally numb - in shock. The tears did not come right away. I felt the need to do something - but I couldn't. I just kept watching - pacing the floor.
Then other reports came in - "A 3rd plane just crashed into the Pentagon"! The only thing that kept going through my head was "Why was this happening"? Later as I drove to work, it was reported on the radio that Tower II collapsed. I barely remember driving. Just as I got to work I watched on the television there - Tower I collapse. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The tears came. Later, the 4th plane that went down in Pa. from the heroic efforts of the passengers on board - God bless their loved ones.
The trauma to ALL those people, from EVERY Nationality! Their family! Their friends! Their co-workers! Their neighbors - even their acquaintances! This evil act of terror - I feel - is an act to ALL Mankind! Not just Christianity and/or America. These people who did this. All those who are or have been involved, shall see the light of day. "Vengeance is MINE sayeth the Lord"! I pray that God's WILL be done, not our own. I pray that God will forgive us all and heal our land. I pray for Favor in God's sight as we (This Nation) and all those who CHOOSE to abide in this Glorious Country - stand firm once more in our beliefs. And hold strong the words "Under God" and "In God We Trust". These words that are the very foundation of which this Beautiful country was born. These words that give EVERY Nationality the FREEDOM - to Be, to GROW, to PROSPER, to LIVE! If anyone reading this disagrees, you also have the FREEDOM TO LEAVE!!! Let GODS Will be done. On Earth as it is in Heaven! Amen and Amen!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Collection
Citation
“story4698.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 20, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/4915.