story6209.xml
Title
story6209.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-12
911DA Story: Story
this may seem as just another story to alot of people, but it is my story, it saved my life.
sometimes litle things have the power to change to course of life, and this is one of them.
my name is Tomer , i'm from israel.
on september the 11th, i was suppose to be on the highest floor posible of the WTC with my girlfried.
we were on a trip(her first) to NY .
we planned everything right, we staied at my oncle's and we were suppose to be on route to the twins at 7:30 am.
summer time, beautifull day....i am a 23 year old who has never been sick in his life, and i mean never!!!
went to the doctor once a year just to calm the parents.
that day i woke up with the most horrible pain in the throught.
never felt it burn like that before, no fever or head ech, just burning throught.
I told my girlfriend "let's sleep for another houre , we'll get up than and leave , even if i still dont feel that good" i didnt want to ruin her day.
we woke up an houre later, my throught was fine, no paine, not even a signe of it.
i was getting ready to leave when my oncle called me and told me the city was under atack.
i went to the window and i could see all of it from there.
horrible pictures, hell in the middle of heaven.
My entire family and friends knew we were supose to be there so they tried to reach us , but no answer, and no way to reach them because of the collapse, and all lines went to emergency calls.
I lived, we lived and so many have not.
i come from a country that is being atacked so often , i anticipated the reaction of the people . as we are in Israel, the New yorkers are warm and loving people, but they are not used to that kind of horor , not in their home.
at first people were scared, than angry, than vengence start raising but all came with unity, the city was united...the most beautifull thing. Than it strucked me, we are the same people, the people that love, the ones that cherish freedom, embrase it, defend it.
I think Neew York is the most beautifull city in the world, and was born again on september the 11th.
it shall be stronger, and we will never stop loving it.
i felt so bad that on september 11th of this year(2002), i didnt get to be at ground zero and around the city for the memories of all those people i saw,all those families walking down the streets with the pictures of their loved ones. after being there while it happened, and understanding the suffering, i feel part of New York forever.
i love that place for ever, so many lived had been taken, but the city kept mine.
sometimes litle things have the power to change to course of life, and this is one of them.
my name is Tomer , i'm from israel.
on september the 11th, i was suppose to be on the highest floor posible of the WTC with my girlfried.
we were on a trip(her first) to NY .
we planned everything right, we staied at my oncle's and we were suppose to be on route to the twins at 7:30 am.
summer time, beautifull day....i am a 23 year old who has never been sick in his life, and i mean never!!!
went to the doctor once a year just to calm the parents.
that day i woke up with the most horrible pain in the throught.
never felt it burn like that before, no fever or head ech, just burning throught.
I told my girlfriend "let's sleep for another houre , we'll get up than and leave , even if i still dont feel that good" i didnt want to ruin her day.
we woke up an houre later, my throught was fine, no paine, not even a signe of it.
i was getting ready to leave when my oncle called me and told me the city was under atack.
i went to the window and i could see all of it from there.
horrible pictures, hell in the middle of heaven.
My entire family and friends knew we were supose to be there so they tried to reach us , but no answer, and no way to reach them because of the collapse, and all lines went to emergency calls.
I lived, we lived and so many have not.
i come from a country that is being atacked so often , i anticipated the reaction of the people . as we are in Israel, the New yorkers are warm and loving people, but they are not used to that kind of horor , not in their home.
at first people were scared, than angry, than vengence start raising but all came with unity, the city was united...the most beautifull thing. Than it strucked me, we are the same people, the people that love, the ones that cherish freedom, embrase it, defend it.
I think Neew York is the most beautifull city in the world, and was born again on september the 11th.
it shall be stronger, and we will never stop loving it.
i felt so bad that on september 11th of this year(2002), i didnt get to be at ground zero and around the city for the memories of all those people i saw,all those families walking down the streets with the pictures of their loved ones. after being there while it happened, and understanding the suffering, i feel part of New York forever.
i love that place for ever, so many lived had been taken, but the city kept mine.
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Citation
“story6209.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 28, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/5403.