September 11 Digital Archive

story5025.xml

Title

story5025.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

WHEN I WAS IN THE CAR, WAITING FOR MY BOSS TO COME OUT OF THE POST OFFICE. I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE FIRST PLAIN CRASH INTO ONE OF THE TOWERS I THOUGHT AT THAT MOMENT THIS WAS A PILOT ERROR AND MY HEART DROPPED. WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE SECOND PLAIN INTO THE NEXT TOWER I SAID TO MYSELF OH, MY GOD! IT'S A TERRORISTS ATTACK WHO WOULD DO THIS TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY. I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE LIVES THAT WHERE GOING TO BE LOST, THE FAMILIES, AND THE WORLD THAT WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME.

TODAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 IS A VERY SAD DAY FOR ME. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED. 9-11-01 IS WITH ME EVERYDAY BUT I WILL SURVIVE THIS HORRIFIC EVENT. MY HEART AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL OF US IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

Citation

“story5025.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 23, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/6055.