September 11 Digital Archive

story8972.xml

Title

story8972.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2003-01-18

911DA Story: Story

WHEN THAT HAPENNED I WAS AT HOME BUT I WILL TELL THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING AND HERE IT GOES:ON THAT FATIDIC DAY I WENT TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL TO HAVE COMPUTER LESSONS AND AFTER THAT I ARRIVED HOME AND I WENT TO SLEEP FOR A WHILE BUT WHEN I WAS JUST GOING TO DO IT A NEIGBOUR THAT I HAVE NEAR MY HOUSE CAMED IN AND SAID:?ALCINDA COME TO MY HOUSE QUICKLY TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THE TWO TWIN TOWERS IN NEW YORK IN U.S.A.?MY MOM LEFT EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS DOING AND SHE WENT TO SEE IT.SHE WENT HOME AND I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP BUT I COULDN`T BECAUSE I WAS WITH A BAD FEELING ABOUT THAT DAY AND I WAS RIGHT .MY MOM CAMED AT HOME AND AWAKED ME AND SHE SAID:?PATRICIA TURN ON THE TV AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TWO TWIN TOWERS IN NEW YORK IN U.S.A.?I DID IT.I TURN ON THE TV AND WHEN I`VE SEEN THE TWO AEROCRAFTS GOING INTO THEM I STARTED TO CRY AND I DIDN?T WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE OR EAT.I WENT TO WORK SAD AND I WAS CRYING ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT.I`M NOT FROM U.S.A BUT I FEEL MY HEART BELONGS THERE.TWO WEEKS LATER AFTER THAT HAPENNED I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON A BUS AND THE DAY WAS:24 SEPTEMBER 2001. I CAN?T NOT FORGET IT.THOSE TWO DAYS WERE THE MOST NIGHTMARE IN MY LIFE.GOD BLESS AMERICA.
GOOD LUCK FOR YOU ALL.
PATRICIA-FUNCHAL-MADEIRA-PORTUGAL

Citation

“story8972.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 21, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/7157.