story3036.xml
Title
story3036.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I had pulled into our office building parking lot when I heard the news that a plane had hit the World Trade center tower. At first I thought how could anyone miss this tower?! As I rode up the elevator and pondered on the news event I had just heard, I realized something was very wrong with that statement. You just do not accidentally miss a skyscraper today, maybe in earlier times of aviation this is possible, but, not today!!
I ran from the elevator, opened our office and ran to our lunch room and turned on the television. There is was, the tower in flames. I had opened the office before the staff arrived that day, as I had done for the past two years, so as always I was alone glued to the set feeling so much more alone than ever. Then it happened right before my eyes!! A second plane hit the second tower! It looked like an action movie, but it was real. Then came one of the worst sights I had ever seen in my life. Both towers collapsed. I felt sick and screamed because before my eyes, I knew that thousands of people were crushed to death, their bodies melted right into the metal and debris of the fragmented buildings. I dropped to my knees, I cryed and prayed to the Lord to help us all.
Now every morning I drive to work and pray that I return home safely, because, on September 11, 2001 so many left for work that morning to never return home.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
I ran from the elevator, opened our office and ran to our lunch room and turned on the television. There is was, the tower in flames. I had opened the office before the staff arrived that day, as I had done for the past two years, so as always I was alone glued to the set feeling so much more alone than ever. Then it happened right before my eyes!! A second plane hit the second tower! It looked like an action movie, but it was real. Then came one of the worst sights I had ever seen in my life. Both towers collapsed. I felt sick and screamed because before my eyes, I knew that thousands of people were crushed to death, their bodies melted right into the metal and debris of the fragmented buildings. I dropped to my knees, I cryed and prayed to the Lord to help us all.
Now every morning I drive to work and pray that I return home safely, because, on September 11, 2001 so many left for work that morning to never return home.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Collection
Citation
“story3036.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 19, 2026, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/7791.