story5544.xml
Title
story5544.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I was traveling with my family from Connecticut to New Hampshire for a camping vacation. We were on I95 north past Boston,sometime after 9 am, when I noticed two planes bank sharply and head back toward Boston. We commented how strange it was.
Our plan was to take a boat tour of Lake Winnipesaukee. When we got to Wolfeboro we parked up a side road, in front of a closed theater so we would have space for the camper. A lovely elderly woman walked over to us from her home. She said we were campers and the last to know anything. "We have been attacked and you have to come into my house and watch the TV. You won't believe it!"
How odd to sit in a stranger's living room at 10:15am on September 11th 2002 and watch and listen. I never got this womans name. I know I said thank you when I left, I hope she knows how generous it was of her to bring us into her home.
We went on our boaot tour and continued our vacation as planned. We worried and prayed. I am glad now that I was far away with my family with no TV and only a little radio and the newspaper to keep us connected to the events.
Our plan was to take a boat tour of Lake Winnipesaukee. When we got to Wolfeboro we parked up a side road, in front of a closed theater so we would have space for the camper. A lovely elderly woman walked over to us from her home. She said we were campers and the last to know anything. "We have been attacked and you have to come into my house and watch the TV. You won't believe it!"
How odd to sit in a stranger's living room at 10:15am on September 11th 2002 and watch and listen. I never got this womans name. I know I said thank you when I left, I hope she knows how generous it was of her to bring us into her home.
We went on our boaot tour and continued our vacation as planned. We worried and prayed. I am glad now that I was far away with my family with no TV and only a little radio and the newspaper to keep us connected to the events.
Collection
Citation
“story5544.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 31, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/7822.