story2736.xml
Title
story2736.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN AND SENT TO ME ON 9/14/01. IT WAS WRITTEN BY MY SON WHO WITNESSED THE HORROR OF 9/11/01.
"FROM BRIGHTNESS TO CHAOS TO DESOLATION"
"ANOTHER MORNING LEAVING THE SUBWAY STATION ONTO ONE MORE WALK UP THE SUBDUED MORNING STREETS OF THE EMPIRE STATE CITY, EXPECTING A ROUTINE PATTERN, AS THE SECOND HOUR OF THE TYPICAL DAY PASSES, THEN, THE SKY SUDDENLY FILLS WITH OFFICE PAPERS. ONLY CONFUSION TAKES PLACE AS A CLOSER GLANCE REVEALS A GAP IN THE WORLD'S TALLEST CREATION FILLED WITH SMOKE, FIRE AND A HUMAN-MISSILE. THE SIGHT BRINGS AWE AND TEARS TO MANY EYES. TOO MUCH TO HANDLE FOR MOST AS THE ONLY HUMANE DECISION COULD BE TO LOOK AWAY. IF NOT TRAUMATIZED ENOUGH, A SECOND FLIGHT OF DISASTER DISMANTLES PART TWO OF THE CREATION AND MAMES THOSE INSIDE WITHOUT A CHANCE TO SURVIVE. ASIDE FROM METAL - HOPES, DREAMS, FAMILIES, FAITH, FEELINGS AND LIVES ARE SCORNED, BURNED AND DESTROYED. FRANTIC ONLOOKERS SCATTER IN ALL DIRECTIONS WITH ONLY THOUGHTS OF THEIR DEMISE IN A BALL OF SMOKE AND PIECES OF WHAT WAS THEIR MAJOR LANDMARK. WHAT COULD ONLY TAKE PLACE IN A MOVIE OR A BAD DREAM, HAS BECOME REALITY. SOME ESCAPE, BUT HARDLY ENOUGH CAN. THE ONES THAT DO SOON LEARN OF OTHER DEMONIC ACTS TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME HOUR. LEFT BEHIND ARE THE BRAVEST OF HEROES TO ENTER THE FLAMES OF HELL WITH ONLY THOUGHTS OF SAVING THEIR FELLOWMAN. QUIETNESS SOON FILLS THE INDESCRIBABLE, UNEXPLAINABLE DISASTER. ALL THE NATION LEARNS THAT THE TEARS AND ASHES ARE NOT ENOUGH TO HIDE THE LOVE, BRAVERY AND COMRODERY THAT IS SHOWN WHEN A FELLOW-AMERICAN IS IN DESPAIR."
WRITTEN BY: GEORGE NOVITSKY, JR
9/14/2001
"FROM BRIGHTNESS TO CHAOS TO DESOLATION"
"ANOTHER MORNING LEAVING THE SUBWAY STATION ONTO ONE MORE WALK UP THE SUBDUED MORNING STREETS OF THE EMPIRE STATE CITY, EXPECTING A ROUTINE PATTERN, AS THE SECOND HOUR OF THE TYPICAL DAY PASSES, THEN, THE SKY SUDDENLY FILLS WITH OFFICE PAPERS. ONLY CONFUSION TAKES PLACE AS A CLOSER GLANCE REVEALS A GAP IN THE WORLD'S TALLEST CREATION FILLED WITH SMOKE, FIRE AND A HUMAN-MISSILE. THE SIGHT BRINGS AWE AND TEARS TO MANY EYES. TOO MUCH TO HANDLE FOR MOST AS THE ONLY HUMANE DECISION COULD BE TO LOOK AWAY. IF NOT TRAUMATIZED ENOUGH, A SECOND FLIGHT OF DISASTER DISMANTLES PART TWO OF THE CREATION AND MAMES THOSE INSIDE WITHOUT A CHANCE TO SURVIVE. ASIDE FROM METAL - HOPES, DREAMS, FAMILIES, FAITH, FEELINGS AND LIVES ARE SCORNED, BURNED AND DESTROYED. FRANTIC ONLOOKERS SCATTER IN ALL DIRECTIONS WITH ONLY THOUGHTS OF THEIR DEMISE IN A BALL OF SMOKE AND PIECES OF WHAT WAS THEIR MAJOR LANDMARK. WHAT COULD ONLY TAKE PLACE IN A MOVIE OR A BAD DREAM, HAS BECOME REALITY. SOME ESCAPE, BUT HARDLY ENOUGH CAN. THE ONES THAT DO SOON LEARN OF OTHER DEMONIC ACTS TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME HOUR. LEFT BEHIND ARE THE BRAVEST OF HEROES TO ENTER THE FLAMES OF HELL WITH ONLY THOUGHTS OF SAVING THEIR FELLOWMAN. QUIETNESS SOON FILLS THE INDESCRIBABLE, UNEXPLAINABLE DISASTER. ALL THE NATION LEARNS THAT THE TEARS AND ASHES ARE NOT ENOUGH TO HIDE THE LOVE, BRAVERY AND COMRODERY THAT IS SHOWN WHEN A FELLOW-AMERICAN IS IN DESPAIR."
WRITTEN BY: GEORGE NOVITSKY, JR
9/14/2001
Collection
Citation
“story2736.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 8, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/7866.