story7698.xml
Title
story7698.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-16
911DA Story: Story
I have lived in Dover, DE for almost twenty-nine years in the same house. Military actions are not a surprise here. So, when my husband called and asked if I was watching the news, I thought he was going to tell me that something happened over seas. I turned off of the Disney channel to CBS at the same time my husband told me about the first plane. I sat there in ahh of what I was looking at. I started
to cry and pray for the people in the building and the plane. The only thing that made me look away from the tv was my 11 month old son which I was feeding at the time. I was putting a spoon of food in his mouth as the second plane hit. I started crying harder and praying more. The only thing my son knew was he was hungry and mommy is crying. I finshed feeding my son and picked him up. I started to rock and pray for everyone in or near the buildings. I prayed and held my little son as the buildings came down. I started feeling guilty for being able to sit on my couch holding my son and talking to my husband. My husband asked if he should go pick up our 2 1/2 year old daughter from school, I said yes. All I wanted was for us to be together. She was going to a school beside the Air Force base. Of course, everything in Dover is close to the base.
My husband and I have talked to our daughter about what happened and she knows
alot of good people died in NY, Washington,DC and PA. We have prayed for everyone who lost their life, the families here coping with the lose, and our country everyday. We also pray for the people who hate us so much that they want to destroy us.
I am a military brat and stand proud knowing my father served in wartime and peacetime so I can raise my children in the land of the free. I thank GOD for all the people who serve our country in so many ways here and overseas. We are all heros because we have not let this act stop us. We have drawn the will power of those who died to pick ourselves up and go forward with our lives.
I forgive those people who hate me and my family because we live in the USA. GOD will deal with them and I don't have to waste my energy on them. The best actions for me to take is to have a happy marriage, raise my children happy, healthy, respectful of our freedoms and thankful/proud for the people who fought for us to be free.
May GOD be with everyone.
to cry and pray for the people in the building and the plane. The only thing that made me look away from the tv was my 11 month old son which I was feeding at the time. I was putting a spoon of food in his mouth as the second plane hit. I started crying harder and praying more. The only thing my son knew was he was hungry and mommy is crying. I finshed feeding my son and picked him up. I started to rock and pray for everyone in or near the buildings. I prayed and held my little son as the buildings came down. I started feeling guilty for being able to sit on my couch holding my son and talking to my husband. My husband asked if he should go pick up our 2 1/2 year old daughter from school, I said yes. All I wanted was for us to be together. She was going to a school beside the Air Force base. Of course, everything in Dover is close to the base.
My husband and I have talked to our daughter about what happened and she knows
alot of good people died in NY, Washington,DC and PA. We have prayed for everyone who lost their life, the families here coping with the lose, and our country everyday. We also pray for the people who hate us so much that they want to destroy us.
I am a military brat and stand proud knowing my father served in wartime and peacetime so I can raise my children in the land of the free. I thank GOD for all the people who serve our country in so many ways here and overseas. We are all heros because we have not let this act stop us. We have drawn the will power of those who died to pick ourselves up and go forward with our lives.
I forgive those people who hate me and my family because we live in the USA. GOD will deal with them and I don't have to waste my energy on them. The best actions for me to take is to have a happy marriage, raise my children happy, healthy, respectful of our freedoms and thankful/proud for the people who fought for us to be free.
May GOD be with everyone.
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Citation
“story7698.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 22, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/8160.