story8603.xml
Title
story8603.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-10-30
911DA Story: Story
Iam a Sgt In the New York State Police, On September 11th I was to report for work at the Brewster NY barracks at 3:00pm, so that morning I was going to the hardware store to get some items to do work around the house. While going to and from I put on the radio and I thought it was odd that no music was playing, then i heard a plane had hit the World trade center, at first I thought it was a small private plane and continued on my way, soon I realized it was something much more when I heard the radio DJ state that one of the towers had collapsed, I immediately went to the nearest TV set which I knew was at my doctors office, ant there i saw the tradgedy unfolding i immediately called work and was advised to report to work and pack three days of clothing.
When I arrived at the barracks I was told to muster my men at Stewart airport and wait. We got to stewart airport and were sent down to NYC 50 Troopers at a time for a total of about 600. On my way down to the city I saw the sign on the thruway "NYC Closed" unbelievable....the next sight I remember was coming across the George Washington bridge back into NY and seeing the billowing smoke covering Manhattan...it was an incredible sight. I thought there must have been at least 10,000 dead. upon arriving at the Javits center we were deployed throughout manhattan and the next day I was working on the Pile digging. Pictures cant come close to relaying the devastation that was at ground Zero, what I remember most was the dust and the fact that nothing recognizable was in it no chairs, tables, phones...just dust and paper.
God Bless America and our President who has some very hard decisions to make. I was glad to help.
When I arrived at the barracks I was told to muster my men at Stewart airport and wait. We got to stewart airport and were sent down to NYC 50 Troopers at a time for a total of about 600. On my way down to the city I saw the sign on the thruway "NYC Closed" unbelievable....the next sight I remember was coming across the George Washington bridge back into NY and seeing the billowing smoke covering Manhattan...it was an incredible sight. I thought there must have been at least 10,000 dead. upon arriving at the Javits center we were deployed throughout manhattan and the next day I was working on the Pile digging. Pictures cant come close to relaying the devastation that was at ground Zero, what I remember most was the dust and the fact that nothing recognizable was in it no chairs, tables, phones...just dust and paper.
God Bless America and our President who has some very hard decisions to make. I was glad to help.
Collection
Citation
“story8603.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 25, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/8215.