September 11 Digital Archive

story3682.xml

Title

story3682.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-09-11

911DA Story: Story

I was home with my son who was turning 3 years old on Sept. 11th. We had not turned on the TV that morning and so I did not know what was going on until my sister who was on her way to work and heard it on her radio. She said turn on your TV and we all know what happened from there........... We went ahead as planned that evening with our son's Birthday Party and it did help us all get things off our mind for a little while and be happy for his birthday, he was 3 and had no idea what was going on in the world. I wanted his day to be happy for him.

Citation

“story3682.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 28, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/8951.