story2611.xml
Title
story2611.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I am a 35 year old mother of a 12 year old son. I have worked for the government in a research lab for 4 years. I love my country and was raised to be a patriot. I whole heartedly believe in the words that are written in our constituition as well as the inscription on the Statue of Liverty.
On September 11th I was at work on the 4th floor of our building. The regular radio programming was interrupted with a special bulletin. They said they had been an accident and that a plane had flown into one of the world trade center towers. I remember thinking to myself how odd that sounded. How does a plane accidentally fly into that huge of a target and what was it doing so low. When you do research for a living thats how your mind works. I felt saddened because of the loss of life. So we listened to the radio for more news. Then programming was interrupted again saying another plane had flown into the south tower intentionally. A few minutes later it came on that the pentagon had been slammed into by a commercial airliner. America was under attack and I just stood in the middle of our lab in absolute shock. We all looked at each other in horror. Horror that our country was being attacked by cowardly terrorist in our home soil. The radio announcer came on and said that there were still 25 planes un accounted for in the sky. Since we work in a federal building then we all became really horrified. What if one of those planes was headed for NIOSH. We are a branch of the CDC and are in the Health and Human Services department. At that point someone came in and said that they had the TV on in one of the conference rooms. So we all went in and watched in horror at what was going on in NYC. I have never been so scared in my life. I thought what about the schools. I had a 11 year child probally scared to death at what was happening that day. We were evacuated and I immediately went to pick up my son at school. My child was watching the tv when the second tower was struck with the plane. It must have seemed that the world was ending to him. It seemed that way to me. I cried all the way home for those people whose life was snuffed out by cowards who didn't believe in the values for which America stood. I watched the news in horror and hope. Hope that some people would walk from the rubble. I remember thinking when the first tower fell"My god all those people". My son and I sat and watched CNN for awhile. When I heard about flight 93 and how they rushed the cockpit and intentionally downed that plane to save thousands of americans. I thought to myself "THAT IS WHAT AMERICA STAND FOR AND WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT". Those gentlemen and woman on flight 93 are true american hereos as well every victim and survivor at the NYC and the pentagon. I was still in shock 2 days later. I'm still in shock a year later. Our world has been FOREVER changed. I still believe in our country. This tragedy has only made our country stronger. Look at all the flags that now fly everywhere. The terrorist can never take that away, never. America is strong.
God Bless America
Freedom
Life goes on, that is the best tribute we could give to those that died on September 11th,2001.
On September 11th I was at work on the 4th floor of our building. The regular radio programming was interrupted with a special bulletin. They said they had been an accident and that a plane had flown into one of the world trade center towers. I remember thinking to myself how odd that sounded. How does a plane accidentally fly into that huge of a target and what was it doing so low. When you do research for a living thats how your mind works. I felt saddened because of the loss of life. So we listened to the radio for more news. Then programming was interrupted again saying another plane had flown into the south tower intentionally. A few minutes later it came on that the pentagon had been slammed into by a commercial airliner. America was under attack and I just stood in the middle of our lab in absolute shock. We all looked at each other in horror. Horror that our country was being attacked by cowardly terrorist in our home soil. The radio announcer came on and said that there were still 25 planes un accounted for in the sky. Since we work in a federal building then we all became really horrified. What if one of those planes was headed for NIOSH. We are a branch of the CDC and are in the Health and Human Services department. At that point someone came in and said that they had the TV on in one of the conference rooms. So we all went in and watched in horror at what was going on in NYC. I have never been so scared in my life. I thought what about the schools. I had a 11 year child probally scared to death at what was happening that day. We were evacuated and I immediately went to pick up my son at school. My child was watching the tv when the second tower was struck with the plane. It must have seemed that the world was ending to him. It seemed that way to me. I cried all the way home for those people whose life was snuffed out by cowards who didn't believe in the values for which America stood. I watched the news in horror and hope. Hope that some people would walk from the rubble. I remember thinking when the first tower fell"My god all those people". My son and I sat and watched CNN for awhile. When I heard about flight 93 and how they rushed the cockpit and intentionally downed that plane to save thousands of americans. I thought to myself "THAT IS WHAT AMERICA STAND FOR AND WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT". Those gentlemen and woman on flight 93 are true american hereos as well every victim and survivor at the NYC and the pentagon. I was still in shock 2 days later. I'm still in shock a year later. Our world has been FOREVER changed. I still believe in our country. This tragedy has only made our country stronger. Look at all the flags that now fly everywhere. The terrorist can never take that away, never. America is strong.
God Bless America
Freedom
Life goes on, that is the best tribute we could give to those that died on September 11th,2001.
Collection
Citation
“story2611.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 17, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/9437.