story1729.xml
Title
story1729.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-04
911DA Story: Story
For me, that day started normally enough: Attending an early morning sales meeting in the local appliance chain store which I worked. The meeting ended a few minutes before 9:00 AM local time, and I headed to my car for the drive to work. When I started my car, the radio came on and I noticed quickly that the program I usually listened to was preempted by news coverage of something that happened. Just a few moments after I started driving, a solumn voice reported that "the south tower just collapsed." Only then did I learn the true horror of the unfolding events. When I arrived at the store, they were already showing the live coverage. It was so strange to see the single tower standing alone. But shortly after I arrived, it too collapsed, leaving nothing.
Later, we received a message from our company president telling us to stop playing the coverage in the store because it was detrimental to sales. His cold attitude towards these events only reenforced my dislike for that company, and I was happy to leave the following year.
I'll never forget the empty skies during the airline grounding. The worried faces of salesperson and customer alike as they discussed the tragedy. The continual images of disaster and doom played over and over on television.
My faith in flying and the airlines remains as unshaken as it was before 9/11. Shortly I will board my 737 for job training in another state. While I am there, 9/11/02 will come and go while I am safely on the ground. And I will return home on another 737. I trust all will go normally.
And I don't believe terrorists will strike on 9/11/02, although there might be some small copycat event such as the Cessna in Florida was.
A senseless terrorist attack on America is foolish. When an anthill is stepped on, there is a moment of pause, and then the ants come boiling out, fighting furiously to protect their home. Such as it is with America.
May the ants always win.
Later, we received a message from our company president telling us to stop playing the coverage in the store because it was detrimental to sales. His cold attitude towards these events only reenforced my dislike for that company, and I was happy to leave the following year.
I'll never forget the empty skies during the airline grounding. The worried faces of salesperson and customer alike as they discussed the tragedy. The continual images of disaster and doom played over and over on television.
My faith in flying and the airlines remains as unshaken as it was before 9/11. Shortly I will board my 737 for job training in another state. While I am there, 9/11/02 will come and go while I am safely on the ground. And I will return home on another 737. I trust all will go normally.
And I don't believe terrorists will strike on 9/11/02, although there might be some small copycat event such as the Cessna in Florida was.
A senseless terrorist attack on America is foolish. When an anthill is stepped on, there is a moment of pause, and then the ants come boiling out, fighting furiously to protect their home. Such as it is with America.
May the ants always win.
Collection
Citation
“story1729.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 12, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/9636.