story5377.xml
Title
story5377.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
My husband and I were home he was sleeping and I was on a conference call with my job.
Our names are John & Kayleen Lyman of Santa Claria, California.
September 11, the day before my birthday. The morning in So. California was so beautiful. It was a day that went from beauty to pure sadness and you could knowlonger appreciate the day outside.
I was on this call with 15 other co workers, our manager had said, "Have any of you seen the news?" The call was at 6:45am and most of us just had our coffee in our hands and in our home offices. Our Manager then started to say what was going on and by then we all had our TV's on and were in complete disbelief on what we were seeing.
I was in such shock and so confused that I could not beleive what I was seeing and almost could not believe that it was real..
My husband was sleeping I remember running into our bedroom raising my voice, babe! get up! get up NOW! You are not going to beleive what is happening to our nation! We immediately put a tape in the VCR and started recording from that moment until the tape stopped.
It was a day to truly reflect on how special life is and how we should view life as a gift and be more thankful we are here.
I was on the phone most of the day calling family and friends just to make sure everyone was ok, I was truly fortunate that I did not have family or friends in the areas effected,
That afternoon my husband and I went to church and thanked our father for our lives and prayed for the nation. We took a moment and just started reading scriptures from the bible to one another and stayed for a good hour just reading.
Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to write this down.
Gob Bless us all and this nation that is so precious to all TRUE Americans.
God Bless and Thank you
John & Kayleen Lyman
Our names are John & Kayleen Lyman of Santa Claria, California.
September 11, the day before my birthday. The morning in So. California was so beautiful. It was a day that went from beauty to pure sadness and you could knowlonger appreciate the day outside.
I was on this call with 15 other co workers, our manager had said, "Have any of you seen the news?" The call was at 6:45am and most of us just had our coffee in our hands and in our home offices. Our Manager then started to say what was going on and by then we all had our TV's on and were in complete disbelief on what we were seeing.
I was in such shock and so confused that I could not beleive what I was seeing and almost could not believe that it was real..
My husband was sleeping I remember running into our bedroom raising my voice, babe! get up! get up NOW! You are not going to beleive what is happening to our nation! We immediately put a tape in the VCR and started recording from that moment until the tape stopped.
It was a day to truly reflect on how special life is and how we should view life as a gift and be more thankful we are here.
I was on the phone most of the day calling family and friends just to make sure everyone was ok, I was truly fortunate that I did not have family or friends in the areas effected,
That afternoon my husband and I went to church and thanked our father for our lives and prayed for the nation. We took a moment and just started reading scriptures from the bible to one another and stayed for a good hour just reading.
Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to write this down.
Gob Bless us all and this nation that is so precious to all TRUE Americans.
God Bless and Thank you
John & Kayleen Lyman
Collection
Citation
“story5377.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 15, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/9648.