story5198.xml
Title
story5198.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
As is my habit, I awoke the morning of Sept.11, 2001 and reached over to turn on the TV to hear the weather for the day. I usually get my local weather at the half hour spots for local news.
I quickly sat up in bed that morning, hearing the distress in the commentators voices. I had sat up just a few minutes before the second tower was hit.
There was simply a moment where I felt everything in
my body and my mind stopped. What was on the screen was devastating. All I could do was sit on the bed and rub my dog's back.
It took awhile to move from the bed and begin my day.
That morning we didn't take our usual dog walk for I wanted to get back to see what was happening. "Come on Charlie, find your spot " (in the back yard) was about all I felt capable of.
Needless to say, like many others, I flipped from channel to channel listening and relistening to everything going on. The entire day was spent with
the TV on and lots of tears flowing. Each incident
seemed harder and harder. "What is our world coming
to"? was the constant question in my mind.
May we each as individual's remember.
I quickly sat up in bed that morning, hearing the distress in the commentators voices. I had sat up just a few minutes before the second tower was hit.
There was simply a moment where I felt everything in
my body and my mind stopped. What was on the screen was devastating. All I could do was sit on the bed and rub my dog's back.
It took awhile to move from the bed and begin my day.
That morning we didn't take our usual dog walk for I wanted to get back to see what was happening. "Come on Charlie, find your spot " (in the back yard) was about all I felt capable of.
Needless to say, like many others, I flipped from channel to channel listening and relistening to everything going on. The entire day was spent with
the TV on and lots of tears flowing. Each incident
seemed harder and harder. "What is our world coming
to"? was the constant question in my mind.
May we each as individual's remember.
Collection
Citation
“story5198.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 20, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/9708.