going to work on september 11th

[AdoreMyDogs]

It's amazing that after all these years, it's still so vivid in my mind. I was at work. Someone came into my office and told me to come with them to their office, there was an airplane that flew into one of the World Trade Center towers and they had a TV to watch the footage. They knew I'd want to see it because I had returned from vacation in NYC not a month earlier. I toured the WTC. Marble everywhere, gorgeous, fancy and clean, big beyond belief.

I watched in my co-workers office, the horror. Watched until second building was hit, then the office was closed for the day. I will never forget it. I will never forget how scared I was. I thought this was it. I thought this might be the beginning of the end of the world. The sky was erie. I did, however, see Airforce One flying, as the president was going somewhere. That was interesting to see Airforce One and to know that it was Airforce One, as no other commercial aircraft was allowed in the skies. It was the Airforce One surrounded by several military aircraft. Any other time I'd be so excited to see that, it was interesting but I was too frightened and ridden with grief to appreciate it.

I will never forget one of my co-workers screams. Her daughter worked in the WTC. Her mom was watching from a TV screen, the building that her daughter was likely in burning up. This woman, whos name slips my mind, was one of my favorite people there at work. Very lovely woman. She screamed and the feeling of complete helplesness was sickening.

She ran out, frantically trying to call her daughter. I found out the next day that her daughter was only on the 6th floor and was one of the first to make it out safely, thank God. I can't imagine being several states away from your child and watching from a TV screen such horror. Many did the same worrying about their loved ones but the outcome was not happy for them.

Sickening

I stayed up so very late last night watching a special on the History Channel. It was footage from all the folks in NYC who were there to witness and record it. I sobbed myself to sleep.

[lizbud]

I remember it very well. Had called in a sick day at work earlier that
morning and I was just lazing around on the couch watching TV. When
the news people broke into the programming with word of the first plane
crash, then the 2nd & the third. It feel so surreal. I couldn't take it all
in at first. I called a co-worker to talk to someone & see if they knew
about it too.

Almost everyone else in my neighborhood had gone to work & so the
area was pretty quiet. The very next day, almost every single house
had put out a flag or pasted the flag in a front window. I was amazed
but pleasantly surprised by the shared patriotism.


Ps. I hope someday the terrible people responsible for this attack are brought to justice.