09-11-2003, 05:46 PM
I woke up to a phone call from my Brother who was telling me how a "plane just hit the Pentagon" and to turn the TV on etc. Since i was still in a daze from being rattled from my sleep when i turned the TV on i saw nothing but static and started to panic until i found a channel that worked then i sat on the edge of my bed as i watched the second plane fly into the second Tower. Clutching the phone in my hand my heart sank and i started sobbing.
My Mom worked for the Red Cross at the time and they were put on High Alert which was pretty much a lockdown of the building were all of them were told that they would be on 24 hour duty until instructed otherwise. We also lived by a Fort Lee so all of the roads were blocked off.
I was stuck alone in my house for 2 days until my Uncle finally got through the traffic to bring me to his house in Toms River.
Those 2 days were of the worst i EVER had to live through, i had no idea what was going to happen next and all i could do was sit and wait for what seemed like forever. My family had to take turns calling me to keep me on the phone in an attempt to distract me and calm me down.
I also knew a woman who was in the Second Tower, she was 8 months pregnant and didn't survive, no body found, nothing.
It's still surreal to think that i saw her a month prior to 9-11.
As cliche as it sounds my heart goes out to all the victims, intermediate and otherwise. This is truly a day where ALL of Amercia directly and indirectly effected will remember and carry with them forever.
My Mom worked for the Red Cross at the time and they were put on High Alert which was pretty much a lockdown of the building were all of them were told that they would be on 24 hour duty until instructed otherwise. We also lived by a Fort Lee so all of the roads were blocked off.
I was stuck alone in my house for 2 days until my Uncle finally got through the traffic to bring me to his house in Toms River.
Those 2 days were of the worst i EVER had to live through, i had no idea what was going to happen next and all i could do was sit and wait for what seemed like forever. My family had to take turns calling me to keep me on the phone in an attempt to distract me and calm me down.
I also knew a woman who was in the Second Tower, she was 8 months pregnant and didn't survive, no body found, nothing.
It's still surreal to think that i saw her a month prior to 9-11.
As cliche as it sounds my heart goes out to all the victims, intermediate and otherwise. This is truly a day where ALL of Amercia directly and indirectly effected will remember and carry with them forever.
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