I cannot believe it has been five years since 9/11. Time has really gone by fast. I just read a story on all the wives who lost husbands on that day and where they are now. Several of the ladies had children the next day or in the months to follow. I cannot imagine bringing a child into this world right after my husband had been killed. The ladies seemed to have really shown great courage and have done great things with their families. I cannot imagine the heart ache.
On September 11, 2001 I remember I was in my car on the way to UTA where I was taking grad classes. Mike called me on my cell and said that a plane had accidentally hit the twin towers and then as he was on the phone with me he said oh no, another plane hit. I remember him saying that they thought it could be a terrorist attack and it seemed so unreal. When I got to school all classes had been cancelled and my professor was trying to locate one of his best friends who was in one of the towers. I remember we all just sat in the classroom and watched the news and the replays of the planes hitting the towers.
In February 2005 I went to New York and got to see first hand the destruction that day caused. It is really unbelievable, just a hole in the ground. There are still buildings around it being worked on. There is a church across the street that housed a lot of the injured and policeman and firemen. The church did not suffer very much damage and that has always amazed me because it was really close to the towers. It is almost like God put a guard around it! Where were you five years ago when our world was changed forever?
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I was getting ready to go up to campus when I got out of the shower and noticed that the folks on Kidd Kraddick were really serious about something going on in NYC. I turned on the TV and within minutes I watched the second tower fall. I sat on the floor and cried watching for a while before I went my office. Everyone was in the main office gathered around the tv. No one said anything--there was just nothing to say.
I got out of my Science class early that morning and I walked into the Campus Center and everyone was staring at the TVs....As soon as I looked up, the 2nd plane hit....
Honestly, I the devistation and destruction didn't set in until later...my roommate and I just sat in our dorm room watching the TV and crying...
I saw Ground Zero The summer after 9-11...It was horrible. Surrounding building were still boarded up and the Memorial Wall was heart breaking.
I heard them talking on Air-1 while driving to LCU about a plane "accidentally" hitting the twin towers. When I got to school, I had chapel first. They projected the news on the big screens and thats where I saw the second tower fall. I went home and remained glued to the t.v. that entire day!
I was teaching for my first year, and the principal made an announcement for the teachers to go online or come to the library as soon as possible. My team was on a conference, so when we got to the library,everyone was saying it was an 'accident'. Moments later, the 2nd tower fell.
Throughout the day, parents were pouring into school and picking their kids up. Several kids with military parents were picked up right away with the certainty of war. . .
Talking to my kids about it was one of the most delicate and painful things I had to do as a teacher.
I was teaching to a room full or 15-16 year olds and I just remember feeling so inadequate and inept as they asked questions and knowing that the rest of the day, in a bldg full of adults and kids crying was going to be one of the longest days in my life.
I was working for Southwest Airlines. Part of my morning routine involved filling up my huge jug of water in the breakroom. While I was filling my jug, I was watching the tv that was on. I heard the rumors about the plane "accident" and scurried back into tell my team and my boyfriend at the time, Ken, about it because he hails from NY and I thought he'd want to see the news.
When we walked back into the breakroom, several other teams had crowded around the tv and we watched it all unfold there. Shortly, we (and all other airlines) were grounded for what turned out to be 3 days of waiting. Headquarters was on total lockdown that first day: no one in or out. No deliveries, nothing. It was really scary. I remember calling my mom from my desk and crying. It was a really interesting time to work for an airline. I'll never forget.
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