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| Photo taken from Google Images and RoadSide America's Webside |
Dear Friends,
Do you remember where you were when you heard the news? I was at work in an office downtown in our small city in the midwest - far away from where this horrific incident happened. But it left a big impact on me that day. My office mate and I didn't have the radio on that day, but someone came in and asked us if we had heard. We immediately headed for our conference room to watch TV.
One by one people trickled into the conference room. I got there just in time to see the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. Our conference room was dead quiet even with about 25 people huddled around the small TV in disbelief. I remember thinking "I wonder if the world is coming to an end!" It was downright scary. My second thought was "I just want to go home and be with family." But since the work day was only about an hour old, I could not do that. We tried hard to keep the office running, man the phones, and do whatever was important to get done. But, no one's heart was really in it that day. We were just going thru the motions thinking of those poor people who were trapped, killed or injured in that horrific event. That was one time where I really appreciated the media's overkill on a subject - it was needed for that event. We were able to catch up on all the news in the evening after work.
Mario's good blogging friend Cathy Keisha wrote a wonderful, first-hand post of what it was like for her Pop who worked in one of the Twin Towers. I think you will find her post very interesting and worthwhile reading, if you have not already done so.
A couple of years after 9/11 our city decided to have a replica built of the original Twin Towers in a park located downtown for all to see and remember. Roadside America's Website wrote a very nice article along with the picture. I think you'll find it interesting. Every year a memorial service is held there on 9/11 to remember the event and honor those who perished.
I hope and pray that we will never have to witness an event like that ever again. But we'll have to remain on the alert forever.
What was the impact on you of this event?
Mary
A couple of years after 9/11 our city decided to have a replica built of the original Twin Towers in a park located downtown for all to see and remember. Roadside America's Website wrote a very nice article along with the picture. I think you'll find it interesting. Every year a memorial service is held there on 9/11 to remember the event and honor those who perished.
I hope and pray that we will never have to witness an event like that ever again. But we'll have to remain on the alert forever.
What was the impact on you of this event?
Mary
Thank you for remembering and for mentioning my Pop. He worked abaout 5 blocks from the WTC and the second plane almost hit his building on the way past. TW remembers it well too. Instead of watching on TV, she and her coworkers were at the window of their office watching. What she remembers most were the screaming and crying when the first tower collapsed as her coworkers had friends and family working in the WTC. She remembers lots of crying and everyone yelling out Oh my God. She was so worried about Pop, she didn’t realize that 2 of her neighbors did work in the WTC and both managed to walk down 76 flights of stairs to safety. Because none of the phones were working, she didn’t hear from Pop until around 8 pm so she spent the whole day wondering where he was and if he was alright.
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