Ot - 9/11
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Ot - 9/11
Hello dear friends,
I always get melancholy this time of year when 9/11 rolls around. I was working a few blocks away on 9/11/01 from ground zero. I know people that perished there. I know people whose family members died that day. I saw how many lives were ruined till this day they have never been the same due to losing a loved one.
I almost took a job in that building. I used to to take the subway through there every day at around that time in my previous job. I was spared.
I remember seeing everything in front of me like it was a horrible movie or a bad dream. I remember being frantic and not knowing how to get out of the city and get home. I remember walking for miles trying to catch the ferry. I remember stopping at a church and weeping with all the others. I remember feeling so helpless since the cell phones were down and I couldnt reach my family and even my stbxah. I remember being in shock. I remember everyone else being in shock. I remember the erie silence. I remember watching the first tower fall as I embraced strangers and we cried together. I remember someone telling me there were 10 thousand people who worked in those towers and that it had its own zip code. I remember the lady next to me that actually worked there and had a little girl at home and how she was advised to stay in the building for safety reasons but she chose not too. I remember thinking how this could all happen when it was the most beautiful day in the city. I remember not getting home until 10pm that night and I remember not being able to sleep for months. I have never visited ground zero and I probably never will.
On this day, I would like to acknowledge the loss and I would like to be grateful for what I have. Even though I am getting divorced and facing many issues, I am still alive.
What are you grateful for today?
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Lulu
I always get melancholy this time of year when 9/11 rolls around. I was working a few blocks away on 9/11/01 from ground zero. I know people that perished there. I know people whose family members died that day. I saw how many lives were ruined till this day they have never been the same due to losing a loved one.
I almost took a job in that building. I used to to take the subway through there every day at around that time in my previous job. I was spared.
I remember seeing everything in front of me like it was a horrible movie or a bad dream. I remember being frantic and not knowing how to get out of the city and get home. I remember walking for miles trying to catch the ferry. I remember stopping at a church and weeping with all the others. I remember feeling so helpless since the cell phones were down and I couldnt reach my family and even my stbxah. I remember being in shock. I remember everyone else being in shock. I remember the erie silence. I remember watching the first tower fall as I embraced strangers and we cried together. I remember someone telling me there were 10 thousand people who worked in those towers and that it had its own zip code. I remember the lady next to me that actually worked there and had a little girl at home and how she was advised to stay in the building for safety reasons but she chose not too. I remember thinking how this could all happen when it was the most beautiful day in the city. I remember not getting home until 10pm that night and I remember not being able to sleep for months. I have never visited ground zero and I probably never will.
On this day, I would like to acknowledge the loss and I would like to be grateful for what I have. Even though I am getting divorced and facing many issues, I am still alive.
What are you grateful for today?
Hugs
Lulu
lulu, I've had the tv on the History channel since I got up this morning. I'll never forget the fear that I experienced. My office mates and I were watching on the big screen in the conference room after the first plane hit. I watched as the second plane hit. My little girl, who is now an addict, was in high school. I couldn't get to the school fast enough. I grabbed her and we went home. I turned the tv on again, to make sure that I knew what was going on, so I'd know if we had to evacuate or...what? I don't know. I just knew I had to be informed.
I think our entire country was traumatized that day, and brought closer together.
My heart goes out to all who lost loved ones that day.
I think our entire country was traumatized that day, and brought closer together.
My heart goes out to all who lost loved ones that day.
911 still brings tears to my eyes. I lost many business associates and friends to that senseless act of terror.
For over 20 years I attended to business in those towers. There were many conversations about those elevators that ran up and down the center of the buildings, I listened, yet never really thought much about it. Seems in the end, the elevators were a design flaw.
Today, I grieve the loss of my friends, and, I am grateful that they shared their life with me.
I am truely blessed.
For over 20 years I attended to business in those towers. There were many conversations about those elevators that ran up and down the center of the buildings, I listened, yet never really thought much about it. Seems in the end, the elevators were a design flaw.
Today, I grieve the loss of my friends, and, I am grateful that they shared their life with me.
I am truely blessed.
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