I Remember Where I Was On 9-11
Started Out Just Like Everyday... I was 37 weeks pregnant with my son. I was feeling really terrible. Just pain everywhere and so huge it was hard to move, eat, and breathe. I had just sent my daughters off to school down the street. They were 7 and 10 at the time. I was in the living room and my husband called me into the bedroom after the plane hit the first tower. It was strange they were reporting it cautiously and kept showing the video over and over. It looked like a such a small plane at first.
I remember thinking about when the federal building was bombed in OKC. I didn't even have the TV on. My girls were so little and I had worked all night long. I was at home alone as my husband had just left for school. We were going to have such a great day. The radio was on and it was reported as a gas explosion. I ended up back at work that day.
As things progressed, we all saw it happened. They were just realizing it wasn't an accident when the second plane hit. I actually saw that one live. Not sure if it was aired live, but I think it was because of the news reporters reactions. After that they showed the damage to the Pentagon and then the plane crash in Pennsylvania.
It was very strange and troubling. My husband and I sat in bed just watching all day. We did things like call our parents. Called the school to see if the kids needed to come home, but they didn't. We just couldn't keep from watching the TV.
There was nothing I could do. Not like before when it happened in my city. i couldn't go to work and help do things. I just watched it unfold on TV and feeling for all those people lost.
Two weeks later my son was born and while i was in labor it was on TV. The doctor just turned it off when she came in the room. Good call.
I remember thinking about when the federal building was bombed in OKC. I didn't even have the TV on. My girls were so little and I had worked all night long. I was at home alone as my husband had just left for school. We were going to have such a great day. The radio was on and it was reported as a gas explosion. I ended up back at work that day.
As things progressed, we all saw it happened. They were just realizing it wasn't an accident when the second plane hit. I actually saw that one live. Not sure if it was aired live, but I think it was because of the news reporters reactions. After that they showed the damage to the Pentagon and then the plane crash in Pennsylvania.
It was very strange and troubling. My husband and I sat in bed just watching all day. We did things like call our parents. Called the school to see if the kids needed to come home, but they didn't. We just couldn't keep from watching the TV.
There was nothing I could do. Not like before when it happened in my city. i couldn't go to work and help do things. I just watched it unfold on TV and feeling for all those people lost.
Two weeks later my son was born and while i was in labor it was on TV. The doctor just turned it off when she came in the room. Good call.
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