Thursday, September 11, 2008
9-11
Where was I that day? Working at the bank. I was talking to my ex on the phone when the second plane hit. His words...
"holy fuck, another plane just hit the building"
WHAT????
My grandma called me about thirty minutes before I was leaving work to tell me that my cousin's baby died(SIDS).
I went out for a smoke and cried.
I cried for my cousin, I cried for the world.
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I was off that day and going in for an outpatient surgery; my wife took a vacation day to drive me as I couldn't drive home after. Her sister called as we got up and said "Turn on the TV". We did, then went to the doctor's.
After I was in the chair and my foot was numbed, the doctor got a phone call from his wife; one of them was going to have to leave work to go pick their kids up as they were being released from school, and only parents were being allowed to pick them up. I hadn't realized he was Jewish, and the school was taking no chances!
He finished working on me, rather hurriedly, then went to get his kids...
It had been a very long time since something that happened so far away had an immediate local effect (the Cuban Missle Crisis)!
Many tears were shed that day, and will be again today...
Thinking of you...
alan
I was in my classroom at Pleasant Hope elementary school with a pile of forth graders. The radio was telling of the tragedy and I ran over to it to turn it off so the children wouldn't get scared and one of the boys came over to me and said, "Ms. P. don't turn that off, I need to hear that." So I left it on and he and I stood there listening, the only ones listening to the horror and I thought in my mind, this boy may be president some day. And when it was over he looked at me with tears welling in his eyes and he said, "I need to call my mother, I've just got to check on her." So I marched all thirty of those little guys up to the office and I let that boy call his mama. After he'd talked to her I imagined she'd be coming up to get him but he said, "No, I'm fine now, because my mother's okay, she said I should stay here and be educated, and that I should say prayers for all of the people who died." Yeah I started crying, but who wouldn't?
love you honey bunny and thanks for remembering. Mom
already told my story many many times...I cried that day, and I still cry. I don't think any of us will every "get over it" and frankly, I don't want to. Makes me remember and appreciate how good we have it here. How many people give up their lives so I can live in freedom. I'm damn proud to be an American.
What a sad day for all of us.
I've missed you. Sorry I've been a blog drop out.
love,
Rain
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