tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post4686921688882079001..comments2024-03-24T13:49:53.099-04:00Comments on Romance Books '4' Us: Remembering 9/11 - Where Were You?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-331847120375487302010-09-11T23:00:17.921-04:002010-09-11T23:00:17.921-04:00I was happily composing an email when I realized t...I was happily composing an email when I realized there was no more music coming from the radio. Suddenly an IM popped up from my BFF: "Plane hit the WTC. Get offline and go turn on the TV."<br /><br />I hit 'save' and went into the other room, where I was stunned by what I was seeing. I ran back to my office and shut down the internet; at the moment, my mom called and as we were talking, the first tower fell. It just felt so unreal; as if I was watching a Godzilla movie or something. Mom and I ended our conversation soon after the second tower fell, and I was pretty much glued to CBS for several hours until I forced myself to take a break. Mom and I were also speculating on the airplane in Pennsylvania; when details of that incident finally emerged, we praised the bravery of Todd Beamer and the other passengers who fought back.<br /><br />But my lasting impression was this: How can someone facing death make that choice? Do you jump to your death or do you burn to death? I just can't fathom having to make that choice...even as I watched several people jumping out of windows to avoid the fire.Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-84031255597631007452010-09-11T19:45:08.756-04:002010-09-11T19:45:08.756-04:00I'll never forget that day either. I was liste...I'll never forget that day either. I was listening to CNN when they interrupted the programming to tell us what was happening. I spent the rest of the day watching the news and seeing the plane hit the tower. It was shocking, and I was in shock.<br /><br />Bless our troops for sure, Marianne.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843816981385732033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-74463176333908355732010-09-11T19:29:55.636-04:002010-09-11T19:29:55.636-04:00None of us will every forget that day. My DH and I...None of us will every forget that day. My DH and I were glued to the set here in Cal, knowing our nephew worked at the building. Hid parents couldn't reach him for hours. He'd escaped the building since he was on the third floor, and walked for hours. Finally came to in the afternoon and called his parents. I've been to NY many times and loved those towers. <br />Even toured them at one time. Some thing none of us will ever forget.Jean Hart Stewartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-14156222882536101662010-09-11T17:55:52.464-04:002010-09-11T17:55:52.464-04:00Thanks for your stories. We'll never forget......Thanks for your stories. We'll never forget...and we shouldn't. <br />I saw a 9/11 widow on TV and she asked that this date never be made into a holiday, but kept as a day of remembrance. How right she is. <br />MarianneMarianne Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277593485137508765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-47371083228918997182010-09-11T13:41:30.526-04:002010-09-11T13:41:30.526-04:00For several weeks before the attacks I would glanc...For several weeks before the attacks I would glance at the clock just as it flipped over to 9/11 and I would feel worried or sick. I know so many others did the same.<br />I live on the west coast and got an early morning call from a tearful friend to wake up. I had been up all night with a sick infant and had just fallen asleep when the call came. For several minutes I listened to the horror my friend was telling me, hoping I was dreaming or just wrong about what I was hearing...<br />XXOO KatKatalina Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792533045672712045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-8671685005243575052010-09-11T12:33:42.644-04:002010-09-11T12:33:42.644-04:00I had just arrived at a health farm where I was go...I had just arrived at a health farm where I was going to stay for three weeks. We'd just put our bags in our room and had gathered in the television room. There it was, on the TV, the planes hitting the buildings. At first I thought it was an action film or something, then realised it was the news and ... well... it was such a shock!!! We couldn't believe our eyes!!!<br /><br />Valerie<br />valb0302@yahoo.com<br />in GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-22541885761654048292010-09-11T09:49:50.182-04:002010-09-11T09:49:50.182-04:00Absolutely - god bless our troops.
I was at work ...Absolutely - god bless our troops.<br /><br />I was at work that day. Having arrived very early, before the attacks happened, I didn't realize anything was going on until one of my coworkers came in and asked if I'd heard about the plane flying into one of the twin towers. I thought she was joking. I went to the internet news and couldn't believe what I was reading.<br /><br />Then someone else came in saying a second plane had hit the other tower.<br /><br />It was like the end of the world. So tragic. So scary.<br /><br />May all the souls who lost their lives that day rest in peace.Tina Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160021732404091277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-56009584467433006472010-09-11T09:04:39.997-04:002010-09-11T09:04:39.997-04:00Excellent post. You really convey the spirit of th...Excellent post. You really convey the spirit of that day and your family had personal experience. I was at work. I'm on the East Coast. I had gotten to work at 8 am. Some of my co-workers were listening to the radio as they worked. They began hearing about a problem in NY. The buzz started around the office. We got on the Internet and followed the news. The full horror hadn't hit us yet. One of my co-workers who started her shift at 9:30 saw the whole thing live on TV. She came into work, shook up. We all congregated around her while she told us what had happened. No one could work after that. They closed the office at noon. My husband's company let him off early too. We were in shock as everyone was. My son was in college. I called him and woke him up and told him we were under attack. I had business dealings with someone who worked in the Towers and died. I had faxed her something minutes before the plane crashed. I still have the confirmation of my fax.<br /><br />In December of 2001 my husband and I went to NY for the day and went to Ground Zero. It was very eerie and still held a strange odor. I'll never forget the otherworldly, surreal feeling I had while looking at the hole where the Towers stood and reading all the signs placed around the fence. We flew to Australia around Christmas 2001 and had to fly cross country to LA first. There were armed National Guardsmen and dogs patrolling the airports.<br /><br />The sadness and shock of that day still resonate.<br /><br />Carolyn/Cara MarsiCara Marsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384839120633419382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-70806099433176001392010-09-11T08:25:09.905-04:002010-09-11T08:25:09.905-04:00Thanks for sharing your photos and experiences, Ma...Thanks for sharing your photos and experiences, Marianne! I was already at work (in New Orleans) when the towers were hit. Just as a coworker brought out a little TV and said somthing was going on, I got called to the university president's office (I was his speechwriter). I spent the day in his office, TV in the background, writing a speech for him to give students that afternoon because we had a large proportion of our kids from NYC, and most hadn't been able to get through to family members. So i watched it all from afar. Couldn't have imagined them how much our society would change from it.Suzanne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180604715572075576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-67638544336970269932010-09-11T06:27:04.867-04:002010-09-11T06:27:04.867-04:00I don't think I'll forget any details of t...I don't think I'll forget any details of that day. I remember driving home from work an the eerie feeling with no planes flying overhead. I worked near the airport so planes were always taking off or landing.<br />I had family members stuck out of the country for over a week before they were allowed to fly home. <br />I didn't know anyone who died, but it doesn't matter. My heart goes out to all the families who lost someone that day.<br />Thanks for sharing your day with us, Marianne.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244564493291133822noreply@blogger.com