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I was sitting on my bed, talking to then Fiance, talking about something had happened and Katie Couric and Matt Lower were freaking out. I remember sitting cross legged with a pillow hugging it, with tears streaming down my face when I saw the second plane hit Tower 2. I was talking normal to Dh, then screamed on the phone. DH was freaked, we had gotten off a plane the day before!
I remember going to work with the TV from my bedroom and searching the apartment for the rabit ears. I remember looking out the window and seeing no planes other then war jets screaming accross the sky on the way to the Port of Houston. I think looking up and seeing planes in the sky was so normal it was earie not to see them. I remember my husband worked on the 33rd floor of a building here and was evacuated. I remember a good friend who is from Saudi Arabia was attacked by the police because he parked his car in a loading zone of his building while he was loading computer equiptment into it from work. He was assaulted because of his skin color and home country. I remember worrying about Johnny who is one of NYCFD's finest and a friend, he was there, he was ok I later found out. I remember going to the RED Cross to give blood, waiting for hours and being turned away being told they have enough blood to "go home". I was mad! OUR FELLOW AMERICANS AND HUMAN BEINGS FROM HERE AND OTHER PLACES WERE DYING! THEY NEEDED MY BLOOD AS MUCH AS I NEEDED TO GIVE IT!!!
I remember being confussed, scared, numb, and dazed. I wondered why someone would hate another country as much as they did to want to kill thousands of innocent souls.
A few weeks later I remember driving to Katy Mills Mall ( a big outlet style mall here) hearing "Where were you when the world stopped turning" on the radio and had to pull over from crying!
I remember it all, I still do, I still hurt from it! I want so bad to go to the WTC and see. I could, but I feel that it would be so sad and hard to see it! I feel like it is gauking somewhere where so many lost their lives. I want to do something that makes a difference and someday I will so that I can always remember!
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