moofomoo
09-13-2001, 03:40 AM
I know I haven't been coming to this board long, but I thought I should share a firsthand commentary about what you all saw and heard about Tuesday's events.
First off did you notice (I didn't go through all the posts to read what you all said because I couldn't get through half without crying) that the date Sept. 11 is also "9-1-1" (9/11) that this tragedy struck? There is news they had been planning this for quite a while, and there are many behind it. Hopefully they have leads, and we'll know what the next move is soon. Secondly, all 4 planes that were hijacked were en route from the east coast to the west coast, so that when they went down, the explosions were far greater than one from say Newark to Chicago. Anyway that's statistics for you. Now to the nitty gritty.
I live in Queens, but had to be in Manhattan early in the morning, and had a choice between the "A" train going one way and the "E" train going the other. Either train would have taken me to my destination, but had I taken the A train, it's likely I wouldn't be typing this to you right now. Also, my friends are visiting from California and we were supposed to go up to the top of the World Trade Center that day as well. We were delayed because of getting tickets to a show for later, and they caught it on tape in front of the Good Morning America window. They saw the first plane smash into the side, and rushed to find/tell me about it. When I found out I was distraught. (I know people who worked there and worried for their safety.) Then after getting the tickets, we heard the first tower fell, and looked down Broadway to see the smoke. Going back to their hotel in Midtown, COMPLETELY in tears, we watched the news.
What I heard and saw next was unlike anything anyone will ever hear or see again. The smoke billowed, and I watched the remaining "twin" tower start to buckle and lean a little. From the angles I was shown, people were trying to get out of the windows to breathe, and when the building at last began to collapse, I screamed at the television and watched it almost as though it was in slow motion...I saw people jumping out the windows and trying to escape for their lives, only to fall to their deaths.
To hear about it is one thing, to see it from across the country on tv another...but to watch it on TV and be able to look out your window and SEE IT HAPPEN AS IT IS ON YOUR SCREEN...is a very heart wrenching experience. No words can describe it.
As everyone has been saying...the two aircrafts that went into the Twin Towers were American Airlines flights headed to California. Want to hear another something that hit me close to home? My friends were due to go back to California on **American Airlines** Thursday, but after everything-they've cancelled and scheduled to go by train. Yes I'm lucky in many ways-with the exception of knowing people who may not have gotten out-but the emotional scars will stay with me forever.
Why did I tell you this? War is bound to happen. It is not a joke, nor should anything about the recent events be taken lightly. Thousands of people lost their lives, and even as Tower 7 of the World Trade Center fell EMPTY...it most likely landed on rubble that had alive people underneath that may not be living anymore. Many firefighters and police officers lost their lives already, and more are unaccounted for. If you pray, I ask for your prayers for the friends/family of those still missing, those trapped and living, and people like me who saw it happen and will never be the same again. Blood donations are being accepted and welcomed at your local blood bank, and this city (NYC) as well as Washington D.C. and our whole country as a nation will rise again from this tragedy slowly but victorious.
Sorry if I said anything out of line here, but I figured you would like a firsthand account. Plus, if anyone wondered about my physical well-being, now you know.
I noticed people offering their AIM names for talking. Well, I'm here too if need be, but not much recently as my friends are still here til Sunday and I'm trying to show them New York isn't all bad. Feel free to message me at "Villain Lair" on AIM/AOL, because even if I'm not there, my away message is, and I *DO* get all messages.
Thanks for your time. (Sign my name to those, by the way)
**Gracie** 22, NYC, completely devestated
First off did you notice (I didn't go through all the posts to read what you all said because I couldn't get through half without crying) that the date Sept. 11 is also "9-1-1" (9/11) that this tragedy struck? There is news they had been planning this for quite a while, and there are many behind it. Hopefully they have leads, and we'll know what the next move is soon. Secondly, all 4 planes that were hijacked were en route from the east coast to the west coast, so that when they went down, the explosions were far greater than one from say Newark to Chicago. Anyway that's statistics for you. Now to the nitty gritty.
I live in Queens, but had to be in Manhattan early in the morning, and had a choice between the "A" train going one way and the "E" train going the other. Either train would have taken me to my destination, but had I taken the A train, it's likely I wouldn't be typing this to you right now. Also, my friends are visiting from California and we were supposed to go up to the top of the World Trade Center that day as well. We were delayed because of getting tickets to a show for later, and they caught it on tape in front of the Good Morning America window. They saw the first plane smash into the side, and rushed to find/tell me about it. When I found out I was distraught. (I know people who worked there and worried for their safety.) Then after getting the tickets, we heard the first tower fell, and looked down Broadway to see the smoke. Going back to their hotel in Midtown, COMPLETELY in tears, we watched the news.
What I heard and saw next was unlike anything anyone will ever hear or see again. The smoke billowed, and I watched the remaining "twin" tower start to buckle and lean a little. From the angles I was shown, people were trying to get out of the windows to breathe, and when the building at last began to collapse, I screamed at the television and watched it almost as though it was in slow motion...I saw people jumping out the windows and trying to escape for their lives, only to fall to their deaths.
To hear about it is one thing, to see it from across the country on tv another...but to watch it on TV and be able to look out your window and SEE IT HAPPEN AS IT IS ON YOUR SCREEN...is a very heart wrenching experience. No words can describe it.
As everyone has been saying...the two aircrafts that went into the Twin Towers were American Airlines flights headed to California. Want to hear another something that hit me close to home? My friends were due to go back to California on **American Airlines** Thursday, but after everything-they've cancelled and scheduled to go by train. Yes I'm lucky in many ways-with the exception of knowing people who may not have gotten out-but the emotional scars will stay with me forever.
Why did I tell you this? War is bound to happen. It is not a joke, nor should anything about the recent events be taken lightly. Thousands of people lost their lives, and even as Tower 7 of the World Trade Center fell EMPTY...it most likely landed on rubble that had alive people underneath that may not be living anymore. Many firefighters and police officers lost their lives already, and more are unaccounted for. If you pray, I ask for your prayers for the friends/family of those still missing, those trapped and living, and people like me who saw it happen and will never be the same again. Blood donations are being accepted and welcomed at your local blood bank, and this city (NYC) as well as Washington D.C. and our whole country as a nation will rise again from this tragedy slowly but victorious.
Sorry if I said anything out of line here, but I figured you would like a firsthand account. Plus, if anyone wondered about my physical well-being, now you know.
I noticed people offering their AIM names for talking. Well, I'm here too if need be, but not much recently as my friends are still here til Sunday and I'm trying to show them New York isn't all bad. Feel free to message me at "Villain Lair" on AIM/AOL, because even if I'm not there, my away message is, and I *DO* get all messages.
Thanks for your time. (Sign my name to those, by the way)
**Gracie** 22, NYC, completely devestated