i still wake up every morning at 7:30am on every september 11th. i watch the broadcast as if it was my senior year at apopka high school. it was def a day that my whole perspective on life was changed. i think we all thought life was simpler back then. that day is so eerily burned in my mind. every detail. the image of the 2nd plane about to hit the 2nd tower in that clear blue sky is def the one picture that hits home w me in the worst way.
i went to school like every other day but i was not feeling my class that morning. so i met my friend seth by my locker, he had a work program release and could get off campus. as i had done before i just got in the trunk of his car then we headed to my friend mike’s house to hang out. as i was laying in the trunk the radio came on and it was right after the pentagon had been hit. (yea i was in the trunk of a car during 9/11) seth had pulled over after hearing this and i jumped out of the trunk and we cranked the radio trying to figure out what the hell was going on. we raced to mike’s and barged in his house his dad still there and i turned on their tv, both of them unaware of what was happening. we stood there and saw the twin towers burning and i just remember putting my hands on my head then running them down my face shaking my head in disbelief. i had just gone up to NY the november prior to do a big thanksgiving trip to visit my family up there and my fav memory of that trip was flying out of JFK at sunset and seeing the world trade center w the sun passing between the both of them, it is still to this day one of my favorite scenes id ever seen in my life….and now everything was going wrong. i watched the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower on live tv that was world shattering for me. never in my life had i seen such a violent act. when the 1st tower fell we were kinda freaking out but just stayed glued to the tv then the 2nd tower came down and i couldn’t fathom it at all. it was just gone…i then went home and just kept watching the news til i had to work that evening and i just remember how dead it was at the grocery store i was working at. nobody was talking much. i know its been said before so many times but everything changed that day. i was hoping to wake up the next morning and have it all be a dream….
its such a hard day for me. its gotten easier over the years but im just struck w such somberness. i cant help but think of kids that are 10 yrs older now w/o parents, wives w/o husbands, vice versa, or the 40% of the people that were never found after all the rubble was cleared.
its nice to see the new one world trade center being erected finally. i think it helps finally bring closure to most people. showing that while our country might not be the greatest right now, our resolve is unwavering and our people have the potential to truly show the good in their hearts.
-Always Remember, Never Forget.
