Remembering 9-11
One of the Solemnest Days in American History
Like most Americans, I will never forget where I was when I first heard the news. I had spent all night in the ER, and they had just decided to admit me. They found me an empty hospital bed, but could not find a pillow. As I lay there waiting, my roommate had her TV on. I glanced over at the screen to see a plane crashing into the Twin Towers. I asked my roomie what movie she was watching. She replied "I'm watching The Today Show."
"I must be delirious," I commented. "I could swear I just saw a plane crashing into the World Trade Center."
I was horrified to find out it was not, in fact, a movie and that the Pentagon had been hit as well.
Later I started learning of the many friends and acquaintances I'd lost to this act of terrorism. Several members of my undergraduate class were working in the floor that took the initial strike. Thankfully. my friends and acquaintances at the Pentagon got out, only suffering from trauma.
