Sept 11, 2007 was not only the anniversary of the horrific, sneak attack on the World Trade Towers in New York City. but also the day my brother turned 23. i cant believe how he has grown, not my "baby" brother anymore, but now a man. he and his girlfriend are packing to go away to look for work and like most young men, he is Alberta Bound. I'll miss him.
Where was I on the day the Planes Crashed? I was working. at a grocery store, the A&P in Brampton Ontario. just a short drive from the city of Toronto. Toronto International Airport, where many planes were grounded, is very near the city limits of Toronto/Brampton. and planes are heard very clearly.
I was filing an apple display i think. when a boy around 8 or so asked me to turn the radio station to a news channel. i told him it was a cd shuffler and we didnt get radio stations. He told me a plane crashed into the pentagon. i didnt really believe it, (thinking he was imagining or seeing something from the other side of the world and being a child, creating his own story). I responded with "wow, that's amazing, huh" MINUTES later, the buzz in the store was like bees at a hive. people were trying to count planes circling over head and heading straight to their cars on coffee breaks to listen to the radio. We were in shock, but still hadnt SEEN anything, only hearing radio reports periodically and second and third hand information and rumours. EVERYONE was saying, there's gonna be a war after this. we were scared that the outcome would be WORLD WAR. and the end of the world was possible. (nuclear nuclear nuclear, buzz buzz buzz) i remember someone saying "You just dont attack the USA and get away with it, there will be Hell to pay."as soon as my shift was done i scurried home and turned on CNN. watching with my jaw to the floor the replay replay replay of the crashes. UNABLE to believe wht had happened.
Where was I on the day the Planes Crashed? I was working. at a grocery store, the A&P in Brampton Ontario. just a short drive from the city of Toronto. Toronto International Airport, where many planes were grounded, is very near the city limits of Toronto/Brampton. and planes are heard very clearly.
I was filing an apple display i think. when a boy around 8 or so asked me to turn the radio station to a news channel. i told him it was a cd shuffler and we didnt get radio stations. He told me a plane crashed into the pentagon. i didnt really believe it, (thinking he was imagining or seeing something from the other side of the world and being a child, creating his own story). I responded with "wow, that's amazing, huh" MINUTES later, the buzz in the store was like bees at a hive. people were trying to count planes circling over head and heading straight to their cars on coffee breaks to listen to the radio. We were in shock, but still hadnt SEEN anything, only hearing radio reports periodically and second and third hand information and rumours. EVERYONE was saying, there's gonna be a war after this. we were scared that the outcome would be WORLD WAR. and the end of the world was possible. (nuclear nuclear nuclear, buzz buzz buzz) i remember someone saying "You just dont attack the USA and get away with it, there will be Hell to pay."as soon as my shift was done i scurried home and turned on CNN. watching with my jaw to the floor the replay replay replay of the crashes. UNABLE to believe wht had happened.
STILL years later i cant believe what has happened.
I sure am glad there was no nuclear button threats.
but i will NEVER remember my baby brother's birthday the same. not as a cheerful fun day "for him", but one of gloom and sadness for all the "others", all the people left mourning family after Sept 11.
One Day i wish to visit New York City and pay tribute to those lives lost.
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Amazing perspective.. I like hearing what every one remembers and what they were doing.
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