I woke up after the second Jet plane crashed into the World Trade Center. No one knew what was going on then. Some still thought it was an accident . I remember thinking that this was unreal it only happens in movies or on TV .
The weird thing about September 11 2001 was that it was a beautiful day, Clear blue sky and here in Michigan Very still and Quiet. Only noise I heard was a wind chime blowing with the slight breezes that day.
I felt like it was my duty to tell others who may not know about the attack in New York . I woke up a friend and made her turn on the TV . I called work and told my friend Dave what had happened and I forwarded an Email I got late in the day , The Email was a prayer for peace, I got one response from a friend She was young and Angry about the attack .She didn't want to pray for peace.
Remember how things were the few days after September 11. There was a new sense of being Patriotic. Lots of Blood drives and Food drives for the World Trade Center victims . A feeling of Brother hood between us all. Whatever happened to that?
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I was at work, I heard about the first plane and went into one of the waiting rooms that had a tv. I seen the second plane hit. It just didn't seem real. My thought was, I just watched people die.
The room was filled with patients and doctors and other staff. One of the doctors daughters lived in NY city at the time, he talked to right after the 1st plane hit. When we watched the 2nd plane. I remember he grabbed his phone, all circuits were busy.
It was an odd quite that filled my work area, patients were still coming in for appointments (many calling in to cancel), they would come in and ask where a tv was. Some of the office went out that day to buy portable tv's.
Still not sure what had happened I remember getting home and my mom calling saying I better get gas. It was unreal there were lines backing up into the streets. Gas stations running out of gas. The local government telling people not to panic.
In the days that followed, I just remember that in my whole life this is the only time there were no airplanes in the sky. It was such an odd and unreal feeling.
It did happen on a Tuesay and on Thursday our hospital had a planned blood drive. First time ever that there were such long lines. I was proud of the people that gave that day that normally didn't, thinking we will need so much for the injured. They didn't need it, the people that were trapped died there.
8:46 am 7 years ago, seemed like a nightmare then and now.
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