I can still remember it like it happened last week. 9/11/2001. I had a 2 year old and 4 month old baby. Turning on the TV in the morning was not high on my priority. It was a Tuesday and at 10:00am we had our monthly MOMS Club meeting. When i walked in, you could feel the buzz in the air, but my lack of sleep didn't really let me get that. I was in my own little world. I was sitting down, nursing my son, somebody said outloud "The second tower just got hit". I didn't know what they were talking about. What tower? I asked someone what was going on, where was this tower, what hit it? It was sudden mayhem, we were being attacked, the world trade center. I didn't really know what the world trade center was, but i knew it was in NY. I called my husband at work. I could hear the worry in his voice. I'm going home, they're closing the office. I left the meeting in a daze, the radio told me the story that had unfolded that morning. When i got home i turned on Disney for my daughter and watched the news in my room. I watched those planes slam into those towers and was awed by the sheer horror those people must have lived and died through. The tears were streaming down my face, but i could not stop it. When those towers collapsed i felt like my heart had collapsed also. How could this be happening? How can people be so evil in this world? Why would they do this to innocent people?
I still can't comprehend it. I cannot watch the replays of it that happen every September 11th. Someday my kids will learn about it in History class and i'll pull out my old VCR Tapes and watch the real thing, but for now i shield them from the hatred of the world. All they know is love from us, they don't need to see that.
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