Newly released 9/11 tapes

They’re all over the news.  Click here to hear the tapes, courtesy of MyFox New York.

I still couldn’t describe what I felt that day.  It was so surreal.  I’ll never forget what happened.  I was working and the TV was on.  One of the the towers of the World Trade Center was in flames.  I couldn’t believe it.  I tried to believe I was watching a movie.  Then my phone rang.  It was my brother.  He was calling to see if I was okay.  Then it finally sunk in.  It was real.

As my brother and I were talking, another plane flew into the other tower.  We saw it on TV as it happened.   I was overwhelmed with disbelief and sadness.  I didn’t know anyone working/living at or near the World Trade Center, but I could feel intense pain in my heart.  I was still hoping that everything would be okay.  Everybody would get out and be saved.

Then I heard gasping.  I turned to the TV and one tower collapsed.  Then the other tower followed.  I was fighting back tears.  It was one of the worst tragedies of all time.  And I was just less than two miles away.

I left work and the subway was not running.  I took a bus to meet Ruchel in midtown.  The bus was crowded.  The passengers were distraught.  Their heads were covered with dust from the collapsed towers.  I could hear fighter planes circling over the city.  Little did I know then that that was just the beginning of a series of terrorist attacks.  Will it ever stop?