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Our World Was Turned Upside Down
Posted by: Shiloh from Indianapolis, IN Sunday November 25, 2001 @ 11:44 PST
we had all begun to to take our lives, our loved ones, our freedome, our country, and the things our country has stood for since we've been born for granted. i'm guilty of it myself. i have always had a sense of patriotisim, but not to the point of giving my life as our fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers did before us. i was proud to have been born free, greatful to those who fought and gave their lives to give us that, and happy to be alive, but never thought that that was something that could be taken away from us. the morning of september 11, 2001 my (then) fiance (now husband) and i had been having a long discussion about bills (we were deeply in debt), and frustrated that it felt like we were sinking deeper and deeper. our wedding was in a few weeks, and we were not financially set for it yet. i drove to work that day, thinking about bills, money, and how lucky i was to have found a man who talked with me about these things, and not allow it to grow into an agrument. i got to work, and began my daily routine. i was startled by a woman in our department who began to cry out about a plane hitting the world trade center being hit by a plane. i was concerned, but was focused on my task at hand, and didn't find out any details. then, the same woman began to yell and hollar about another plane hitting the other tower. then, i had a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. my husband had called me on the phone to ask if i had heared what had happend. a few co-workers and i headed down to our breakroom to watch the tv to find out what had happend. they began to show horrible pictures of the plane hitting the second tower, and plumes of smoke and flames billowing out of the building. the camera man, then turned his attention to a person at the edge of a window, and plummiting to his or her death. my eyes began to fill with tears. i could feel the knots beginning to build in my stomach when it became painfully clear, this was not an accident. i called my husband, my mother and my father. i continued to watch throughout the day as the stories and tragic events unfolded. we watched the news all that night, holding on to one another as though we had no tomorrow. i now have so much appreciation for everything in my life. i do not get off phone calls with my parents, husband, or anyone else in my life on a bad note....because, i realize, that may be the last time i talk to them. i have never been one to fly an american flag....not because i didn't appreciate my country, just because i normally flew it on the 4th of july, and special holidays of that nature. we went out that night, and bought three of them. the very next day, i had an american flad flying from my cb antennas on my truck. i believe that president bush did a wonderful job of handling this situation. i personally believe that any other president would have buckled under the preasure. i can say one thing for sure......i have never been prouder to be an american than i am now, and it will never lose my faith in my country, it's heros and in the people i love, again!