My rememberance of 9/11

You could say I had the best seat in the house as I watched the events of the day. I awoke that morning with one major task in mind. I had an appointment to get my tires changed. A big fear for Ford Explorer drivers was the defective tires that were being recalled to avoid horrible accidents. I didn't expect the events of the day would take my thoughts into further issues of fear.

I went to work and had to leave mid morning to go get my tires replaced. As I was leaving the office I heard people mention a plane hit one of the towers in New York. The TV was on and I briefly glimpsed at the happening. Nothing yet had been said about the situation other than it happened.

I got to the tire place and was told it would take about an hour for the exchange. I sat in the waiting room and turned on the TV. I found myself sitting right in front of it as discussion on the news stated that the plane hitting the tower could be terrorism. Then, the surprise of another plane hitting the twin tower. I couldn't believe my eyes as this all happened and the horror of what was happening to the people in the area. As the towers burned and rescue workers headed in, I saw so many others running out and away. The news spoke of how strong the towers were and that they would hold up to the crashes. But then there were people jumping from higher floors to get out. JUMPING...what in the world were they thinking? It finally hit me that they probably ran down the steps of the building as far as they could and found no other way out and chose to jump thinking the could still be saved.

My tire exchange took longer than an hour. I wasn't upset because I sat and watched the news the whole time. I was in shock at what I saw and fearful of what was happening. As the towers each fell my stomach went into knots. I couldn't put into persepective of all that was happening and how real this event truly was.

So often these days I am attracted to the clock at the time of 9:11. It seems to jump out at me and I take a moment to reflect and pray about the events that day, those involved who lost loved ones, or played a major role in the aftermath. I'm still saddened by what my eyes saw, the words of the news people and the actions of the heroes of that day.