September 11 Digital Archive

story1422.xml

Title

story1422.xml

911da story story

I am a retired World War II and Korean War veteran. I had just returned from playing tennis with a group of fellow retired men when a neigbor called and asked if I had the TV on. I immediately turned it on. The devastation was unbelievable. I could not help but think of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and my hearing about that attack on the radio and wondering how it would change the world for us. The same thoughts repeated themselves.

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-08-23

Citation

“story1422.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/17712/.