September 11 Digital Archive

story9009.xml

Title

story9009.xml

911da story story

I WAS ON THE BUS, LISTENING TO MY WALKMAN AND THE DJ CAME ON AND SAID THAT ONE OF THE TOWERS WERE HIT. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, WHAT A STUPID PILOT! AND I YELLED OUT ON THE BUS WHAT I HAD HEARD. WHEN I GOT TO MY OFFICE, NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAD NO PHONES AND NO COMPUTERS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST MOVED IN. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER I TURNED ON MY WALKMAN AND HEAR THAT THE TOWER COLLAPSED. I WAS SHAKING I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!

Source

born-digital

Media Type

story

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2003-01-29

Citation

“story9009.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/9822/.