Today was my 35th birthday.
It was not a good day.
First, I woke up to the news that while the Denver Broncos won their season opener on Monday Night Football last night, they lost my favorite player, Ed McCaffrey, for the season to a broken leg. Then I passed a really bad semi rollover accident on the way in to work. Then the morons at work stacked the dough trays wrong and they toppled over, spilling the oil I had prepped all over the floor. I didn't think this day could get any worse.....
Then a few minutes before 7 a.m., a newsperson on 850 KOA's morning news broke in with a special report that a commercial airliner had just hit a World Trade Center tower in New York. While I was moved and saddened by the news, I figured it was just an accident and I didn't think too much more about it. A few minutes later, an ABC News reporter was doing a piece on the incident when she starts describing a another plane coming in and hitting the second tower. I knew right there and then that it was a terrorist act. I was stunned, but when I heard about the plane hitting the Pentagon, I sank down to the floor and cried. I cried for the innocent people who lost their lives because of some lunatics and for their loved ones, I cried for the poor people who witnessed the horror (both survivors and spectators), and I cried from the fear the these acts would plunge our country into a war. I was late to school since I lost so much time, but when I got there, everyone was hovered around a TV watching the news. The business park management had searched the building and was warning everyone go report suspicious activity. On the way home, I passed the signs on I-70 declaring the airports closed until further notice (I pass DIA and Front Range airports). I was surreal and I'm still numb.
I've been watching the footage on TV since I got home. We get some east coast stations on our Dish Network satellite. The CBS affiliate was off the air for awhile. The pictures are even worse than I imagined. Most of the news stations said they wouldn't show footage of the people jumping from the WTC. Unfortunately, I saw such footage on CBS. Freaked me out.
I'm supposed to be in bed. I don't know if I can sleep.
It was not a good day.
First, I woke up to the news that while the Denver Broncos won their season opener on Monday Night Football last night, they lost my favorite player, Ed McCaffrey, for the season to a broken leg. Then I passed a really bad semi rollover accident on the way in to work. Then the morons at work stacked the dough trays wrong and they toppled over, spilling the oil I had prepped all over the floor. I didn't think this day could get any worse.....
Then a few minutes before 7 a.m., a newsperson on 850 KOA's morning news broke in with a special report that a commercial airliner had just hit a World Trade Center tower in New York. While I was moved and saddened by the news, I figured it was just an accident and I didn't think too much more about it. A few minutes later, an ABC News reporter was doing a piece on the incident when she starts describing a another plane coming in and hitting the second tower. I knew right there and then that it was a terrorist act. I was stunned, but when I heard about the plane hitting the Pentagon, I sank down to the floor and cried. I cried for the innocent people who lost their lives because of some lunatics and for their loved ones, I cried for the poor people who witnessed the horror (both survivors and spectators), and I cried from the fear the these acts would plunge our country into a war. I was late to school since I lost so much time, but when I got there, everyone was hovered around a TV watching the news. The business park management had searched the building and was warning everyone go report suspicious activity. On the way home, I passed the signs on I-70 declaring the airports closed until further notice (I pass DIA and Front Range airports). I was surreal and I'm still numb.
I've been watching the footage on TV since I got home. We get some east coast stations on our Dish Network satellite. The CBS affiliate was off the air for awhile. The pictures are even worse than I imagined. Most of the news stations said they wouldn't show footage of the people jumping from the WTC. Unfortunately, I saw such footage on CBS. Freaked me out.
I'm supposed to be in bed. I don't know if I can sleep.
Name: LaDonna
