tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120645.post115724791396235195..comments2023-11-02T07:39:08.761-04:00Comments on Thoughts of the sMelMoOO: September 11th -- Five Years LaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120645.post-1158031889215961272006-09-11T23:31:00.000-04:002006-09-11T23:31:00.000-04:00Five years ago, I was driving to a doctor appointm...Five years ago, I was driving to a doctor appointment in DC when I saw an American Airlines flight coming in over the Navy Annex and thought to myself -- that is flying way too low, and way too fast, to be landing at National. And then it slammed into the Pentagon.<BR/><BR/>I will never forget the numbness I felt on that day. I will never forget driving past the Pentagon a while after the crash and seeing ash standing in the shape of a building. I will never forget the phone call I received from a friend who told me the World Trade Center towers were falling. I will never forget fear I had that my college roommate did not get out of her office at WTC.<BR/><BR/>I will never forget parking my car 2 hours and just 1/2 a mile after the slamming and trying to walk home out of sheer frustration. I will never forget a person yelling at me from their car as I answered my cell phone when I was trying to walk home - finally my Dad had gotten through, and answered the question "Who would do this?". His answer was "Osama bin Laden."<BR/><BR/>I will never forget the man who hit my rear bumper with his front bumper 3 hours and 1/2 a mile later while we were trying to get onto the road home. I will never forget the release I felt when I got out of my car and yelled and screamed and cried at him. I will never forget finally getting home and stepping into a hot shower and crying my eyes out.<BR/><BR/>And I will never forget the relief and comfort I felt the following Saturday when my sister - who already had an irrationally heightened fear of random violence - drove from NJ to VA to be with me.<BR/><BR/>This day has changed all others, and it has changed all of us. We will never forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com