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I witnessed a horror[ a long story] -
bronx, n.y Sa, Mar 16, 02
I work at 66 John ST. 2 blocks down from the World Trade Center for the Dept. of Finance CAU. I usually get to work early and sometimes i like to do a little shopping before heading to work or to walk around if it's a nice day. On Sept.11, I got there early and was walking around the train where i get off at is next to the WTC. I started to walk around and i don't always pay attention to it i usually walk by it without getting a secong glance it's one of those things we tend to take advantage of, but on that day something made me look at it with a feeling that wasn't right so i headed straigh to work even though it was still early.
At my job I have a Hearing room. I work with all kinds of judges, Lawyers and respondance that represents companies for FedEx, Uhaul, and Verizon ex.that day i was suppose to have city wide parking ticket. I'm a keyer i have to key in summonses and tell them if there's any penalties or money due. I was going to have a good day, a good judge and respondant. I was waiting for them it was after 9:00 hearings start at 9:00 then i was looking at my window that was something strange of the way people were standing there looking and pointing towards the sky. I was still waiting for city wide until i heard a loud BOOM! i looked outside and i saw all these people at awed and shocked still looking towards the sky. I was wondering what was going on i was calling my father asking him if he heard anything on the news he said oh, yes but wasn't quit sure of yet. Some of the judges were trying to find out what was happening to. I was in my room and i heard the secong exploison and the people still looking towards the sky. Some of the judges had small radios and they were trying to find out that 2 air planes hit the twin towers. I was in my room and looking then i heard the towers collapse and i saw all those people running and screaming for there lives. My window was covered right away with white and gray smoke you couldn't see outside at all and then there was the smell!.Finally we knew what was going on there was a terroist attack they announced it on the intercon i was in shock i wanted to know why and what was happening so i went into my room and my friends room which thank god she wasn't there that day and i heard the second callapse and everything turned gray and white. We were then told to stay out of the hearing rooms but i had to let my father know what was going on an he told me it was an attack.
There was lost of confusion on whether to leave the building or to stay, i was trying not to be alone but i noticed how some people can show there true self. I went into my room to get a couple of things and i looked outside and it looked like as if we had a nuclear bomb the way it was all covered with the white dust and the debre the smell was horrible.We weren't allowed to leave at around 2:30 when i went outside it was horrible!. There were no trains running to i was wondering how the hell i was going home?!. I had to walk toward where the wtc was i had to be careful walking i couldn't see of the smoke. I asked an officer how i was going home he told me to walk at 14th street to fallow those people he wasn't excacly sure neither was i so i did any how what choise i had?. I had to walk all the way to 14th street so was a lot of people, i was trying to find a pay phone that was working to call my father and let him know. Lots of people were confussed and trying to find a way home, some people were sitting and standing next to the train stations thinking that it'll start running right away, NOT!. I was looking at the sky and saw the jet airplanes flying ubove heading towards the disaster. I had to walk the Brookly Bridge, China town, Blecker, Spring st., Soho, and then finally 14th str.i remembered it being a hot day. I called my father i was upset on how to go home i though i was stranded!, he told me to take the 125th bus and get off at 125th to call him and let him know so he could pick me up.
I took the bus there was lots of people doing that and it was crazy!. There was lots of traffic it was going very slow that some of the people started to get off to walk, i couldn't do that i walked enough and it was far where i had to go i also suffer from arthritis. I was covered with white powder all over i was upset, tired and hot!, a woman on the bus looked at me and said" looks like where wearing the same kind of shoes". I finally got off at 125th it was very late around 5:00 i called my father and he told me what to do to wait for him next to the bridge i saw lots of people there walking at the bridge and certain area that were blocked. I waited for an hour for my father and he had to get me in a police car. It was a day that no matter how old i'll be i will never forget!. The fallowing week when we went back to work i was glad to see one of my favorite judges and the area was trying to get back to normal but it was still horrible. I don't want to go too much. I try to forget but sometimes its hard im very sensative to certain noises and smell there's always something going on in the area.
Sa, Mar 16, 02
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