Saturday, September 11, 2010

September 11 Tribute

I saw this on GodTube yesterday. In some ways I can't believe nine years have already gone by, but what have we learned from it.

Where were you when you heard the news. I was four months pregnant with our son, riding in the car on the way to work listening to a Christian radio station. One of the morning dj's came on in tears as she recounted what had so recently taken place. I remember not being far from the radio all that day, and our tv station tuned into news most of the evenings. Watching waiting for updates, praying for survivors and that God still had his hand on our country. Wondering if now was a such a good time to bring a baby into this world (please don't mistake this for me thinking I was getting an abortion, it was nothing like that). We have come a long ways since that day, but may we never forget...

6 comments:

Kate said...

This was such a beautiful video - thank you so much for sharing it.

I remember I was feeding my 6 month old daughter when I saw the second plane hit. And when the first building collapsed, I remember this sound coming out of me that I had never heard before.

My mom and I were talking about this today and we both couldn't help but cry.

CM said...

I too first heard the news on the car radio, a local Christian radio station. That was when the first tower got hit. Then, I got inside City Hall and watched with horror the coverage. Sad day.

SophieMae said...

I've seen a lot of 'never forget' videos that choked me up, but this one made me bawl. Thank you for sharing it!

He & Me + 3 said...

I was at home pregnant with Model...almost ready to bust. Hubs called me because the TV at our house was not on. I sat glued to it the rest of the day hugging Actress and my stomach. IT is also my father's birthday on 9/11

Stacie, A Firefighter's Wife said...

What a precious video! Thank you for sharing. Steve and I had woken up in a motel in Billings, Montana. We drove all night to go see Steve's brother who had been in a terrible car accident. We didn't know if he was going to live or die. The motel had a TV. I turned it on around 8:00 and woke up Steve. He watched in horror has the towers went down. I knew there were firefighters in there, his brothers. Hundreds, possibly thousands. He knew they could not have survived. It was surreal. Sad and such a time for prayer. I remember just wanting to drive home and see my loved ones. I had never felt farther away from them.

The Bug said...

We were in Washington DC doing research for Dr. M's dissertation. We had not had the news or the radio on all morning. As we were driving into the city to go the National Archives we noticed that traffic was a lot worse than usual. We stopped at a park so I could use the facilities & when I came back to the car the park ranger was searching our car. He wouldn't tell us why - "just turn on the radio & you'll hear!" So I did. Absolutely devastating. We decided to leave Washington early & go to NC to be with our families. It was surreal driving all that way with no planes in the sky at all.