tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690160902804793291.post8577098477262762247..comments2023-12-25T11:07:37.051-08:00Comments on Sabrina's Crossing -- An athlete's life on the road: 9/11Sabrina Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01838370436983045635noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690160902804793291.post-12113480453674141892012-01-16T23:27:55.660-08:002012-01-16T23:27:55.660-08:00@ALIENS_MOTHER I AS WELL REMEMBER THAT DAY AS IF I...@ALIENS_MOTHER I AS WELL REMEMBER THAT DAY AS IF IT WAS YESTERDAY EVEN THOUGH WE JUST CELEBRATED THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY. IT IS REALLY WEIRD USING THE WORD CELEBRATE FOR THAT DAY WHICH IS THE WORST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IF NOT THE WORLD THAT OUR ENEMIES UNKNOWN TO US DID THAT. I WAS SEATING AT MY COMPUTER DESK ON AOL CHAT WITH MY NIECE PATRICE AND WHEN THE FIRST PLANE HIT SHE SAID AUNT DOREEN SOMETHING JUST HAPPEN TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WE WERE THINKING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE SECOND PLANE HIT THE OTHER TOWEL. I BEING A NEW YORKER FELT LIKE IT WAS DONE TO ME. THE PHONES IN NEW YORK STOPPED WORKING . THE FAMILY WAS WORRIED FOR MY NEPHEW RICHARD WHO WORKED IN THE ONE OF THE TOWERS. THANK G_D HE WAS RUNNING LATE AND HE HAD JUST STEPPED OFF THE BUS. THE PROBLEM WAS WE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER HE WAS FINE. MY NEPHEW MICHAEL A NEW YORK CITY POLICEMAN LIVING ON STATEN ISLAND WAS ASSIGNED TO FINGER DUTY. THAT IS WHERE HE HAD TO GO THRU THE DE BRIDE LOOKING FOR FINGER TO ID PEOPLE.AFTER THAT ASSIGNMENT MICHAEL HAD TO SPOKE TO A PROFESSIONAL. THE TWO KIDS AND I WERE IN NEW YORK THE WEEKEND BEFORE FOR MY FATHER FUNERAL. HE WAS BURIED ON SEPT 9 WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT AND GOT THE LAST 3 SEATS ON THE PLANE. THEY CAME OVER THE MIKE IF ANY 3 PEOPLE WOULD GET UP THEIR SEATS THEY WOULD GET 6 ROUND TRIPS TICKETS FLY AND WHERE THEY FLEW AND $500 EACH PERSON MY SON MICHAEL TURNED AROUND TO ME AND SAID DONT YOU DARE I HAVE MY FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT VCU. BECAUSE OF MICHAEL HIM BLAIR MAY SHE RISE IN PEACE AND I WERE STILL ALIVE. THEY WANTED US TO FLY ON 9/11/01 THAT PLANE WAS THE ONE THAT CRASHED IN PENNSYLVANIA. MY NIECE LORRAINE FORGOT TO BRING BLAIR'S THING WITH THEN TO THE FUNERAL. IT TOOK OVER SIX MONTH FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE NY I WILL NEVER FORGET. I HAVE BEEN TO NEW YORK MANY TIMES SINCE THAT DAY IN SEPT BUT I HAVE NEVER GONE TO WHERE THEY STOOD AND I DONT THINK I WILL UNTIL THE TOWERS ARE BACK. IT IS REALLY STRANGE FLYING INTO NEW YORK AND NOT SEEING THE TOWN WHERE I HAVE GONE SHOPPING AND TO WINDOWS OF THE WORLD RESTAURANT ON THE 106TH FLOOR OF TOWER ONE BRIC THANKS FOR WRITING A BLOG ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARYALIENS_MOTHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479306867917650654noreply@blogger.com