story880.xml
Title
story880.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-07-11
911DA Story: Story
This is an actual diary that I wrote on the night of September 11.
September 11, 2001
What a day! I awoke this morning to a phone call from my mother. It was about 8:30AM. She said that two planes had just crashed into the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. So I got out of bed and turned on the television not expecting this incident to be that big of a deal. When I turned on the television and saw the two towers with some fire in them, it really didn't look that bad from the angle that I was seeing it from. But then, they showed a tape of the second plane flying into one of the towers and that's when I realized how bad it was. That is when they identified the two planes as 767's, which are very large jets. At that time the people on television were also saying that it was probably a terrorist act. Then, the television station said that a plane had just crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Shortly after that, they then showed the two World Trade Center towers crumbling down to the ground. But wait, there was more! Another plane was then reported to have crashed just outside of Pittsburgh. Overall, the four planes were carrying roughly 300 passengers, who were all killed. They think that the terrorists are some rebels of Osama Bin-Laden, a Saudi Arabian who hates the United States. What a day of terror! All day I have felt sick, sad, and angry at what has happened. All of these innocent people had no reason to die, but these terrorist bastards feel it necessary to perform these evil acts.
September 11, 2001
What a day! I awoke this morning to a phone call from my mother. It was about 8:30AM. She said that two planes had just crashed into the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. So I got out of bed and turned on the television not expecting this incident to be that big of a deal. When I turned on the television and saw the two towers with some fire in them, it really didn't look that bad from the angle that I was seeing it from. But then, they showed a tape of the second plane flying into one of the towers and that's when I realized how bad it was. That is when they identified the two planes as 767's, which are very large jets. At that time the people on television were also saying that it was probably a terrorist act. Then, the television station said that a plane had just crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Shortly after that, they then showed the two World Trade Center towers crumbling down to the ground. But wait, there was more! Another plane was then reported to have crashed just outside of Pittsburgh. Overall, the four planes were carrying roughly 300 passengers, who were all killed. They think that the terrorists are some rebels of Osama Bin-Laden, a Saudi Arabian who hates the United States. What a day of terror! All day I have felt sick, sad, and angry at what has happened. All of these innocent people had no reason to die, but these terrorist bastards feel it necessary to perform these evil acts.
Collection
Citation
“story880.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 22, 2025, https://www.911digitalarchive.org/items/show/11356.