story4600.xml
Title
story4600.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
I was just about to turn the TV off so that I could go to work, when, Katie and Matt (on the Today show) announced that they had some horrifying news that just came in. I decided to stay and see what it was. After learning what it was, I was in such shock I could not leave. The tears were flowing uncontrollably.
After regaining my composure, I did finally make it to work at the University of Oklahoma. My colleagues had gathered around a TV watching the terrorist attacks unfold. About five minutes after I arrived, the south tower collapsed. It just continued from there. Needless to say, none of us accomplished a lot that day.
A while later, I learned that Zacarias Moussaoui (sp?) was arrested in Norman. He was a student here at the university and while in school, he took flying lessons at the best flight school in the Nation which is also located in Norman. They say he has a connection with Osama Bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network.
Because of these events that have occurred, I am now very leary of students and regular people for that matter who look like they could be of Middle Eastern descent. At times I just want to tell them to go back to their country because they do not belong in the United States.
After regaining my composure, I did finally make it to work at the University of Oklahoma. My colleagues had gathered around a TV watching the terrorist attacks unfold. About five minutes after I arrived, the south tower collapsed. It just continued from there. Needless to say, none of us accomplished a lot that day.
A while later, I learned that Zacarias Moussaoui (sp?) was arrested in Norman. He was a student here at the university and while in school, he took flying lessons at the best flight school in the Nation which is also located in Norman. They say he has a connection with Osama Bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network.
Because of these events that have occurred, I am now very leary of students and regular people for that matter who look like they could be of Middle Eastern descent. At times I just want to tell them to go back to their country because they do not belong in the United States.
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“story4600.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 24, 2025, https://www.911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18378.