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I will never forget that day. I was at work when it happened. We could see the smoke from the windows in our building. One of the first things I heard from one of the women I work with was the question "who is allah?" "this guy said it was in the name of allah". I knew from the rest of the news reports and told them allah is their god. The women I worked with never even hear of an allah nor had they ever heard of what a muslim is. What a horrible way to be taught what allah and muslim means.
We were let go early. After watching in shock what happened on TV at home I thought i better get food, water and gas if I have to either stay home bound or stay with my Mother or evacuate to who knows where.
I saw muslim women in the supermarket poking fun at me and some of what they said was in a few English words yet just enough for me to clearly know what they meant. I couldn't to this day identify them because i couldn't see their whole faces. I saw muslim men celebrating on the side of the gas station building only because I was up close enough and happened to look that way. I won't even say how they were with me. It became more than a shocking news report then at that point after that it became personal for me.
This needs it's own thread, everyone should know what you saw in the market and on the street. Most have their head in a bag...
I am sorry for the horror you saw.
We were attacked, we were nervous, however we persevered, and we endured the attacks, and we remained strong, now we are building new buildings. God Bless America, Home of the free.
Lastly, I would like to say that it is disrespectful to build a mosque near grand zero smh
Still seems like it was just yesterday. The memory of seeing the last tower collapse in the far distance with my own eyes from a 5th floor window at my old HS (Seward Park, long closed) will be with me forever. As will the head-shaking comments from other students in that room with me, one of whom said "ha ha, the tower collapsed". Bet he never graduated HS.
Seeing so many businesses shuttered around Upper Manhattan during that week.........looked like a ghost town, or like the apocalypse had rolled through. And then returning to school on a rainy, dreary Friday, as if the heavens were crying........truly an unforgettable and tragic week.
I watched the towers fall from the Williamsburg Bridge. A woman, complete total stranger hugged me as I cried. I told her my uncle was down there as a firefighter. She said I will pray for him...we didn't hear from him for over 24 hours. The next day we got the call, it was a miracle..he was alive. Between him, myself, co-workers and other family members we lost many friends, fathers, sons, daughters, neices, uncles, nephews and so on. I will never forget 9/11 and may all those who lost their lives rest in peace.
My thoughts and prayers goes out to all those who lost their life and their love ones still dealing with the effects from these horrific acts.
R.I.P.
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