Roger ([info]nycroger1972) wrote,
@ 2006-09-11 23:44:00
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Five years later...

So you'd think today would have been an emotional day. Thinking back to how I felt on that day…

The shock of the second plane hitting and the realization it wasn't an accident. My "spider-sense" tingling telling me to leave the area (which is the only reason I wasn't covered in dust, or worse, minutes later). The wonder as I heard the rumbling, looked up and saw the first tower coming down. The fear as I ran. The numbness as I walked across the Manhattan Bridge, even as the second tower came down, seemingly on top of my head. The pain in my legs as I walked. The relief as I found a dollar van to take me most of the way home. The exhaustion as I collapsed in my bed. The sadness at the loss of live and knowing that the world was never going to be the same again. And mostly, the anger.

I can't imagine what I would have said if asked "What will you be doing 5 years from today?" I probably wouldn't have been the world would still be turning. Nuclear bombs, anthrax, weaponized ebola… All of them would have been floating around my mind as I was convinced the worst was yet to come.

And today… there was nothing. No emotional response what so ever. I didn't feel sad or angry. It could have been the 10th or the 12th and it wouldn't have made any difference to me.

Does this mean I'm in the "I forgot" stage of "Never forget" or am I just "better"? ?




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[info]jeeperstseepers
2006-09-12 03:52 am UTC (link)
Does this mean I'm in the "I forgot" stage of "Never forget" or am I just "better"?

You're Roger.

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