Saturday, May 7, 2011

Jenny Roe, age 50, 1:00 p.m., September 11, 2001

This has been the scariest day of my life by far. Although I don’t know anyone who works in the World Trade Center, my daughter goes to school very close to the towers. When I heard about the attack I froze up. My body was unable to function for a solid ten minutes. I sat there in my car making sure I kept taking the next breathe and trying not to think about what possibly could have happened to Megan. Once I started to get my strength back, I called her cell phone to make sure she was alright. Luckily the school had taken good care of the students and brought them to safety even with the chaos of the moment. Even though she was so close to the action and I was much further away, I don’t think she was affected by the attack as much as I was. I am stilling shaking from the experience and the shock that overtook my body. It is an incredible experience that I don’t recommend anyone try. I don’t know where we are going to go from here, but we will have to somehow recover and go along with our normal lives.

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