My 9/11 story
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| Mon, 09-11-2006 - 2:24pm |
As a lot of Americans, I have spent a great deal of time today looking back on the events of 9/11. And, on a personal level, a lot of thoughts have suddenly popped into my head. My ex-husband was flying to Asia-through Chicago-that day. He initially was scheduled to fly out of Boston on the United flight that crashed into the WTC. However, he changed his flight to from Boston to Manchester, NH as it is much closer to our home, and the money he would be saving on the flight would be spent on transportation to Boston.
On that morning I was not feeling well, so I called in sick to work. Since I was home, my ex asked me to drive him to the airport. As I was pulling in my driveway I heard the report of the first plan crashing into the WTC. I went inside and turned on the TV to find out what had happened. Shortly after, I saw the second plan crash-LIVE. Then the Pentagon was hit. I had no way of reaching my ex, as he did not have a cell phone at the time. I did not know if his plane had even taken off as scheduled around 9:00 am. I was frantic for 2.5 hours until I heard from him.
I picked him up at the airport. I was sobbing, he asked me why. DUH! We stopped at our children’s schools to let them know he was okay (my idea). My daughter was in 6th grade at the time and my son was in 2nd. My daughter’s school had told the kids what was going on, but my son’s school had not, so he was only able to talk with my daughter. Then we went home. He watched TV for a little bit. And then, HE WENT TO HIS OFFICE.
He left me home ALONE. I never really understood his behavior that day. I always thought he felt a little to close to the situation. But, wouldn’t a person who felt that way reach out for comfort? Today I had a realization. He went to his office to get away from me. He didn’t want to comfort me. He was mostly likely meeting someone on the other end of his flight and he had to let her know he wouldn’t make it. This also explains why he was extremely agitated when his boss would not let him fly for about a month after.
I am a firm believer in everything happening for a reason. But, I guess you don’t always know the reason. I truly feel for those people who lost those they loved.
(Sorry if some of you have heard this before)

Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~