I remember like it was yesterday. It was an ordinary morning. I woke up achy and tired as I was 6 ½ months pregnant with my 5th and youngest son. It was time to get the kids ready for school. So I went to the bathroom first before waking them. Once I was out of the bathroom, I turned on the iron to get uniforms ready, and turned on the television. As I stood in front of the bed facing the television, I saw a horrific scene. I saw a replay of a plane flying into a building. I couldn’t quite get my thoughts together and for a quick second I thought I was looking at a very scary movie but realized it was the news. I gasped, screamed and fell backwards onto the bed. I couldn’t believe what had happened! I felt so much agony and pain at that moment.
I remember thinking about one of my girlfriends, Denise, who lived in the New York area and worked somewhere downtown. So after hours and a few days later of calling, I finally reached her. In our conversation, she described the details of being a surviving victim of the New York bombings. She said she was among hundreds of people who were disoriented and running thru the streets of New York and away from the flying debris, the dark clouds of particles. She said it was dark and dirty, and her feet ached from the pressure of running bare footed on the pavement. She somehow lost her shoes in all the chaos. She was in pain but was determined to survive.
I remember the horrific, gut wrenching painful feeling that I felt from the terrorist attacks on our beautiful country. I remember 9/11!
Please share your thoughts as we embark on the 10 anniversary of 9/11/01!
A Special Prayer by Elder Plezie Small
Sylvia Browder is CEO of Specialty Home Services LLC, a Home Improvement Company; a Small Business Consultant at Browder Consulting Group, a startup consultancy firm to help women with startup assistance, marketing, website and graphic design work and other support services. In addition, she has co-authored several published books; publisher of ‘Sylvia Browder’s Blog for Women Entrepreneurs’ a lifestyle blog; and publisher of ShopSpendBlack.com Business Directory & Blog platform created to help consumers find black owned businesses in a searchable format. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband of 30 years; 5 adult children and 5 grandchildren; church; friends and motorcycle riding.
God bless each and everyone of our fallen victims, survivors, their families and God bless America. Thank you Elder Small for that awesome prayer. We Remember!
Weeping with those who are weeping! Father God keep the families. Thank you for keeping this country this 10 years. Be with the armed forces of this nation and all public service workers i.e. Fire Dept, Police, etc. Bless them and their families to watch over them. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen~
Thanks for sharing your feelings on this. This was quite scary for me. I have heard about terrorist attacks in India many times since I grew up there. Since I have moved to the us and it never came to my mind before that terrorist attack could happen in the us too.It felt like the sense of security I had for this country was lost after September 11 attack here in the US. It was very shocking news and after that for couple for years even flying was not easy for me. After that whenever I would fly I had lots of negative thoughts come to me. This attack had very negative impact on our country.