9/11

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
although i have no direct connection to any lives lost, that day, 10 years ago now, it changed the lives of all Americans regardless. i will forever shudder when i see those planes hit AND when i watch the buildings fall! most times i even break into tears, as well. i will never forget the fear of that day, sitting at home alone, while hubby (who was bf then) was at work near the O'Hare airport in Chicago & son was at school. i called John to come home, when i actually saw the second plane hit, as I knew it was, at that point, a terrorist attack. He & fellow workers knew nothing of it & said he couldnt just leave work. His son calls & told me to get dad home, but i explained that dad couldnt just leave work... none of them really thought this was anything major. i was just worried about him being in such a famous city, cuz we had no idea what or where would next be targeted.
To this day, i dont remember son or hubby coming home that day, was in too much shock, but do know i was completely relieved they made it. i think we all sat down & tried to figure out what was truly going on. only thing we could do was continue on the best we could & we did... til it effected the business John worked for & he was let go. we have struggled by since 9/11 with hubby getting mostly minimum wage jobs until we moved to California & he found a good job designing high end furniture. luckily he had that job for about 3 years before the declining economy effected the amount of orders for expensive furniture & he, again, found himself jobless. that has been over 3 ago now & since then son wound up supporting us more & more as hubby's unemployment benefits eventually ran out.
Today son is soul provider, as we sit on two broke down vehicles. son been taking bus to work, only AFTER walking almost 2miles to get to bus stop & when he gets off at 3, he waits for the 4:30 bus & is home by 6.
we HAVE been surviving & it all started with 9/11.
That is my 'I Survived 9/11' story. what's yours??