I Will Always Remember September11

I will always remember 9/11

like it was yesterday....

i remember waking up to a "cushioned" explosion sound

and remarking to my Singapore colleague that

it's sounded like a dynamite blast

sounded weird as we were on Broadway and 77th

i then heard the second "cushioned" blast...

we were getting ready for work having

just flown in from LA for fashion week

having been at Bryant Park for the fashion show the

day before, the TV was switched to the fashion channel

hoping to see the reviews for the show we attended

instead of the usual CNN channel...

at the hotel lift, i remember the housekeeping

staff mention "plane" and "twin towers"

i panicked as i thought of home

as the Petronas Towers in Malaysia

is  also known as the twin towers....

Everything else was so vivid like it happened yesterday...

going in to the office and

trying to work and

feeling stupid afterwards....

watching TV and feeling helpless

and sad and very angry at the same time...

praying that survivors will be found

hoping for rain to wash away

the dust and the smell of burnt iron...

after a couple of days, walked down

Broadway to Fifth Avenue just to get

out of the hotel ...

after my friend and colleague Janet left

when her Singapore flight was allowed out,

i felt lost and lonely...

i slept fully clothed and with my suitcase

by the bed in the event that i could

get a flight home soon....

chatting with the firefighter

in the fire station across the hotel

and feeling his sadness at the loss

of his friends...
nothing i said would have helped console him
so i just listened....

being thankful for the calls from

home from my close friends

and from my prince charming....which

kept me sane...

being thankful that my PCharming 

 did NOT

give up checking with the airlines for a flight out

and Insisted i had a seat on the flight

if i left for the airport the next morning at 6am

eventhough i protested that Newark Airport

was still closed...

being thankful to the On The Avenue staff

for keeping my room in the event the flight home

was cancelled.....

I love NYC and I have been back since and

I still look for the Twin Towers in the skyline as

I Will Never Ever Forget

the day that changed me....

My thoughts to All who left us that fateful day

and to their loved ones left behind...

and

to all our friends who are still feeling the loss...

much love and comforting hugs,

lilian

PS: TQ For All Your Comments
Will Catch Up On Blogging
in October.....take care