As I am sure many of this family (ALL) feel the same way I do 13 years ago 9/11/2001 was one of the worst (if not the worst) days of my life. I lost many co-workers and friends. With each passing year-- on 9/11 I still feel as it is happening on this day. WE LOST so much and so many. God Bless our Military, our Police, our Fire Fighters - the volunteers of which traveled to the Twin Towers from every state to assist OUR COUNTRY-- on this day OUR COUNTRY came together as ONE-- If no one minds me sharing-- I will never forget sitting and waiting until they lifted the flight ban----I arrived in NYC never prepared to witness what I did (no matter how detailed it was explained to me, you can never prepare yourself for what you were about to see) ------being handed a mask (keep in mind this was NOT the day of the attack, therefore I couldnt even imagine--- if it was this horrific weeks after the initial attack what it was like the day(s) immediately after the initial attack-- Lists of names and pictures lined the streets, families hoping their loved ones would be found and recognized. -- You could only see a glimpse of the horizon as it was till empowered with dust and debris. in only a 30 hour period of which we were allowed-- we treated and packed up approximately 47 dogs/cats bringing them home to care for them in hopes there was a chance one day we would be able to reunite them with their owners who were left in a war zone---scared, injured some in grave condition upon our arrival-- all but 4 made it back with my transporters. I got back sooner than the transport vehicle nervously waiting for their arrival. -- I remember this moment as it was yesterday,I got into the shower scrubbing myself down tears flowing along with the water of which I showered. When I was finished my Mom and Dad said to me------ that smell? Where is that kerosene like smell coming from? Already used to it I did not smell anything but even after a long shower , numerous times washing my hair I still carried that fuel/dust smell. a couple of days went by and I could NOT understand where this strong smell was coming from-- what could it be? After 2 days and many, many baths and showers.......it wasnt until I went to meet my transporter at the facility I had set to meet that I pulled the mask from my bag------- it was the mask that still had that overwhelming stench of kerosene and dust...---I can continue on with a beautiful story of reuniting one cat with its owners 2 years later-- flying to NYC they gave the cat and us VIP treatment, we then drove to the Canada border to reunite the cat with its owner ---the cat was micro chipped , the alternate phone number on the chip was a number in Canada -- it was the phone number of the cat owners parents of which lived in Canada, the owner having to move in with her parents after she lost everything BUT she now had her cat-- I have pictures of us reuniting her with her cat that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Today I sit back and think of the little things that I did to assist in this tragedy, I cannot even begin to thank the REAL HEROS of 9/11-- May God Bless you and keep you safe-- You will always be my Heros and in my prayers.-- This ones for all of the heros out there!! youtu.be/AQVcaOsb_Ro
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:15:40 +0000
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