Stories tagged “9-11”

• A Tuesday in September

  It was a Tuesday morning. The sky was clear and it promised to be a beautiful day. The summer was changing into fall. My wife, a middle school teacher, was already out of the house and at work when I got up. I was between jobs and had just sat down in ...

  • Author: Radical Yellow Duck
  • Posted over 2 years ago.
  • 5 out of 5

• A Tuesday in September, Part Two

  I got to the school and went in. The place was in lockdown and parents were enroute to pick up their kids. Everyone was upset and tense. My wife was outwardly calm, as she always was in a crisis. But inside, she was shaken to the core. There was a TV o...

  • Author: Radical Yellow Duck
  • Posted over 2 years ago.
  • 5 out of 5

• Moment Of Silence

  Several days after the attack, the United States held a Moment of Silence. A moment of silence to commemerate those who lost their lives. Citizens all over the country stood in silence, an eerie stillness set over everyone and everything. Firefighters,...

  • Author: Raphael Bane
  • Posted about 2 years ago.
  • 4 out of 5