Writer's Block: 9/11
Sep. 11th, 2011 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I was on a bus going to Guatemala City from San Salvador. I must have crossed the border before it happened, as there was no news when we crossed. When I got to the Embassy, my colleague showed me a replay of the planes hitting and then the towers falling on his computer. I thought he was showing me some cool animation at first. That evening, I went out for dinner and a drink, alone. I just sat in the restaurant district, watching TVs on my patio and in all the surrounding restaurants as they played the news over and over. I had had been away from my kids during both major earthquakes that year, and had been terribly worried for their safety. This time, I wasn't worried about their immediate safety, but desperately wanted to hold them close and protect them from whatever was going to happen next.
I was on a bus going to Guatemala City from San Salvador. I must have crossed the border before it happened, as there was no news when we crossed. When I got to the Embassy, my colleague showed me a replay of the planes hitting and then the towers falling on his computer. I thought he was showing me some cool animation at first. That evening, I went out for dinner and a drink, alone. I just sat in the restaurant district, watching TVs on my patio and in all the surrounding restaurants as they played the news over and over. I had had been away from my kids during both major earthquakes that year, and had been terribly worried for their safety. This time, I wasn't worried about their immediate safety, but desperately wanted to hold them close and protect them from whatever was going to happen next.
