Sunday is the 21st anniversary of deadliest terrorist strike in U.S. history
by Larry Chowning –
On Sept. 11, 2001 nearly 3,000 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attack in American history. It will be the 21st anniversary of the tragedy this coming Sunday. Two planes hijacked by Islamic jihadists vowing death to all Americans, crashed into the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York City.
At the time, Pinkie Holmes of Christchurch worked at Murphy & Durieu Company at 120 Broadway on the 17th floor. Her office window was across the street a block away facing the Twin Towers. That day, she saw firsthand the horrors of 9/11.
She shared her recollections of that day with the Southside Sentinel.
“On Sept. 11, it was no ordinary day. It was the day I was born and I was excited about becoming 60 years old. I was so grateful to God for letting me live,” she said.
“I got up early that morning and went to vote and I came home, got dressed for work and got on the train to go to work,” she said. “The train was running slow that day and that did not surprise me because it often ran late.
“As we were approaching 14th Street a man on the train said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center and someone inquired if it was an accident or deliberate. The man replied that he did not know.”
There was a person on the train who Holmes had worked with and she ask him about it.
“He told me that someone had bombed the trade center and people were jumping out of windows and he told me that I should go home and not go to work.”
Holmes kept on and got off at the Fulton Street stop because of all the police activity.
“When I got off the train I saw all of the people standing around with camcorders and cameras. I proceeded around the corner to gain entry to my building when Mike (a person she worked with) told me our building was closed.
“I just stood outside with the rest of the people watching the building burn,” she said…
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