Memories from India
1. "I was 8 years old and at home when the manager from hotel close to our house shouted to turn on the TV and watch the news.
I wasn't sure if everything was running live but I clearly saw the footage of second plane crashing into the tower and was confused and horrified.
I don't really remember much that came after that day like the start of the War on Terror, but that moment has stayed with me.
I hope one day I get the chance to visit the site and pay my respects.
- H. S. Tiwana
I wasn't sure if everything was running live but I clearly saw the footage of second plane crashing into the tower and was confused and horrified.
I don't really remember much that came after that day like the start of the War on Terror, but that moment has stayed with me.
I hope one day I get the chance to visit the site and pay my respects.
- H. S. Tiwana
2. "I was aboard the USS Carl Vinson at the very southern tip of India. It was the day after my birthday and I was doing laundry when the ship suddenly started shaking as we pushed forward at the highest speed I had ever felt the aircraft carrier doing. We all ran to our shops and I got there just in time to see the second tower hit.
I was an IC-man (interior communications electrician) so I had access to the phone system. I called my parents, told them I was safe for now and had just enough time to tell them I loved them before we shut down all non-essential incoming and outgoing communications. It was six months before I heard their voices again.
48 hours after the towers fell we launched our first offensive and in the 111 days we spent bombing straight we dropped more ordinance than was dropped in all of WW2. I came home to Boise almost 9 months after that and the Idaho I returned to was not the Idaho I left.
Flags everywhere."
- M. T.
I was an IC-man (interior communications electrician) so I had access to the phone system. I called my parents, told them I was safe for now and had just enough time to tell them I loved them before we shut down all non-essential incoming and outgoing communications. It was six months before I heard their voices again.
48 hours after the towers fell we launched our first offensive and in the 111 days we spent bombing straight we dropped more ordinance than was dropped in all of WW2. I came home to Boise almost 9 months after that and the Idaho I returned to was not the Idaho I left.
Flags everywhere."
- M. T.