Sept. 11, 2013
Vol. 2 Issue 99
DAILY DIGEST
9/11A Sailor Remembers Story by MC3 (SW) Nathan McDonald
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welve years and two wars have elapsed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and still that day casts a long shadow over the United States. The attacks left a deep scar for many Americans. As they watched the twin towers fall, their own sense of security crumbled with them. Like an earlier generation’s recollections of Pres. John F. Kennedy’s assassination or the attacks on Pearl Harbor, many can recall where they were and what they were doing on Sept. 11, 2001. Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Catherine Burgess, of Maplewood, N.J., is one such person. For her, though, the attacks carry a much more personal memory with them. “I was in third grade and a teacher ran in and turned on the T.V.,” said Burgess. “She was trying to tell my teacher what was going on, but she kept crying. We didn’t really realize what was happening when she came in, but as it kept playing over and over again we realized that something bad was happening in New York because the news was saying that it was an attack. It took a few minutes for me to realize that my dad was there. A lot of us just started crying.” When Burgess’ mother picked her and her sister up from school that afternoon she had more unsettling news. “She said that she had gotten a call from my dad,” said Burgess, her voice still tightening with CONTINUED ON PAGE 3