Review: Sobering account of one woman's survival...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2011
I wasn't anywhere near New York on 9/11.  I was on the opposite side of the country.  But I was deeply impacted by the events of that day, by what I saw on television and by the millions of stories heard around the world.  I was just a kid then.  Before.  After, I became a different person.  That day changed me in so many ways.I have always wondered what it was like inside those buildings before they fell.  Did those people know what was happening?  Did they know they were going to die? Or was it merciful and instant for them?  I've always wondered if I would have made it out alive, or if I would have curled up in a ball and given up.I always wondered why more people didn't get up from their desks and make their way to safety.I always wondered how so many police and firefighters - people who were supposed to be our knights in shining armor - somehow died.  That wasn't supposed to happen.  They were suppose to run in there and save everybody, right?  Right?But now I have the answers to all those questions.  Now I know why.Reading this short, so close to the 10th anniversary, was something I needed to do.  For every year, I get unsettled and a bit morose...dreading the pictures of the ailing buildings that appear back on our TV screens.I thought I'd get some closure, honestly, with knowing more details. But, I can't say it helps to actually know more.  I don't think anything will ever make sense about that horrible, horrible day.But if one woman's terror can be turned around for such good - then that Bible verse "All things work together for good..." really rings true.  I happen to agree with Ms. Haskin's religious beliefs, and somewhere, somehow I take comfort in knowing that despite all of the horrible that goes on around us - God really is in control.