By: Catherine Giebel
September 11th, 2001, two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, killing approximately 3,000 people. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon and another into a field in Pennsylvania.
Heather Giebel, 47, remembers feeling stunned that day.
“I didn't really know what was going on at first. I was working in admissions at Stonehill, and a coworker told me a plane had just flown into one of the twin towers,” she said.
“I really thought it was just an accident at that point. We all gathered around a tv in one of the offices in Donahue Hall and saw the second plane hit the other tower and we all knew something else was going on,” said Heather Giebel said.
Christopher Giebel, 55, her husband, is an active army member, rushed to the armory that day.
“I guess the one thing that sticks in my memory is how I felt when I received the call, about five or so minutes after the second plane hit, from my 1SG telling me I had to get back to the armory as fast as I could.” he said.
“I was visiting Heather at Stonehill when I got the call. I didn't know what to expect when I went back to work and did not know if I would ever be able to see her again. I know this sounds like I’m being dramatic, but I was scared and nervous.” said Christopher Giebel.
“Christopher was visiting because it was my birthday the day before. He came up to Stonehill to see me because we were both kind of upset. They decided to do a mass at noon in the chapel that day to pray and Chris and I went.” she said.
“During mass, his phone went off and he had to report back immediately to his army headquarters in Syracuse because they were activated. I was so scared because I didn’t know where they were going to send him to.” she said
The Giebel's said that day was extremely scary for all people of America. Whether you were in Washington or New Jersey you were afraid of what was happening in New York, they said.
“I also just remember seeing people doing normal things like going to the store or going for a run and thinking it was strange because it was such a horrible day and how could they do “normal” things when it seemed like the world was falling apart.” said Heather Giebel
“I'm a bit embarrassed to say I was kind of scared and at the same time kind of wound up and angry about getting back at the horrible people that caused all this. I’m not proud of that last part.” Christopher said.
All the people were feeling an extreme number of emotions that day. Scared that they might have lost a loved one, and others were just scared for America in general, the couple said.
No one knew what was going to happen next. Whether there were going to be more plane crashes somewhere else in the country or not, said the couple.
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