Pa September 11, 2001, ndi tsiku limene palibe amene angaiwale. Inali 4.30 am ku Hawaii, ndipo abambo anga adandiyimbira foni kuchokera ku Germany, kundiuza kuti United States ili pankhondo - wolemba uyu akukumbukira.
eTurboNews inali kungosindikiza tsiku lililonse kuyambira pa Epulo 1, 2001, ndipo chifukwa cha mtolankhani wathu ku New York, Dr. Elinor Garely, chifukwa cha owerenga athu ambiri mu Big Apple, tinali ndi nkhani zapamtunda ndi zosintha za ola limodzi. Dr. Garely adakali kulemba eTurboNews.
Jens Thraenhart, wamkulu wapano wa Barbados Tourism, adagawana nawo nkhani yake eTurboNews ndi anzake a pa Facebook.
Zaka 11 zapitazo, pa Seputembala 2001, 82, ndinali kukhala ku New York City ku Upper East Side (XNUMXnd & Park Ave.), ndikugwira ntchito ngati Director of Internet Strategy for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
M’maŵa umenewo ndinali pa ulendo wopita kuntchito ku msonkhano ndi kampani ya zaumisiri yokhala ndi maofesi ake pansanja yoyamba ya World Trade Center. Ndikuyenda m’sitima yapansi panthaka ku Lexington Avenue, ndinawona utsi wochokera ku World Trade Center, koma sindinkadziŵa chimene chinali chitangochitika kumene.
Nditangofika kumene pamalo okwerera sitima yapansi panthaka, ndinalandira imelo pa BlackBerry yanga yochokera ku kampani imene ndinatsala pang’ono kukumana nayo yondifunsa ngati tingaimitse msonkhanowo masana, popeza anangouzidwa kuti achoke pansanjayo.
Ndinavomera ndi kupita ku maofesi ogulitsa malonda a Fairmont Hotels and Resorts pa Park Avenue (kutsidya lina la Waldorf Astoria Hotel), kumene ndinagwira ntchito pamene ndinalibe ku Toronto.
Pa nthawiyo sindinkadziwa kuti tsikuli lidzayenda bwanji. Ndinachita mwayi kuti ndilandire imeloyo nditangotsala pang'ono kulowa musiteshoni yapansi panthaka, popeza mnzangayo adakhala munjanji yapansi panthaka kwa maola asanu ndi limodzi, osadziwa zomwe zikuchitika popanda kulumikizana ndi foni yam'manja.
Ndinasangalala kumva pambuyo pake kuti onse ogwira ntchito pakampaniyo adatuluka bwino. Pamene ndinatuluka mu ofesiyo masana kupita kunyumba, linali limodzi la masiku osadziŵika kwambiri, amene sindidzaiŵala, odzaza ndi kulira kwa ma siren a apolisi ndi ma ambulansi. Anthu anali m’mabala ndi m’malesitilanti, akuyang’ana nsanjazo zikugwa pa CNN, ena ali ndi zakumwa m’manja, ena akuyesa kuyimbira anthu mafoni awo am’manja, ndipo ena akulira chifukwa chomva za imfa ya mnzawo.
Sindinadziŵebe zimene zinachitika panthaŵiyo, ndipo m’masiku ochepa chabe pambuyo pake zinthu zinafika poipa. Masiku angapo pambuyo pake, ndinali paulendo wanga wa mwezi uliwonse wopita ku Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Headquarters ku Toronto.
Ndikunyamuka pa Airport ya La Guardia, ndinawona malowo kuchokera pamwamba, utsi ukuchokera ku rubles. Patatha milungu ingapo, chifukwa cha mnzathu yemwe amakhala ku Chinatown, tidalandira chiphaso chapadera cholowera kudera lotsekeka la kumunsi kwa Manhattan, popeza chigawo chakumwera kwa 14th Street chidatsekedwa.
Zinali zochitika zomwe sindidzaiŵala, zofanana ndi malo ankhondo, chirichonse chokutidwa ndi fumbi lotuwa. Koma inalinso nthawi yodabwitsa pamene anthu adasonkhana pamodzi kuposa kale kuti athandize kuchiritsa ndikudutsa nthawizi.
New York ndi anthu ake ndi olimba mtima, ndipo inalibe mphamvu kuposa masiku a 9/11.
Ndinali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi anzanga, makamaka mnzanga wa ku yunivesite ya Cornell, Jason M. Friedman, yemwenso anali mu mzinda wa New York pamene ankayang’anira hotelo yaing’ono yogulitsira zakudya.
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ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Nditangofika kumene pamalo okwerera sitima yapansi panthaka, ndinalandira imelo pa BlackBerry yanga yochokera ku kampani imene ndinatsala pang’ono kukumana nayo yondifunsa ngati tingaimitse msonkhanowo masana, popeza anangouzidwa kuti achoke pansanjayo.
- Pamene ndinatuluka mu ofesiyo masana kupita kunyumba, linali limodzi la masiku osadziŵika kwambiri, amene sindidzaiŵala, odzaza ndi kulira kwa ma siren a apolisi ndi ma ambulansi.
- Patatha milungu ingapo, chifukwa cha mnzathu yemwe amakhala ku Chinatown, tidalandira chiphaso chapadera cholowera kudera lotsekeka la kumunsi kwa Manhattan, popeza chigawo chakumwera kwa 14th Street chidatsekedwa.
