Sharon Harper, a member of the Greenfield Kiwanis described
her activities and problems on September 11, 2001 when she was in New York, the
day of the terrorist attacks on New York.
Sharon had been in Manhattan with 7 friends and relatives to see her
nephew who was in the Broadway play “42nd Street”.
Sharon and her friends had arrived in Manhattan on Friday, September
7. Six of the group left for home, September
9. Sharon and her friend Sherry had
decided to stay and fly home on Tuesday, September 11. On Monday, September 10 they had dinner at an
open air café at the base of the World Trade Center and shopped in the mall in
the lower levels of the twin towers. Around 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning Sharon
and Sherry left for LaGuardia to catch their 10 a.m. flight. At 8:46 a.m. the first flight struck the
World Trade Center. Sharon learned of the
attack when she received a cell phone call from her daughter checking on her
welfare.
The remainder of the day was spent evacuating the airport,
making friends with strangers, locating a new hotel on Long Island, and trying
to find a way home. Sharon Harper was
impressed by the need to get home and the divine provision that allowed her to
do be safe and arrive home safely. The airport was evacuated and everyone was
ordered to leave. A man in line for a taxi offered to guide the two women and
another traveler to a hotel near his Long Island home. They got the last hotel room in Long Island
because of the kindness of this complete stranger. While this was happening Sharon’s son-in-law
had already left for New York in his truck.
The kindness of a taxi dispatcher helped them get to New Jersey where
they met Sharon’s son-in-law and made it home.
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