My husband went quickly to his other building that he is Supt. over to see if anyone needed help, he knew there were tenants there that worked in the Towers. I immediately went to my Church Office to man the phones. I was receiving phone call after phone call of Church members that were stuck in Manhattan and didn't know what to do. I contacted other members to help me call everyone and instruct them to start walking the bridge or head to our Bronx Church and stay put there.. Everyone with cars went straight to the bridges to help those that were walking over. Emergency services and churches were all at the bridges giving water and trying to organize rides home for those that didn't need medical help. And emergency care for those that needed to be tended to and transported to the hospitals. I had heard from many of my friends, family and church members except for my Brother in Law, a Door Man/Security in the Hotel in the Towers. We were getting more and more worried as the day went by and no word.
Finally hours later we were told he made out and across the bridge and he got to the Brooklyn side just in time. He was completely covered in the ash of the ruble from head to toe and his skin was not breathing. By the time he completed his walk across the bridge (in shock) his eyes were yellow and his lips were purple from lack of oxygen. He was immediately taken to the hospital and stripped wash and treated in the emergency unit. Tomorrow there will be another memorial service at the site of what is now called ground zero, there will be crowds of people paying their respects. Bringing flowers. Bringing there prayers. And many carrying there photos that they carried around with them as they searched for their loved ones and never found them. LET US NEVER FORGET. Many of us can't!
