AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Gracie McKeever, iJay Dubya, iBetty Jo Tucker, iJames Hill, iJohn Burns, iD. Enise, iWilliam Martell, iStephen Murray, i Aberjhani, iLisa DAnnolfo Levey, i

  Home > Drama > Stories
Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry      Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     
Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Sponsor Me!
· Success story
· Stories
· Blog
· 7,121 Titles
· 35,277 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Before 2003

Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.




     A woman who had been paralyzed as a result of September 11, 2001, shares her story.

 It has been twelve years since that unforgettable day, yet I live with its reminders day after day after day.  All I have to do is look down and see my paralyzed limbs.

I was injured in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, New York: I was in the south tower when the plane slammed into it; I was on one of the floors nearest the blast.  That was the last thing I remember before waking up in a hospital a week later.

As I began to piece together what had happened (based on what others had told me), I broke down into uncontrollable sobbing.  It was a miracle I had even managed to survive such a horrific event; but more horror was to come: I found out that I was permanently paralyzed from the waist on down, as the result of extensive injuries to my spinal column.

I would have to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair.  I would never walk again.

Now flash forward twelve years.  I have since gotten my life back, but it is no longer the same.  I still have reaccurring nightmares or flashbacks; I no longer trust people who are from the Middle (or Far) East countries, and I find it hard to forgive those who support terrorism in any way or form.  People like that disgust me and they deserve to burn in hell for what they did to me and the nearly 3,000 others who died at their hands.  

I am trying to move on, but emotionally, I am a wreck.  I can't watch the international or national news because of what happened to me and I am undergoing counseling, but it really doesn't seem to be helping any because I am still suffering.

~To be continued!~

Want to review or comment on this short story?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


Reviewed by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen 11/9/2013
Sad but very well done!!!
Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner 11/8/2013
This one is so sad, Karen. Well done.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(
Reviewed by Budd Nelson 11/7/2013
this is so sad that this kind of agony exists for so many, by no cause of thier own
budd

Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Ode to Janis Joplin by Judy Joy Jones

Spoken Word This CD will touch the deepest inner part of your humanness and spirit, you will never be the same after listening to the depths of struggle, the reality of life, the touching voice of truth. It will shock you, move you to tears. It w  
Member BookAds

The Playground Is Dirty by Shirley Woods

A page-turning novel about a relationship between best friends that is interrupted because of betrayal , deceit, sexual promiscuity and pregnancy happens!  
Member BookAds

The Playground Is Dirty by Shirley Woods

A page-turning novel about a relationship between best friends that is interrupted because of betrayal , deceit, sexual promiscuity and pregnancy happens!  
Member BookAds