Tuesday 11th September 2012, Little America Hotel, Flagstaff.
This morning all the Arizona TV news stations had stories about the 9/11 plane
crashes. 6.03 Arizona time on September 11th 2001 the second of 2 planes crashed
into the Twin Towers in New York City. Both towers were bought down within
minutes of each other. The world was shaken, most people remember where they
were when this dreadful thing happened. At first people thought the one plane
was a genuine accident but a few minutes later as the second plane hit the other
tower from a different direction the horrid truth dawned. It was a terrorist
attack! Then a third plane hit the Pentagon and America was at war. Today Ground
Zero held a memorial, lest we forget! Many of the survivors of that day attended
and the victims family were also there to pay their respects. Families of the victims, whether first response workers or office workers in the towers or the passengers of the planes came together to mourn their loss.
At 8am Wednesday 12th September we left Doubletree Hotel, Durango got
into the coach and crossed the road heading for the Durango Railway Station,
opposite the Hotel. It would have been difficult to take us all across
the road together. We left our cases and hand luggage on the bus (which
was following us via the road) and boarded the Silverton Steam Train.
Here we stayed for a few hours travelling up towards Silverton though
the mountains hugging the side of the River Animas as it wound down
towards Durango. Pauline
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