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Homework assingment for Contemporary English 9

Professor: Lektorica Ivana Grbavac

Student: Marijan Milas

Have you ever had a feeling that you have just experienced a life changing moment?

When the explosion took place and the building was crumbling around me, images of my

girlfriend, parents, grandmother, and other loved ones flashed through my mind. The relief

that we were alive was almost more than I could bear.

September 11

My job in the World Trade Center was very convenient for me because my girlfriend workedon the 71st floor of the other tower of the World Trade Center. At about 8:45 am on the

morning of September 11, 2001, I had just faxed out some documents and was returning to

my desk and heard this extremely loud explosion. Our building shook and tilted. People

screamed throughout our floor. Although we had no idea of what had happened, what had

happened was that the first aircraft had hit the floors directly above us, although we didn't

know that. Soon debris from the aircraft flew into our office and everything started going up

in flames. Everyone, however, remained calm and we started making our way to the stairway.

That moment my heart sank, as I had no idea whether the plane had hit our tower or the one

my girlfriend was working in. I thought to myself that she would have been entering the

second tower at that moment. We were all being evacuated through the stairway. My

cellphone was not working so I had no way of reaching my girlfriend. After I had gone downabout thirty flights, I entered an office on the 53rd floor and tried to make some calls.

However, the only number I could reach was my cousin's wife who lived in Queens. I told her

I was fine and that I was going down the stairwell. By this time, I was extremely worried

about my girlfriend, and continued running down the stairwells. While we were descending,

there were hundreds of fire fighters and police officers passing by us on the way up to rescue

people who were trapped. These brave men never made it home. We were escorted through

the exit of the second World Trade Center tower. I had just reached the revolving door of the

building when I heard a loud explosion and the whole building collapsed. All 110 stories of

the second tower of the World Trade Center collapsed upon us standing at the foot of the

building. Huge boulders and steel and mortar were tumbling down around us. We huddled at

one end of the building and I started praying for the blood of Jesus and asking God to give methe strength to see this horrific event through. I told the people around me that all of us were

going to die and if there was anyone who did not yet know Christ that they should call upon

His name. At that point, everyone around me started crying: "Jesus!" When you are near

death, you are very ready to accept Jesus into your life. By then, the whole building had

collapses and we were in the debris. Not a single boulder or any material fell on me. I found

myself in three feet of white soot. I got to my feet and was surrounded by silence. I could see

dead bodies all around me. God directed me to a man on the ground who had a flashlight on

him. I told him that only Jesus could save us and that we had to live. When the man had stood

up, I saw that the jacket he was wearing had "FBI" written on it. We held hands and started

walking through the rubble. If it hadn't been for the flashlight I am convinced we wouldn't

have survived as we could not see anything. It was like a blizzard, one caused by all the

concrete and ash that had been stirred up into the atmosphere. The Holy Spirit then showed


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me a light flashing on top of an ambulance, so I told the man from the FBI that we had to

head to that flashing light, since the ambulance was on the street. We somehow made it to the

ambulance, which had been badly hit by flying debris. But still God kept the flashing light on

top of the ambulance working to show me the way. From that point, it was relatively easy for

us to make our way out. Nevertheless, I was gripped by the thought that my girlfriend who

was in the other World Trade Center tower might be dead. All kinds of images went throughmy mind. Crowds started running from all over downtown to safer places far away from the

skyscrapers. We ran and walked for an hour, and throughout the whole time my cell phone

failed to work. Finally, at noon my cell phone rang. It was my girlfriend, telling me that she

was alive. When she heard my voice, she realized that I too had made it through. She had not

made it to work, since her train had reached the World Trade Center subway stop five minutes

after the first crash and so had not made it into the buildings. She had been hysterical on the

streets, thinking I was dead and seeing people jumping out of the buildings. Nevertheless,

both of us were, miraculously, alive. My girlfriend reached 39th Street in Manhattan near the

Ferry and somehow I reached there. We looked back and could see both our buildings now

only a pile of smoking rubble and ashes. It is impossible to explain the sense of relief that

flowed through us when we saw each other. Both of us had been so close to believing that wewould never see each other again


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Kada je odjeknula eksplozija i kada se graevina krenula uruavati, slike moje djevojke,roditelja, bake I mojih najbliih proletjele su mi kroz misli. Olakanje da smo ivotu je bilo ivie nego to sam mogao podnijeti.

11. Rujan

Moj posao u WTC-u bio je prilino zgodan, jer je moja djevojka radial na 71 katu drugogtornja WTC-a. 11. rujna, oko 8:45 ujutro, faksirao sam neke dokumente te se vraao do svogaradnog stola kada sam zauo veoma jaku eksploziju. Zgrada nam se tresla i nagela. Ljudi suvritali cijelim hodnikom. Iako nismo imali niti pomisli o tomu to se dogodilo, prvizrakoplov je udario u kat tono iznad nas, no to nismo znali. Ubrzo nakon toga, krhkotinezrakoplova poele su letjeti po uredu te je uskoro i buknuo poar. Meutim, svi su ostali

pribrani i poeli smo se probijati do stepenita. U tom trenutku mi je srce stalo, neznavi da lije zrakoplov udario u na toranj ili u drugi u kojemu je radial moja djevojka. Mislio sam kako

i ona trenutno ulazi u drugi toranj. Evakuirali su nas putem stepenita. Mobilni telefon nije biouporabljiv te nisam imao niti jedan put kako bi dobio djevojku.Nakon to sam se spustio okotridesetak katova, dospjeo sam do ureda na 53 katu te sam pokuao obaviti poziv. Meutim,

jedini broj koji sam dobio bila je supruga bratia koja je ivjela u Queensu. Rekao sam jojkako sam uredu te da se sputam niz stepenite, no brinuo sam se za svoju djevojku. Dok smose sputali stupitem, stotine vatrogasaca i policajaca prolazili su pored nas u suprotnomsmjeru kako bi spasili zatoene. Ti hrabri ljudi se nisu izvukli. Ispratili su nas kroz izlazdrugog tornja WTC-a. Tek to sam doao do okretnih vrata zaula se eksplozija i cijeli toranjse uruio. Svih 110 katova drugo tornja WTC-a uruili su se ispred nas koji su stajali pred

tornjem. Ogromne gromade kamena, elika i buke padale su oko nas. Zbili smo se na krajzgrade, poeli molitvu i pitao sam Boga da mi dadne snagu kako bih mogao prebroditi ovajuasni dogaaj. Rekao sam ljudima oko sebe kako emo svi umrijeti i ako netko ne zna zaKrista, kako bi trebali poeti dozivati njegovo ime. Za to vrijeme, svi oko mene poeli su

plakati: Isuse! Kada si pri smrti, spreman si prihvatiti Isusa u svom ivotu. Do tada seuruila cijela zgrada i nalazili smo se unutar ruevina.Niti jedan komadi kamena niti biloega nije pao na mene.Nalazio sam se zatrpan u metru bijele ae. Ustao sam se, okruentiinom. Vidio sam sva ta mrtva tijela oko mene. Bog me uputio do osobe s lampom koja jeleala na podu, te sam mu rekao kako nas samo Isus moe spasiti i da emo preivjeti. Kadase ovjek ustao, video sam kako mu je na jakni znak FBI-a. Uzeo sam ga za ruku, poevihodati kroz ruine. Uvjeren sam kako ne bi uspjeli preivjeti da nije bilo lampe jer nismovidjeli prst pred nosom. Izgledalo je kao snijena oluja, uzrokovana betonom i pepelom kojisu zavrili u atmosferi. Duh sveti dao mi je znak bljeskavog svijetla na vrhu bolnikih kola, tesam rekao agentu FBI-a kako se trebamo zaputiti tim pravcem, jer su se bolnika kola nalazilana ulici. Nekako smo se uspjeli probiti do kola, koja su bila prilino oteena padajuimkrhkotinama no opet, smatram kako me Bog uputio tim bljeskavim svijetlom na pravi put. Od

tog dijela bilo je veoma lako nai put vanka. Ipak, bio sam u zauzet milju kako je mojadjevojka, koja se nalazila u drugom tornju WTC-a moda poginula. Svakojaki prizori iscenarija prolazila su mi kroz misli. Ljudi su poeli bjeati u donji dio grada, to dalje od

nebodera. Trali smo i hodali oko sat vremena, i kroz to cijelo vrijeme mobitel mi nije bio ufunkciji. Konano, u podne, mobitel mi je zazvonio. Bila je moja djevojka, rekavi mi kako je


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dobro. uvi moj glas, shvatila je kako sam i ja uspio. Zakasnila je na posao zbogpetominutnog kanjenja vlaka na stanicu WTC-a radi prvog udara zrakoplova. Bila jehisterina na ulicama, mislivi kako sam poginuo i gledajui ljude kako skau iz zgrade. Ipak,oboje nas je, putem uda, uspjelo preivjeti. Cura je uspjela doi do 39te ulice u Manhattanu,

blizu trajekta i tu smo se nali. Gledali smo kako je od naih zgrada u pozadini ostala samohrpa ruevina i pepela. Nemogue je opisati taj osjeaj olakanja koji je proao kroz nas kadasmo se ugledali jer smo bili pri uvjerenju kako neemo vidjeti jedno drugoga nikada vie.

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