Beth Dover

Beth Dover Instagram – l’ve never posted about my experience of that day. We all collectively experienced a trauma that stays with us and has marked our hearts in such an indelible way that it just didn’t seem necessary. But I’ll give my personal little story today. I was supposed to go to work that morning on Liberty Street, blocks away from the trade centers. I was a waiter at a place called Divine Bar. I didn’t need to be at work until 10am so my roommate rushed into my bedroom with the news. My other roommate had already gone to work in the city and wound up walking across the Manhattan bridge to get back to us in Brooklyn. Where we stayed. Glued to the TV, looking out our window at the smoke. Horrified and shocked.
I’ve never felt such collective grief and a genuine instinctive desire to help our fellow humans. People were heroic and kind. It was beautiful. It was tragic. It shattered my heart and restored my faith in humanity all at the same time. I went back to work 10 days later, under the “we will overcome” ra-ra patriotism we were all exhibiting then. The building’s rubble was still burning, the air horrible. We found fingers in our air vents. We stayed open to no customers. They had all worked at the trade centers. They were gone.
I like to think we are still those people that selflessly rushed to each other’s side in a time of terrifying crisis. Even as our country is more divided than ever, I want to believe. But maybe we’re not. I don’t know. What I do know, is that it happened. We bridged the gap in our humanity and became unified. Just for a few weeks. We will #neverforget #911 #twentyyearanniversary #worldtradecenter #wtc | Posted on 12/Sep/2021 02:17:45