My 9/11/01 NY Yankee Tickets

herbc · 09-11-2010, 01:45 PM

Just thought I'd show these today. That morning I was sittting in my office with a view of the WTC looking South. I couldn't wait for my day to end, I had tickets to see the Yankees vs Chicago White Soxs at the old Yankee Stadium. I blinked my eyes and saw a cloud of smoke from one of the towers, we turned on the radio and then tried to call our colleagues located in the building across from the WTC. Co-workers gathered to watch from my window and then the second tower got hit. We were in shock.....the first building collapsed.....we evacuated. The city was locked down. I kept my tickets.

screamingdc · 09-11-2010, 01:56 PM

Amazing story and that's a cool piece of memorabilia there. Thanks for sharing.

herbc · 09-11-2015, 11:47 AM

Another year....

jewcer2k5 · 09-11-2015, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by herbc

Another year....

Exactly my feeling.

SSsportsCARDS · 09-11-2015, 11:52 AM

That is a very awesome piece of history.

STLCroyards · 09-11-2015, 12:29 PM

Glad that you were not hurt. Nice piece of history.

HeritageKing · 09-11-2015, 03:22 PM

Those belong in a museum. Wow.

patientgambler · 09-11-2015, 04:05 PM

Those are really, really awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Cactuspies · 09-11-2015, 04:35 PM

Thanks for sharing.

I was at Yankee Stadium that Sunday the 9th to see the Red Sox/Yankees play. Amazing/Shocking what happened 2 days later. It was the first time I was ever in that area too. I remember seeing the Towers on the drive in and out.

Went back to work on Tuesday and well we know what happened as you posted. Of course I was in Boston and we also went on lock down. We had many contacts in NYC in and around the Towers. We lost communication with most of them for the week and just didn't know what to do. Thank goodness everyone we knew was ok in the end and their families too.

emilydan · 09-11-2015, 06:13 PM

I remember 9-11 like it was yesterday, I'm from the Midwest and I felt so horrible for everybody involved.

Thanks for sharing.....

herbc · 09-11-2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cactuspies

Thanks for sharing.

I was at Yankee Stadium that Sunday the 9th to see the Red Sox/Yankees play. Amazing/Shocking what happened 2 days later. It was the first time I was ever in that area too. I remember seeing the Towers on the drive in and out.

Went back to work on Tuesday and well we know what happened as you posted. Of course I was in Boston and we also went on lock down. We had many contacts in NYC in and around the Towers. We lost communication with most of them for the week and just didn't know what to do. Thank goodness everyone we knew was ok in the end and their families too.

The Friday before (9/7), I had dinner with a co-worker at a restaurant at the WTC. I often wonder how the staff of the restaurant made out. They were located on the lower level of one of the Towers, I forget which one. Hopefully being on the lower level benefited them.

After evacuating my office building I hailed a cab. He stopped driving after a few blocks, asked me to get out. He didn't want to take a chance driving me home. I ended up walking home about 2 & 1/2 miles. It was like a movie....folks panicked, not knowing what to do, or what would happen next. I had totally forgot about having the tickets.

I made it home to find my answering machine loaded with messages, friends, and relatives looking for me. I broke down in tears uncontrollable as I listened; suddenly realizing how many people cared about me.

HYPTZEMDSTRPLES · 09-11-2015, 10:43 PM

So you could use those for the rescheduled game?Did you go?

exitmusicblue · 09-11-2015, 10:57 PM

Hats off to all of our fallen from that day and thereafter.

Patsfan · 09-12-2015, 04:19 AM

I remember taking a vacation day from work that day to actually go to a mid week card show. I woke up and turned the news on and the first plane had already hit. As I was watching it the second plane hit and for an instance I thought it was a replay until I realized there was already smoke coming out of the first tower. I ended up going to the card show anyway as I really didn't know what to do. When I walked in everyone had abandoned there tables and were hudled around a TV. Puts things in to perspective for everyone when there were thousands of dollars worth of cards just sitting on tables unattended as people were locked in to the TV.

09-11-2010, 01:45 PM	#1
herbc Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York City Posts: 1,225 hlc1949	My 9/11/01 NY Yankee Tickets Just thought I'd show these today. That morning I was sittting in my office with a view of the WTC looking South. I couldn't wait for my day to end, I had tickets to see the Yankees vs Chicago White Soxs at the old Yankee Stadium. I blinked my eyes and saw a cloud of smoke from one of the towers, we turned on the radio and then tried to call our colleagues located in the building across from the WTC. Co-workers gathered to watch from my window and then the second tower got hit. We were in shock.....the first building collapsed.....we evacuated. The city was locked down. I kept my tickets.

09-11-2010, 01:56 PM	#2
screamingdc Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Posts: 2,046	Amazing story and that's a cool piece of memorabilia there. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Huh?

09-11-2015, 11:52 AM	#5
SSsportsCARDS Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Kansas City,MO Posts: 5,780 ss_sports_cards	That is a very awesome piece of history. __________________ Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun is shining. -Satchel Paige 1st John 4:10

09-11-2015, 03:22 PM	#7
HeritageKing Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,637	Those belong in a museum. Wow. __________________ #2 Topps Heritage Autograph Collector

09-11-2015, 04:35 PM	#9
Cactuspies Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: meepos Posts: 9,873 azcentral_sports	Thanks for sharing. I was at Yankee Stadium that Sunday the 9th to see the Red Sox/Yankees play. Amazing/Shocking what happened 2 days later. It was the first time I was ever in that area too. I remember seeing the Towers on the drive in and out. Went back to work on Tuesday and well we know what happened as you posted. Of course I was in Boston and we also went on lock down. We had many contacts in NYC in and around the Towers. We lost communication with most of them for the week and just didn't know what to do. Thank goodness everyone we knew was ok in the end and their families too. __________________ SUPPORT #BostonStrong The One Fund & Parkinson's Research http://sportlots.com/dealers/?dealer=AzPats10 RIP Mom-2009, Dad-2021, Grandma-2018, PAPAJIM 11/22/10 Patriots 6 time Champs catching up to johnmabry47: are you on my ignore list too? 76 and counting

09-11-2015, 11:47 AM	#3
herbc Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York City Posts: 1,225 hlc1949	Another year....

09-11-2015, 12:29 PM	#6
STLCroyards Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Columbia, Missouri Posts: 1,339 STLCroyards	Glad that you were not hurt. Nice piece of history.

09-11-2015, 04:05 PM	#8
patientgambler Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 851	Those are really, really awesome. Thanks for sharing.

09-11-2015, 06:13 PM	#10
emilydan Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 553	I remember 9-11 like it was yesterday, I'm from the Midwest and I felt so horrible for everybody involved. Thanks for sharing.....

09-11-2015, 10:43 PM	#12
HYPTZEMDSTRPLES Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,850	So you could use those for the rescheduled game?Did you go?

09-11-2015, 10:57 PM	#13
exitmusicblue Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 14,070	Hats off to all of our fallen from that day and thereafter.

09-12-2015, 04:19 AM	#14
Patsfan Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 1,951	I remember taking a vacation day from work that day to actually go to a mid week card show. I woke up and turned the news on and the first plane had already hit. As I was watching it the second plane hit and for an instance I thought it was a replay until I realized there was already smoke coming out of the first tower. I ended up going to the card show anyway as I really didn't know what to do. When I walked in everyone had abandoned there tables and were hudled around a TV. Puts things in to perspective for everyone when there were thousands of dollars worth of cards just sitting on tables unattended as people were locked in to the TV. __________________ GO REDS!!! Collecting Joey Votto auto's and low numbered licensed cards Also collect cool Dayton Flyers basketball memorabilia.