China Overseas Chinese News, September 12, according to the US "World Journal" report, "I was trapped in the dark elevator of the North Tower for five minutes alone." Song Ying, a retired American 70-year-old Chinese newspaper, recalled 20 years ago. The scene of the terrorist attack still felt shocking, "One in ten thousand may survive, I think I have recovered a life." On the 11th, she returned to the place of escape that year, standing with her own eyes and seeing the South Tower collapsed, crying bitterly. According to local authorities, psychological barriers have still not been overcome, and they cannot face the image data at the time of the attack. Every time they pass by the "September 11" memorial, they have to take a detour.
On September 11, 20 years ago, Song Ying, as usual, went to the Marriott Fitness Club on the 23rd floor of the World Trade Center North Tower for a morning exercise at 6 a.m.; after the end, she was taking the elevator down, and the time was almost 8:46.
Song Ying recalled that she didn't know which floor she was down to, but only heard a loud noise from her head. The elevator stopped abruptly, and then the lights went out; "I don't know what happened, but unlike ordinary elevator failures, I feel that the entire elevator box is on the left and right. It swayed and hit the surrounding walls with bangs."
She suddenly had a foreboding of the situation and tried to call for help. Five minutes later, she was in a panic in the North Tower elevator that was hit first; fortunately, when she was anxious, the elevator suddenly turned on the lights and resumed its slow operation. Slowly descend to the lobby.
"These five minutes, it seems like a lifetime." Song Ying said. When she reached the first floor, she saw the policeman guarding the gate and forbidding the personnel to escape. At this time, she looked out through the glass window-like a falling object. It fell like rain, smashed on the ground and on the car, the police sirens were loud; it was mixed with people's cries, shouts, and exclamations.
She described these broken wreckages as not falling down, "it sounds too trivial", more like "strikes" or "nails", and many people collapsed to the ground covered in blood.
At this time, she realized that this might be a terrorist attack. The hijacked flight crashed into the floor between the 93rd and 99th floors, so the elevators on the lower floors could continue to operate after being stopped for a while.
After the crowd was evacuated, Song Ying walked away from the scene; she always carried a camera with her, and when she was looking back and forth to take pictures like this, another plane rushed towards the South Tower, and suddenly smoke burst into flames.
"People around me began to exclaim, and after a while there was crying, and some people were already on their knees in fright." She said that this was a purgatory day in New York, and the sky and people were gloomy.
It was not until 20 years later that Song Ying took a friend from the West Bank to visit the site. She still couldn't overcome the psychological barrier left by her back then; "My friend suggested to go to the memorial hall to see, but I retreated at the door." She said that she couldn't. Convince yourself to look directly at the image data, “For those who have experienced it, they don’t know how to forget, so they have to remember.” (Zhang Chen)