9/11 Short Stories

Minutes later, the police, ambulance, firefighters, and the bomb squad came to the scene. It took about twenty minutes for the firemen to put out the fire and to go in to see if there were any survivors, or any remains of bodies. They found nothing. The bomb squad, and the crime scene investigator went in they found evidence of a bomb. LJ, distraught, as he looked around and found nothing but debris, smoke and what was left of the lab. He sat by a nearby street lamppost, which stood across the street from the lab. He was trying to hold back his tears. Simone heard about the news, and quickly left work. Since Ricky's lounge was nearby Andy's lab. She rushed over to comfort LJ. She saw him being questioned by the investigators. …show more content…
"Well, after you regain your composure, and you want to talk later, here is my card." The inspector said, as he handed the card over to Simone. "Thanks inspector." She replied, as he walked away. "Come on, let me take you home, there is nothing more we can do here." She gently told LJ. Both LJ and Simone walked away together, on their way back to his apartment. Simone stared at LJ and understanding his pain. LJ was looking down. He lost a part of himself that day. And he didn't know what to do. They came to LJ's apartment, and immediately LJ sat down pondering why, Andy had to go that way. "Listen, I have to go back to work, I'll be over a little later, to keep you company." She said, sitting down with him holding his hand, and she kissed him on the cheek gently. "We'll get through this." She said as she got up and headed for the door, there wasn't too much she could have said. Even though she shared his grief, Andy she thought, "Was a very special person. And he was good for LJ." She closed the door and headed back to work. Just then LJ heard a noise in the kitchen. He was