9/11: From the Muppets' Point of View

[animalrescuer]

I know that someone already wrote about the events of 9/11 featuring the Muppets, but here is my version of events of what happened that day all over the Muppet universe.

Chapter 1:
9/11: 7:00 am
Kermit: Robin, time to wake up. You have to go to school.
Robin: Okay, Uncle Kermit.
(At the breakfast table):
Robin: I can't wait to go to school today!
Kermit: Why's that?
Robin: Today, we're going on a nature walk on the playground to see what we can find.
Kermit: That's great. Eat your breakfast now.
Robin: Okay.
Minutes later, Robin was ready to leave just in time for the bus to arrive.
Robin: Well, gotta go. See you, Uncle Kermit.
Kermit: Bye, Robin. Love you.
Robin: Love you, too!
Then Kermit gets a weird feeling that something was about to happen, something close to home for him.
Meanwhile, in Frogtown Hollow, Emmet Otter and his friends are on their way to school and prepare themselves for music practice afterwards.
Emmet: Nice day, isn't it? I can't wait for tonight.
Harvey: You always get excited about our jobs each night.
Emmet: It's the best part of the whole day.
Just as they were walking towards the school, they saw classmates they knew and they were walking the other way, away from the school.
Wendell: Why are those guys walking the other way?
Charlie: I don't know.
Emmet: Only one way to find out. Excuse me, why are you leaving the school?
Raccoon classmate: The teachers said that all classes were cancelled.
Emmet: Cancelled? Why?
Mink classmate: We don't know. They said they called all our parents to let them know what was going on. All we know is something happened in New York and they're letting us leave early.
Charlie: What could be happening in New York that could cause the school to be cancelled?
Harvey: Beats me. Come on, let's head home.
Emmet: It would be better to go to my house. Maybe Ma can tell us what's going on.
At the same time in a nearby meadow, Bean Bunny's family had also got a call from the school nearby saying that classes were cancelled for the day, but Bean and his two older siblings had already left for the day.
Mother Bunny: Dear the kids are coming back from the school. Classes are cancelled.
Father Bunny: Why?
Mother Bunny: I'm not sure. All they said is something happened in New York City.
Father Bunny: I'll check the news. Maybe that will explain why.
Just as he turned on the television, the image of the North Tower on fire after a passenger plane that was hijacked crashed into the building came on the screen.
Father Bunny: I think I just found out why.
Mother Bunny: What is it? (Then looks at the screen). Oh, no! What happened?
Father Bunny: It was a hijacked airplane. It crashed into the building.
Mother Bunny: On purpose? How will we explain this to the kids?
At Hooper's store, the same image on the TV was seen by others.
Maria: How can anybody do this?
Alan: I don't know. This is going to be difficult to explain to the others.
Gordon: I know.
Down at Fraggle Rock, news had traveled back to the Fraggle Five that something had happened and arranged to meet at The Muppet Theater.
Red: What's going on, Gobo?
Gobo: I'm not sure yet, but we have to go to the theater, something happened in New York City and we have to find out what's going on.
Little did any of them know the day would get worse and worse and it would change America forever.

 

[Collgoff]

Wow that's neat!
What happens next? What happens next?

 

[Misskermie]

More! More!

 

[animalrescuer]

Chapter 2:
At the Muppet Theater:
Kermit: Now as all of you know, something happened at the World Trade Center in New York. No one knows for sure what has happened, but all we know of is a passenger plane hit the North Tower and it was hijacked before it crashed.
Fozzie: Hijacked? By who?
Kermit: No one knows yet, all we can do now is pray that they all make it out of the building alive.
Scooter: Kermit, Robin's school just called. Classes are cancelled and all the parents are coming to pick them up.
Kermit: Oh, I have to pick Robin up. Everyone stay here and when I come back, let me know what happens.
Scooter: I'll go with you, boss.
Gonzo: Why would someone hijack an airplane full of people and cause it to crash?
Miss Piggy: I don't know, but whoever they are, they're heartless human beings.
Gobo: Hello? Anyone here?
Fozzie: Gobo! What are you guys doing here?
Red: We heard what happened but what's going on?
Floyd: An airplane full of people was hijacked and then crashed into one of the buildings.
Boober: But why?
Dr. Teeth: We don't know, man.
Mokey: That's awful! Why would anybody do that?
Wembley: Those poor people.
Gobo: Yeah. I guess a lot of people are already gone, but I hope more get out alive.
Back at Hooper's Store:
Big Bird: Why is that building on fire?
Bob: Well, an airplane crashed into the building...on purpose.
Ernie: Why would it be on purpose?
Bert: Yeah, how could anyone do a thing like that?
Count: Those poor people. I hope more and more people get out alive.
Grover: Me, too.
Meanwhile, in Frogtown Hollow, Emmet and his friends had just passed Will Possum's house where Emmet's mother was.
Ma: Emmet, boys! Over here!
Emmet: Ma, what's going on in New York?
Ma: Look for yourself.
Then the boys look on Will's TV and see the burning building.
Wendell: What happened?
Will: Well, a big airplane full of people was hijacked, that is another person or people that are not pilots, take over the plane and cause it to crash into things.
Charlie: Why would anybody do that?
Harvey: Yeah, what has anybody done to them?
Ma: I don't know. I can't believe anyone could do this and to the country.
Emmet: I hope those people make it.
Ma: Me, too, Emmet.
In the meadow, a knock came at the Bunny's door.
Mother Bunny: The children are here. Thank goodness you're home.
Twitch: What happened, mother?
Mother Bunny: It's not easy to tell you this, but a plane has crashed into a building in New York...on purpose.
Bean: On purpose?
Father Bunny: Yes, I'm afraid so.
Mother Bunny: And the plane was full of people and someone else took control and caused it to crash.
Lugsy: Why would someone do that?
Mother Bunny: We don't know. It's just heartless what these people have done.
Lugsy: Will those people still there...die?
Mother Bunny: I sure hope not.
At Robin's school minutes later, Kermit and Scooter arrive to pick up Robin.
Kermit: Oh, where's Robin? Robin!
Scooter: There he is with Billy Bunny!
Robin: Uncle Kermit! What's going on?
Kermit: I'll explain on the way to the theater.
Billy: Is everyone there okay?
Kermit: Well, Billy, I don't think the people on the plane survived. I really hope more people make it out of the buildings alive.
Billy: Oh, no! I can't believe this! A plane crashed into one of the buildings and they died?
Scooter: Yes, but more people still have a chance.
Billy's mother: Billy!
Billy: Oh, I've gotta go. Drive safe, Kermit.
Kermit: Okay, Billy. Take care.
Billy: Thanks.

 

[Twisted Tails]

Oh, more please! I want to know what happens next.

 

[Collgoff]

Yeah me too me too!

 

[animalrescuer]

Chapter 3:
As Kermit, Scooter and Robin are on their way back, everyone else stays glued to the television not knowing what will happen next, they were about to find out.
8:50 am:
Gonzo: Isn't anybody going to do something?
Fozzie: I'm sure the police and firefighters are doing the best they can to help.
Rowlf: Anybody remember what happened back in 1993? The World Trade Center was attacked before!
Janice: Yeah, but that was different.
Floyd: That happened in the basement of another building of the World Trade Center.
Fozzie: But this is so much worse.
(Knocking on the door)
Miss Piggy: It's Kermit!
Gonzo: I'll get it!
Kermit: Anything else happen?
Fozzie: Nothing...yet.
Scooter: Guys, I just had a really bad thought. You don't think this was the work of terrorists, do you?
Miss Piggy: It can't be!
Red: What are terrorists?
Gonzo: I don't think you want to know, Red.
Back at Hooper's Store:
Grover: Where are all the firefighters?
Gordon: I'm sure they're there, Grover.
Susan: They're probably working on getting people out of the buildings.
Big Bird: Do you think they'll be safe?
Luis: I don't know, Big Bird. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Back at Frogtown Hollow:
Wendell: Look at all those firefighters!
Harvey: They have to have a lot given what's happening.
Charlie: How are all those people going to get out of the buildings?
Will: I'm sure they're working on that.
Ma: Wait a minute. Now they're saying it's possible that more planes are being hijacked!
Emmet: You mean, this could happen again?
Ma: I sure hope not, Emmet.
Meanwhile, in the meadow:
Bean: Isn't anybody doing anything?
Father Bunny: I'm sure they're working on getting people out.
Twitch: Why are all those people running away?
Mother Bunny: To get away from the buildings before anymore people get hurt.
TV: Now there are reports of more planes being hijacked...
Mother Bunny: More planes getting hijacked?
Lugsy: Does that mean more people will die?
Father Bunny: I really hope not.
Bean: Why are those planes getting hijacked?
Lugsy: Isn't there any way to stop it?
Mother Bunny: I wish there was, Lugsy.
Back at the Muppet Theater:
Gonzo: It's so chaotic down there.
Fozzie: Hold it! Is it just me or are people jumping out of the building?
Gobo: Jumping out of the building?
Boober: It's too high!
Red: Why can't they wait for help?
Rowlf: I guess they're doing that out of desparation.
Scooter: I hope those firefighters can get to them on time.
Then within a split second, another plane comes flying in seemingly in slow motion, everyone everywhere had a sense of dread and felt their hearts beat faster and faster until...they all saw the second plane crash into the South Tower in a ball of flames. Most screamed, others gasped and some fainted in a state of shock. There would be more to come afterwards.

 

[Collgoff]

Wow!

 

[jgidley]

More, please!

 

[Misskermie]

Whoa!

More please!