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Morning of 9/11 what were you doing?
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[quote:Overgoverned:MV80MTM3MTY3Xzc1MTM5NTI2XzMzREJEMDM4] I was at [s]Western Boone[/s] Tri-West Hendricks Middle School in western Hendricks County, Indiana. We were toiling on an addition to the existing school, pouring a section of concrete floor. A beautiful fallish morning. This was before phones were very smart. One of the concrete mixer truck drivers had talked on the radio with his dispatcher and learned that "a plane had hit a tower in New York". I interpreted that as a Cessna-type plane and a radio-type tower. As far as New York goes, I'm aware that it's a big state, and there's more to it than Manhattan. So I thought this was a bad day for the Cessna's pilot, but in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't much of a deal. Within a few minutes, workmen were getting phone calls on their dumb phones, and we realized something was substantially wrong in the world. My brother called me and briefed me, and I think it was during our conversation that the second plane found its target. Whoa, Nelly. So we finished our work. I remember pointing out to some of the guys that they'd never forget where they were on September 11, 2001, and they'd probably even remember me telling them that they'd never forget it. We were about 20 miles west of the Indianapolis airport, and we noticed aircraft lining up (in the sky at FL 10 or wherever they were) and waiting their turn to land. Within an hour, there wasn't a plane in the sky. Work ended a bit early that day. Typically, I'd have had to go somewhere else in the afternoon, but everything was shutting down early. So I returned home and watched TV all night long. In particular, I remember ABC's Elizabeth Vargas' face betraying her emotions. She kept her composure, but the day's news clearly disturbed her. And who could blame her for being disturbed? [/quote]
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I was on the couch asleep and my mom called and told me.
I turned on the tv to see the second plane hit live.
I thought it was a replay of the first plane at first.
An hour later my military friends phoned and said they were headed out
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