What was your experience on the morning of 9-11-2001 ?

I remember driving to my home care nursing job in Kingston NY which is about 120 miles from NYC. It was the clearest sky I had ever seen. Not one cloud on this September morning sky. When I arrived at the office the office manager and his assistant were listing to the radio and then we all heard the news that a plane had hit the world trade center. When the second plane hit the assistant said "That's not an accident. It's terrorism". I was just confused and couldn't process it. Another nurse remarked 'You realize our lives will never be the same. The world will never be the same." I still didn't know what to make of it. Later on the supervisor said "You know what , they have to get all those Israelites out of NYC." She would later on deny ever having said this. But what I most remember most is the morning of September 12. On my way to work I stopped by the gas station to get my coffee and a roll. The look on everyones face was so.sad. Americans have never seemed to be happy or carefree since that day.

you had a job that was 120 miles awar?! wtf
if we travel 120 miles over here i end up in 1 of 3 different countries lol.

but im guessing you stayed there too, you didnt commute every day from home to your job?

I live about a hundred and twenty miles north of Houston and over the years I have known 4 or 5 people that drove it every day. The traffic alone would would be a deal breaker for me. Leave home at 4am and return at 7 or 8 pm ...no thanks. I work from home.

Every day?!?! that means next to the 8 hours of work youd have, what, 6 hours of travel every day?! i could never

i didnt even go to school when it was raining too hard. im a comfort person tho. i work to live. i dont live to work.

For me, I was living in Cary, NC, having just moved back from SE Asia.

I woke up, my new bride (a foreign national) remaining blissfully asleep.

I went to my computer and visited the Drudge Report. In the upper left-hand corner, there was a brief headline
in red stating that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center.

Turned on the television, saw the scene, then went and told the wife.

This earned me a mumble and grunt, then she returned to REM sleep.

Went back to the TV, watched things unfold, then the second plane flew in. Daaaaaaamn.

Went and told the wife that a second plane crashed into the World Trade Center.

This opened her eyes...

Imagine being a young woman, newly married, living half a world away from you home country,
and you are suddenly under attack. This really scared her, as it did most of us.



What was your experience?


* I am self pinning this thread in order to see what other's experienced that day. *

At 60 MPH 120 miles is two hours...

The expressway limit is 75 MPH for a good part of the way to our camp...

Every day?!?! that means next to the 8 hours of work youd have, what, 6 hours of travel every day?! i could never

i didnt even go to school when it was raining too hard. im a comfort person tho. i work to live. i dont live to work.

My loser brother called me 20-30 minutes after the first tower was hit. Watched on TV until the neighbor who was my buddy's booty call called me and told me her Dad was in a nearly fatal car accident, and wanted a ride to a destination 2 hours away bawling. Told her to call him, if he couldn't do it I would; he did, and I went to work. Once I got there, didn't do any work and just watched it on TV.

Today may be oh so much worse, the hours will tell us all, very shoon.

why do people think something will happen today?
als why do you call your brother a loser?