re: What were you doing on 9/11?

Another thing that happened on 9/11 was many phones networks up North were overloaded due to the call volume. People couldn’t place local calls to loved ones. But for some reason, long distance calls were getting through.

I spent part of the morning calling family in Manhattan and Queens and relaying to them that their kids were safe. My elder cousins were going to a doctor’s appointment when I called. I told ‘em, they might want to cancel it and stay home instead.