re: Where were you?

working 4 blocks from the Sears Tower. Internet was basically useless, no TV's. Listening to the radio and watching the Sears Tower thinking it was next. Not long after they evacuated the entire downtown area. Pretty serene train ride back to the burbs. Not a sound on the train the entire way home.

Not only did they know in advance , but they were held for about a month and then told their story on Israeli tv. One of them says “we were there to document the event “
How can you document something unless you know it’s going to happen

When I got to PT the first plane had hit and someone mentioned it. I think we all assumed it was a Cessna or something like that. Walking back from PT the word was already going around that a second plane hit. I showered and went to the chow hall and that was the first time I saw actual footage of the second crash. Immediately clear that we were going to war.

Did you get to send any to their 70 virgins?

Driving into work in a Charlotte NC. Got to my office and kept the radio on all morning. They had a TV in the break room that everyone piled into to watch.

Good on ya.

I was in grad school part time and a goat humper was in the computer lab at the same time. He pulled up an email with a animation of the twin towers falling and he smiled and chuckled.

I stood up and asked him to share what was funny. Of course he declined and hit the door quickly.

I asked my FBI buddy I played basketball if he would ask dude some questions. I never asked if he followed up. Likely not becauae our laws protect such behavior.

Honestly, I don't know how I'd react to that shite.

I was 28 at the time. At work. Head partner in firm caming racing down the hall to my bosses office and right in front of me he told her a plane just flew into the WTC. Her best friend worked in one of the Towers so she freaked out. Me and another legal assistant immediately went into the breakroom and turned on the tv. Not too long after, we were standing there watching the TV and another attorney came in and I said those buildings were going to collapse and he said they weren't. Then about 2 minutes later, the first tower came down.

Got home from work and immediately turned on the news. First time seeing the aftermath and I buried my head in my hands, began to cry thinking there was no way anyone in those buildings survived.

The days after were eerie since there were no planes in the sky. Will NEVER FORGET.