re: Anyone here in the air on morning of 9/11?

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There are way worse places to get stuck. I’d call that an unexpected vacation.

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So true. It was a madhouse scramble out of the airport for sure.....I had just gotten out of the Army as a Captain a year prior, and when the plane landed I knew there were some junior Army enlisted on the plane heading home for their mid tour leave; the highest ranking soldier was a Specialist (E-4); I got those guys together and told the Specialist that he was in charge, to keep together as a group and after customs, find a rep from the 25th Infantry Division Army base. They did, and I found out later that they were picked up and put up safely at Schofield Barracks. I knew these kids probably didn't exactly have corporate credit cards (ha ha) or a lot of money so I wanted to make sure they were taken care of.

Afterwords, me and another guy that worked for another company that was in Korea for the same job fair skipped all the lines, jumped on a shuttle to the car rental place and got one of two cars left in stock (miracle). We then cruised the beach checking with hotels (Pre smart phone days remember, plus cell service was just about non existent that day even there). We found rooms at a Waikiki Beach Hilton and got rooms there. We couldn't believe the prices they were charging (in a good way....CHEAP....). They had been told to charge a "distressed traveler rate" and it was less than 80 bucks a night.
Was so bummed out though that even spending 6 days there I didn't really get in the mood to enjoy anything at all.

My wife ( flight attendant) had just landed in dfw for work from her commute flight. Obviously her trip was cancelled. Rented a car and drove home

I flew Delta to London and then train to Southampton. Then did a walk to fight jetlag exhaustion. Got back to hotel to find everybody in the bar watching tower one attack.

Lots of delays/trouble getting home via Boston/Atlanta.

Brits were outstanding and help helpful. Brit media did not pull punches and really grilled Muslim clerics on TV interviews. Very unlike US PC media.

Got home a week late. Catching a connection in an empty Atlanta airport was bizarre!

My BIL was in DC for meetings. Had to drive and pick him up in Maryland.

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What was it like working for "The Smartest Guys In The Room"?

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It was my first job after college. Did an internship with Enron between junior and senior year of college. I loved it. Traded gas on Columbia pipeline. Moved over to Enron Energy Services and helped close a huge energy deal with Ocean Spray..hence, I was headed to Boston. They were very generous with expense statements...drinking and strip clubs were not discouraged I was young and stupid..didn't know any better. My second year bonus was 50% of my salary. Guess I should have known something was up

Lived 35 minutes outside of NYC at the time

Kids at my school lost parents that day

My dad flew out of Hartford the same time

Landed in Atlanta and was like “why are all these people watching the TV?”

He’s convinced - and I agree - that there were terrorists ready to go o other planes that kind of pussied out

I was. I was in. A Beechcraft Bonanza out of Mobile enroute to Atl. Air traffic control forced us to land immediately in Monroeville, AL. Was kinda crazy hearing all the radio chatter, we knew something was way wrong but didn’t find out until we landed. Plane was grounded for like 6 weeks, luckily we were able to drive home.

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My mother and father In law were on the Staten Island ferry and watched the planes hit the towers. Got stranded there for a few days too. The ferry’s were not running. It really shook them up for many years.

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The second plane would have flown right over them

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My mom was in Hawaii on business and was stranded there until flights ramped up again. Very scary stu

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I was in Hawaii the same day.