re: Where were you on 9/11/01?

Dropped my child off at school and turned on the radio. They were talking about the first plane hitting the WTC. I thought it ironic because the History channel had recently broadcast a show about a B-25 crashing into the Empire State Building.

Driving away from the school, I heard about the second plane and knew we were under attack. I watched the buildings on fire at home. I have a friend who I knew worked in the WTC, so I called a mutual friend to hear if they had heard from him. My friend's wife answered and asked me why I was asking if he was still working there. Got a lump in my throat and couldn't speak. Finally just told her that she needed to turn on the TV. Fortunately, he had changed jobs a couple of months before and was in another building near there.

I drove into the office, which was on the 11th floor on a hill and offered a great view of Dobbins AFB. No one was in the office, and it looked like everyone just ran out, leaving their computers on, coffee and donuts half consumed. Dobbins looked like a hornet's nest, with fighters taking off and landing constantly.

I later went back home. The Atlanta freeways were totally deserted, like I drove 25 miles on I-75, I-85, and I-285 and saw maybe 3 other vehicles. The traffic signs said "National Emergency," and it was bizarrely quiet thanks to all planes being grounded and cars and trucks being off the road.

High School in calculus class.

I was sleeping in that morning. I had worked 2nd shift the previous night and got in bed probably a little after midnight.

I was 20.

My dad(RIP) woke me up and told me to turn on my TV. As I was watching the 2nd plane hit my dad, who could over emphasize things at times, stood in my doorway, pointed at me and said , " You better prepare to be activated!"

I was called up, but not until January of '03.

I also remember how blue the sky was that morning.

BTR airport. Flight was cancelled .

Pacific Beach. Had just crossed border driving back from Cabo. Was one false move away from having to spend a week or so in TJ.

quote:

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Unfortunately, groups are judged by their worst members. It's unfair, but it's human nature.

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Well that clearly isn't true. The worse members of every group are despicable.

At work me and the other supervisors went to our office watched on a 19” tv

I was working nights.

My girlfriend - now wife (no pics) - called and woke me up to let me know a plane had hit the World Trade Center.

I turned on the news in time to see the second plane hit.

Sitting at my desk on the trading desk at my firm, here in Memphis. At the time I was a bond trader trading corp bonds.

The afternoon prior, right before I left for the day, I was talking with my coverage on treasuries (for hedging purposes). He worked at Cantor. That was hard.

That morning another trader down the floor was talking with a very good friend of his that worked for Sandler O'neil. While they were talking, the phone line went dead. He called back and nothing. Called his cell phone and nothing.

Learned why a few minutes later when the headline went across our Bloombergs that at plane had hit the towers.