re: Where were you on 9/11

On the high school football practice field.

Freshman year of high school. I was in morning PE and we were told to return to our homerooms. Teacher rolled out the TV and we watched for about an hour, then my mom checked me out of school.

Within a week, the boys and I had printed out OBL target sheets and practiced for the imminent Taliban invasion.

Walked in to first period AP Government my senior year. Teacher, who was a state rep, told us to sit down and shut up. Listened on the radio.

Then the school set up a tv in the concourse for a while before ultimately sending everyone home around lunchtime.

Boss found out and called all of us who worked in the warehouse after school in to work early.

Seated on a plane about to be pushed back for takeoff. We were ordered to get off the plane.

I was driving into Lafayette heading to work. I was listening to the radio when they reported that a plane had crashed into the WTC. They didn't have any details and at first made it sound like it was a small commuter plane. Radio went back to regular programming and when I got in the office and turned on the TV, they were reporting that a second plane struck the tower and that is when everyone realized what was going on.

I don't think we did a single work related thing that day other than make coffee. We all were watching the TV. No customers called which was eerie and we did not have any service calls that day.

Driving to school

At work. Walked past the Breakroom and the Plant Manager was in there telling people to come watch the TV. Didn’t take long and the Breakroom was full of people standing there in shock. Seems like people were allowed to go home, we shut down some production areas, etc. I remember calling my Dad and asking him all kinds of question's. I would give anything to talk to him again…..