re: Where Were You on 9/11?

I was in college, I didn't have classes on Tuesday & Thursday that semester, but I had an appointment that morning.. I still remember it was at 9:30AM. I was going to sleep until 8:15AM that morning, but someone came over and told me to put it on the news because an airplane just hit one of the twin towers. It was less than a minute after turning on the TV when the second plane flew in the other tower. It actually took several seconds after it happened to actually process that it had actually happened.

With one plane I was thinking it could have been some type of mistake, but when the second one hit, it was clear it was some type of attack. We just sat and watched the news in disbelief. I had to leave to go to my appointment and I remember every single radio station had coverage of what just happened. When I got to my appointment, the atmosphere wasn't the feeling of an average day. When I went to check in, I remember a receptionist was worried and kept trying to call her daughter, who was in NYC.

I think most professors/instructors at LSU cancelled class that day, I just remember meeting up with friends, who had class but learned their class had been canceled. One friend said he went to class and his instructor walked in crying, tried to compose herself then just told the class she was sorry, but she wasn't in any state of mind to be able to hold class and canceled it.

Whenever the reports came in about the Pentagon and the other plane that crashed before it was able to get to its destination, the mood went from sad/upset to sad/upset and concerned just because no one knew if there were other attacks planned and if so, where would they happen.

For months after the attacks it felt that everyone in this country was for what's best for the country as a whole. Everyone had pride in being Americans and not divided by parties.. If you were an American it felt as if those attacks were personal.