Where were you? 9/11/2001

[CharliesBarbee]

Where were you?

I had just settled down to chat online with some friends (did that almost every morning back then) after sending my daughter to school and dh to work. Back then, dh worked in a nuclear power plant near Detroit. (he ended up being in Lock Down for 24 hours)

I happened to have NBC on at the time. And heard the report of the first plane. I called dh at work to let him know that a plane had hit the North Tower. Since that one had the antenna that served many of that area, a friend living in Bayonne had to get her updates from us as she lost her TV signal..but she could also see the smoke from her house.

But I watched in horror as the second plane hit the South Tower. Like most, I knew then that it was no accident...and no going back to the innocence of the day before.

Another good friend (online) had her baby three days later...we call him our Light...that life still goes on. And it has...

But let us NEVER forget the Heroes that died that day...of ALL races, creeds, colors, nationalities. And all the first responders and those who worked tirelessly in the months/years after clearing the rubble while looking for any identification of those lost.

 

[CharliesBarbee]

My then 4 year old granddaughter and I had just started to have a breakfast "teaparty" while getting ready to watch "Dragon Tales". I was just getting ready to change the channel when they broke in. I remember thinking this must be one of the fake news reports, like Orson Wells had many years ago. So I put the TV on the PBS channel for my granddaughter, then went in another room, turned on the TV and fell to my knees crying. I could not stand up, I felt so sick and drained. After about a half an hour, I went to the phone and called my husband, to let him know. He was on break at a coffee shop, I told him to tell them, to turn on the TV. He said what happened? I started crying again, and told him the US was under attack. He said everyone froze. TV came on and no one moved or said a word. Then people started crying, going to their calls and calling loved ones. I then called my son and daughter and told them. I still get weak and nauseous just remembering. God bless the USA from EVER having this again on our soil.