Where were you on 9/11?
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I was at work in Frankfort. We started watching on the television after the first plane hit. After work I drove back to Lexington and went straight to my parents house to check on them. That whole day and especially once i got to my parents was so vivid and seemed to slow down. I'll never forget that day.
Ha. I'm not sure she knew I existed. I'm 5 years older and she wasn't that close of a friend to have come over to the house when they were younger.
I was right down the road on State Street. Had a class, went and the professor said go home and stay home so we did and proceeded like everyone else to watch the news for the next two weeks.
Scott Pelleys newest book has the first chapter on his experience in downtown NYC that day and it’s chilling.
I was in the air flying with Delta when the first one happened. We landed in Myrtle Beach not knowing what happened. I headed to AVIS to rent a car and a young man came running by screaming people are dying. Then the police started putting yellow tape around the airport and said the airport is closed.
AVIS gave me a car and I started back home. All flights were cancelled for a few days and when flights started back I caught an early flight to Orlando. It was one of the big jets , Boeing 777, and we had less than 10 passengers on the plane.
At the end of the week I was in New York at the scene of the downed Twin Towers working insurance claims. One of them turned out to be 1.2 Billion in damages. Making out the Proof of Loss was mind boggling to me.
AVIS gave me a car and I started back home. All flights were cancelled for a few days and when flights started back I caught an early flight to Orlando. It was one of the big jets , Boeing 777, and we had less than 10 passengers on the plane.
At the end of the week I was in New York at the scene of the downed Twin Towers working insurance claims. One of them turned out to be 1.2 Billion in damages. Making out the Proof of Loss was mind boggling to me.
In my 6th grade social studies class. My teacher in that class was in the reserves and deployed months later.
I was working with a couple of other people on a computer problem in a small office away from others. One left and came back telling us about the second plane and he had already flipped the "we're under attack" switch. He was seriously freaking out. I told him I didn't think it was an attack because they would have targeted the White House or Pentagon, so just relax. He left again and immediately came back to tell us about the Pentagon plane. That flipped my switch.
B&E Building in class. Walked out of class to see the 2nd plane hit on a TV in the hallway. Crazy day that's for sure. Specifically remember Lexington that morning as blue sky as I can remember.
We had an apt and two Pakistani guys lived below us. Swear we had a crown vic sitting outside the apt the rest of the week watching these guys.
Will always remember that evening no planes in the sky since all flights were canceled. Saw one and thought it was weird. Later on read a book and US flew Bin Landen's family out of the US that night from Texas. Randomly stopped in Lexington before leaving the States. Had to be it.
We had an apt and two Pakistani guys lived below us. Swear we had a crown vic sitting outside the apt the rest of the week watching these guys.
Will always remember that evening no planes in the sky since all flights were canceled. Saw one and thought it was weird. Later on read a book and US flew Bin Landen's family out of the US that night from Texas. Randomly stopped in Lexington before leaving the States. Had to be it.
ditto, was a sophomore in high school. My uncle works in the pentagon and was late for work as he and my aunt were having a big fight that morning. It saved his life.
At home. I was getting ready for class; I had decided to go back to college and had the tv on while I dressed.