I was in Kalispell Montana. I remember I was getting ready for work and waiting for a phone call from my mother about my grandfather. I watched the second plane hit the tower on the TV. Nobody got much work done at the foundry that day. We were all in the break room watching it unfold. Not to take anything away from the 911 victims. But as a side note, my grandfather suffered a brain aneurysm a few hours before this happened and past away that afternoon.
I just got my first apartment on my own at 23 and just started at a new job when my mother called me and said they are gone, just waking up I said what do you mean? she said the towers are gone! well in my town there are a couple of buildings called the towers and I asked her do you mean scope towers thinking maybe they caught on fire she said no the twin towers! after a few minutes waking up I turned it to the news station and I seen the second plane going into the building on rerun at that point I knew something wasn't right. Being a trained first aid responder working for a local fire department I wanted to get there asap and help but after the second day there was a PSA that there were so many there helping that unless you were a certified doctor or disaster specialist please do not come because there were so many already there. My how things have changed.
Didn't have a TV, but I listen to a news/talk radio station. Heard the story about the first plane and didn't think too much of it, just thought "well it's not the first time someone there flew a plane into a skyscraper." (At that point there had been no mention of the size of the plane.), But when the second plane hit I knew "This ain't no accident!" I stayed glued to the radio the rest of the morning. Didn't see pictures until a couple days later.
As you can imagine, the news was 24x7 on the attack, from the minute it happened, and for days afterward. In my case I was at work minding my own business, and when word spread, TV's were set up in the cafeteria where most of us ended up watching, and seeing the second plane. So while we "saw it on the news", it's not like we were all watching *before* the first plane hit.
I was a flight nurse in Texas at the time and was on duty - of course all our air transports were grounded so we found out about it right away. We turned on the TV like everyone else and spent the whole shift watching the coverage. I remember feeling a loss of control, sadness, and vulnerability all at once.
What are you guys talking about? The 'black boxes'? Don't you guys start goin' Alex Jones on me tonite.........
I was watching the showcase showdown with Bob Barker on the Price is Right when CBS broke in that the first tower was hit, saw the second tower get it too.
I was supposed to be in one of the banquet halls in tower two for a graduation ceremony. Luckily I was unable to attend due to a work emergency.
I try not to think about that day.. I worked at NYU Hospital in midtown. We went into emergency mode to receive victims. The only people that came were injured cops and firefighters.. Our heros who did nothing but cry thier hearts out for not being able to do anything for those who lost their lives. It was heartbreaking. I live close to downtown. We were all living a nightmare! The stench lasted for weeks and nothing was normal for a very long time. Thats all I have to say
Yes it was in my home news was on from 6am until 5pm daily and I was sitting in sun room with my grandfather I was on computer playing Ultima online and he was watching news on big screen next minute I hear grandpa say holy fu** and he dropped his coffee after that much is a blur to me shocked
