On 9/11?

I know where I was.

I woke up just in time to see the first tower fall.  See at the time I worked the swing shift at Earthlink so it was normal for me to stay up til about 5 am.  So, I was probably asleep around 4 am, but I woke up to Greta telling me I had to look at the TV and the sound in her voice was full of tears and shock.  I got up just in time to see the tower fall on CNN and I was stunned.  I think it took me about 5 min to grasp what was going on.  CNN kept cutting to NYC, the Pentagon and then to Pennsylvania.  The only thing I remember in my mind was that we were at war.  But we did not really know with who.  Then I remember seeing the Palestinians dancing in the streets and I remember my blood boiling.  I remember calling my mom and my sister...and we were all trying to reach our relative in NYC....his name was Teva.  It took us almost two days to reach him and confirm that he was Ok.  I remember not wanting to step away from the TV, it seems almost safer to just watch the TV then to go outside and deal with life.  When I finally had to go to work (yeah I worked on 9/11 in the evening) I found out my boss's daughter worked in the 73 floor of WTC 2.  And my boss was frantically trying to see if his daughter was Ok - she was - we found out.  We also had a co-worker who had enlisted in the Navy about 2 months before and was getting ready to go to Basic Training.  Prior to 9/11 we joked with him saying...he will have a great time - no wars...he will do his time and get out and use the experience and benefits to get a great job...well 9/11 changed all of that and we were all suddenly worried for him and what might happen.  2 weeks later he left EarthLink and started his service.  I think he is still in the Navy now, but I have lost track of him.

That was my day.  In front of the TV - listening to every rumor of war, threat of additional attack, trying to contact loved ones and friends to make sure they were all Ok.

Where were you on 9/11?  What did you do on that day?  How did it change you?

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