9/11-never forget

Lone Wolf 75

I was at work, working on a project for the Federal Reserve. I had just called my generator parts rep to get a revised selection for the remote radiators that I needed to specify and show on the documents. He says to me, "Did you hear about the plane that crashed into the building in New York?" I responded-thinking he can't be serious, "No, that already happened to the Empire State Building back in the 1930's." "No, seriously Paul, turn on your radio or tv." So I tell him thanks, turn on 98 Rock and the morning show is talking about it.

I decide to go upstairs to our Civil/Structural Department and happen to get to the tv as soon as the second plane hits. Holy crap was that a scary moment - at that point it became clear to me that the attacks were deliberate. The head of our department called a meeting and told us we could go home if we wanted to - most of us that didn't have families or kids yet stayed. I ended up going home that night, and my roommate and I proceeded to get hammered. The weirdest thing was not hearing any airplanes overhead for the next week when all of the planes were grounded.