Here it is, my official 9/11 post
Sep. 11th, 2002 12:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pennywhistleI shared this on SDUBB:
I'm in Eastern Time Zone, so at 8:48 I was at work at P&G. I was working on a report for my EvilBoss when my friend Susan ICQ'd me with "Did you hear about the World Trade Center?" but I didn't respond or think anything of it.
A few minutes later, my coworker, who listens to a radio all day, said "Oh my god." Then it all broke out. There's a TV at the elevator banks, and people were crowded in front of them watching MSNBC. By the time I found out, the second plane had hit, so I watched it over and over on the TV. We were all shocked. I was on the phone with my friend Rob at my desk, and he was describing events to me. He watched the towers fall, and told me, and I relayed it to people around me.
I don't really remember my reaction to the Washington plane. How much can you expand on shock? When the Pennsylvania plane went down, I began to panic, because my sister is in Pennsylvania. When we realized it was a planned, massive attack...my stomach dropped.
Soon they shut the Federal building down here in town. We're right across the street from it. And because P&G is not seen favorably by extremists, we all started to get a bit worried for ourselves. The BigBoss sent everyone home. I drove my coworker to her car. I remember it was cool outside, cooler than it is this year, it's 90 degrees now. We had the radio on low while we drove home. We talked about the significance of the numbers 911.
When I got to our apartment, Eric was out. I don't remember why he was off that day. I sat on the couch and turned on CNN. I watched in shock and horror for about an hour before he got home. "Where have you been?" I yelled at him. He was clueless. "We've been attacked. We're at war." I said. He thought it was cool. He laughed. He cheered the terrorists. I watched tv for about another 1/2 hour, till about 1, and then I was so utterly exhausted from it that I took a nap until about 7.
My friend Christina and I were planning a Pampered Chef recruiting event that night. I called my recruits and told them it was cancelled. Then I got on SDUBB, to talk with everyone else, and hear their reactions.
Sorry so long, but if I close my eyes, I can just picture one year ago so clearly. I have no idea what happened on 9/12.
(Can you see why i dumped the boy? oy. sigh.)
I'm working tonight. Don't know how deliveries will be. I don't really want to watch a lot of the news. I feel more like doing something productive, perhaps making a donation to the fireman's fund, or to the children of those killed.
*HUGS TO ALL* Have a good, safe day.
I'm in Eastern Time Zone, so at 8:48 I was at work at P&G. I was working on a report for my EvilBoss when my friend Susan ICQ'd me with "Did you hear about the World Trade Center?" but I didn't respond or think anything of it.
A few minutes later, my coworker, who listens to a radio all day, said "Oh my god." Then it all broke out. There's a TV at the elevator banks, and people were crowded in front of them watching MSNBC. By the time I found out, the second plane had hit, so I watched it over and over on the TV. We were all shocked. I was on the phone with my friend Rob at my desk, and he was describing events to me. He watched the towers fall, and told me, and I relayed it to people around me.
I don't really remember my reaction to the Washington plane. How much can you expand on shock? When the Pennsylvania plane went down, I began to panic, because my sister is in Pennsylvania. When we realized it was a planned, massive attack...my stomach dropped.
Soon they shut the Federal building down here in town. We're right across the street from it. And because P&G is not seen favorably by extremists, we all started to get a bit worried for ourselves. The BigBoss sent everyone home. I drove my coworker to her car. I remember it was cool outside, cooler than it is this year, it's 90 degrees now. We had the radio on low while we drove home. We talked about the significance of the numbers 911.
When I got to our apartment, Eric was out. I don't remember why he was off that day. I sat on the couch and turned on CNN. I watched in shock and horror for about an hour before he got home. "Where have you been?" I yelled at him. He was clueless. "We've been attacked. We're at war." I said. He thought it was cool. He laughed. He cheered the terrorists. I watched tv for about another 1/2 hour, till about 1, and then I was so utterly exhausted from it that I took a nap until about 7.
My friend Christina and I were planning a Pampered Chef recruiting event that night. I called my recruits and told them it was cancelled. Then I got on SDUBB, to talk with everyone else, and hear their reactions.
Sorry so long, but if I close my eyes, I can just picture one year ago so clearly. I have no idea what happened on 9/12.
(Can you see why i dumped the boy? oy. sigh.)
I'm working tonight. Don't know how deliveries will be. I don't really want to watch a lot of the news. I feel more like doing something productive, perhaps making a donation to the fireman's fund, or to the children of those killed.
*HUGS TO ALL* Have a good, safe day.
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Date: 2002-09-11 06:35 am (UTC)"Where were you when the world stopped turning, that September day?"
Isn't it sad that we can relay almost every emotion and reaction and things we were doing down to the nanosecond on that morning, but some of us (such as I) cannot accurately relate what we did at the mall or something last week?
I remember where I was...and the fleeting fear that my cousin who lives in NYC was somewhere in that mess. Thank the Goddess she wasn't.
Glad my flight made it *whew*