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**Ummgawa** · #1 09-10-2010, 12:43 PM

Her's mine. I won two tickets to see the Braves play the Phillies, when I was picking them up in downtown Atlanta, my Dad called to tell me a plane had hit the World Trade Center, I made it to the Varsity (The largest Drive-in in the world) and watched as the second plane hit the South Tower. These are my two untorn tickets and the only thing I have ever won.

The whole thing is like it was yesterday.

N2ORocket · #2 09-10-2010, 01:08 PM

I was at a staff meeting and the secretary commented on how a plane had hit the 1st tower.

I was horrified I thought it was going to be the worst airline disaster.

When the 2nd tower was hit I knew something much worse was happening.

I don't want to say more.

**waynieZ** · #3 09-10-2010, 01:10 PM

I was working at Logan airport (Boston) doing construction. We were getting ready for coffee when we heard about the first plane. We didn't know it came from Logan at first. The head inspector was right near us listening to the radio from one of our trucks. When the second plane hit he got a phone call. He turned to us and said secure the area and pack up were leaving. Within minutes our project manager called on the radio and told us the same thing. We got our tools, secured the work area and met at the office for a head count and were sent home. I live 50 mile away so we listened to the radio in disbelief. When I got home I took a shower and watched Tv coverage. I never felt anything like that before in my life, I was numb. About 12:30 I got a call from my forman saying we had to go back and finnish a section of runway that had been opened to run utilities across it. We went back at a round 3pm. When we got there it was un believable. Swat teams all over the place. Snipers on all the buildings. When we got to the gate to go airside we got searched by the state police the trucks got searched by dog and troopers. We worked with a lot of them and still had to prove who we were with airport IDs and licences. We got escorted to the work area and had armed troopers all over.
It was so eire not a sound from the same place you couldn't hear yourself think 4 hours before. There were two F15's flying overhead all day, they would drop down and buzz the air field once in a while. We would see caravans of black FBI suberbans drive by every once in a while. Then later in the day there were a few passenger jets landing. We were told it was airline officials and family members. The F15's, one would stay up hi and the other would fly along side the jet until it landed . Then the it would boot it and be out of site straight up in a few seconds. I still get a lump in my throat when I think of it. We worked through the night and then back the next day to finnish.
I stood there and thought, I was there when the two planes took off that morning. It still tuns my stomach.
Wayne

Josh69 · #4 09-10-2010, 01:11 PM

I just got to work that morning at American Express' home office, missed the first plane, but got into the lobby and everyone was standing in front of the TV's that normally are running CNBC. I looked up in time to see the 2nd impact. They sent us all home since we were one block from the IDS tower (our old location), and they feared other potential building targets. Can't believe it's been that long ago, seems too recent.

God Bless the victims and their families.

coolwelder62 · #5 09-10-2010, 02:27 PM

I was in the shop sitting at my work table welding on an alum. oil pan. Had the I had the ABC news on when the first plane hit the tower.Turned off the welder called my wife told to watch the tv then the second plane hit,and sat there in disbelief.Then got madder than hell. As I sat there all day watching and wondering why.I think about it all the time.It was amazing the whole counrty seem to come togather for a while, but only for a short time.It seems poeple have ten let it until go as time goes by.IMHO GOD would never have aproved of such action's.

Mikael A · #6 09-10-2010, 02:28 PM

I was there....saw it in person,still cant believe it happened.

1in1969 · #7 09-10-2010, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

IMHO GOD would never have aproved of such action's.

This, Sir, is a VERY true statement!!!!
Shawn

John at SC&C · #8 09-10-2010, 03:55 PM

First heard it on the radio while driving, making deliveries.
Driving back at about 11:00 AM on Rt. 78 East coming into Allentown, the big new traffic information sign, which I had never noticed anything on before:

ALL ACCESS TO NYC
CLOSED

I believe I saw the smoke column on the horizon.

rwhite692 · #9 09-10-2010, 04:18 PM

I was back East on Long Island with my wife, visiting my Dad. We were staying in the basement apartment of his house, and we were planning to drive into the city that very morning (sightseeing, my wife had never been to NYC (and still hasn't!).

I had rolled out of bed, flipped on the old B&W tv to see what the weather was going to be....and the first plane had already hit...at that time the news people did not yet know that it was an intentional attack, did not have any footage of the impact at that point, and were reporting it as a possible accidental plane crash, they did not yet know the size of the plane, etc. Lots of smoke but no indication that this was something that was going to bring down the tower.

Then as we were watching, we saw (live) the second plane make it's impact, and we (as well as the reporters) thought that what we were watching, was recorded footage that they had finally gotten hold of, of the first impact.

I think it took more than a couple minutes for the news folks to realize that it was a second plane making impact.

At that moment was when we knew it was all intentional, it was just the most sickening thing. We lost two family friends that day at 1 WTC and one injured firefighter that is now retired and doing OK.

We will never forget.

**Ummgawa** · #10 09-10-2010, 04:32 PM

I guess I stayed up for four strait days watching all the news and information. My business partner and I were loaded up ready to go to Ground Zero and help in any way we could when the news folk said not to.

I guess the thing that made me the maddest (it all pi$$ed me off) was footage of the people having to jump out of the buildings rather than be burnt up. Those images still stir my senses beyond description. God bless 'em all. This ole boy will never forget.