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    That is something most of us won't forget. I was working a case at a local CPA's office that day spending most of my time with their staff watching the news in utter shock! God bless the first responders!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Scout333 View Post
    That is something most of us won't forget. I was working a case at a local CPA's office that day spending most of my time with their staff watching the news in utter shock! God bless the first responders!
    I had taken the week off to paint my house. The weather was perfect. Didn't get much painting done that morning. When I finally did later in the day, I kept feeling like crying -- and shed quite a few tears. I will never forget.

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    I was assigned to the Pentagon. My office was in Rosslyn, VA - 5 minute shuttle ride from the Pentagon (The Building). I was waiting for a shuttle on the south side of the building. When the airliner hit we rushed towards the building, but it was alreadly locked down. I headed home via the Metro. Wife had the TV on watching NYC coverage. 15 minutes later the coverage moved to the Pentagon. I then learned that I was a witness to the attack.

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    I was in DC and heard the explosion from the plane hitting the Pentagon. Shook the window of the hotel I was staying in. I went to see if I could lend a hand, but was told I'd just be in the way. It was a sad day for America. God bless those who died that day, and those left behind.
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    I was at work in the basement when a coworker in IL sent me a msg on ICQ and told me a plane had just hit the World Trade Center... I didn't stop watching TV until very late that night.

    I was angry... very, very angry...

    I was sad... so sad for those that died and their families and friends...

    I hope this never happens again, period.
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    It was 0546 on the west coast. I was watching Fox News. I watched the second plane hit 0603. I yelled to my wife that Al Qaeda had finally figured out how to take out the WTC. Blank stare returned.
    At 0900, I was in a recruiter's office, trying to get back in the Air Force. Spent the night outside with my kids, trying to make them understand why the sky was silent, and that they would probably never see a night sky like that again in their lives. Explained decision to go back into the military. Tough night.
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    Staring in shock at my TV screen. Hoping the first hit was an accident of some kind and then unwanted reality setting in with the next hit...then again...then again. Soon after I was helping stand up a command post and working with the airlines to go through flight manifests.

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    I was sitting there writing computer programs, looking at the data, reading spec's, etc. About 1/2 hour later THE WORD, started to spread about a plane hitting one of the towers, terrorists?, GOD?, So I got on the net and I noticed a blip about, How a plane headed between N.Y. and Baltimore had suddenly stopped all radio and disappeared. I hauled A, home and I watched the news all day.
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    I woke up and flipped on CNBC as usual. In a split screen I saw Mark Haines on one side, and what I thought were smoke stacks on the other. I thought perhaps they were talking about manufacturing jobs. It took a few seconds to register what was going on.
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    Default re: Where were you 8:45 AM 9-11-2001?

    I believe the Date was September 11, 2001, not 2011



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    I was Active Duty at the time, working in the Training section of my shop. A page went over the comm system from Ops saying that something had happened in New York, and that everybody should go to the Dayroom to watch what was going on. I showed up in the Dayroom to find about half my shop already there, the first tower smoking and fuming.

    About a minute or so after I got there the second plane hit, and I started laughing. I was the only one in the room. I got the dirtiest looks, but I explained that this horrible event is what came of those who thought that the US homeland is an impregnable fortress, that nobody would dare touch us here for fear of what we would do in return. This is what came of the warmongerers who wanted to spread our version of peace around the world at the end of a gun. This is what came of all the peaceniks getting in the way of true defense. I said that we were going to war, and soon. Then I started saying how this one event would result in the loss of so much life in the coming years, at which point I broke down and started crying.

    Within the hour, a handpicked crew was sent home to prepare to transition to 24-hour operations in 12-hour shifts. I was one of those sent home to be on night shifts.
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    You are correct would you please fix this. I was doing several things at the same time. None very well.
    Thanks!

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