No one asks, "Do you remember" that fateful day. I bet you remember the moment, the instant it happened. I was driving down Interstate 35 in my dad’s old pick-up truck. The morning sun was shining in casting a glare on my view. I had the windows down and enjoying the morning sun, enjoying my morning coffee and listening to KVET 98. One minute later I would exit and head into work at Concordia University. I arrived just in time to see on TV the second plane hit the tower. White faces and tears in eyes, it was a moment in time shared by the world. That moment embossed upon my brain will live with me until the day I close my eyes for the last time. Where were you the moment the world was changed? What were you doing?
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Beautiful photo…
I was in my car at about 6:30 am on the way to work having a difficult time believing what the reporter on NPR was saying. It wasn’t something that could happen, was it? And then I was in the school library before the bell, watching in utter horror as the first tower collapsed…we all just stood there, staring, not believing still that it was real.
Kelly, Thanks for sharing the memory. Amazing how indelible that is upon our memories. There are few moments that stick in my memory as strong…my wedding, my children’s births, and my dad’s passing. How different this was as it was a shared experience by the nation, the world.
I had came into work early, and one other guy was there. When he said that a plane had hit one of the twin towers, I didn’t even come close to registering what had happened. I was thinking something more along the lines of a little Cessna.
I started watching the News right when the first tower fell.
I don’t know if I have really wrapped my mind around it yet. I don’t know if you really can.
On the technical side of things, I remember the internet was just absolutely swamped. CNN cut their web site down to nothing, no graphics, no ads, no other stories.
You still couldn’t get it to load.
Mike, yes I remember the wake-up call it sent to the IT world on a number of fronts…back-up, bandwidth, contingency plans. Things are still being restructured and reconsidered in light of that one event. Disaster recovery took on a whole new meaning.
I watched from the beginning when The Today Show cut back in from the local news. Was just a few moments after the first plane hit, followed very soon after by the second plane which I saw live.
I was set to start a new job the next day and spent most of the day on IM communicating with friends there keeping them in the loop since they had no access to internet or other news.
I still can’t watch any video from that day.
My wife shared a beautiful post today on her blog over at upsidedowncats.com
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Scott, thanks for sharing your memory. I too have such a hard time watching any footage. I hardly need to as it’s so strong in my mind to this day. I’ll check out your wife’s post for sure. Thanks!