Where were you on 9/11?...

[mrmpa]

87. I was in my science class................

I had just returned to school at the age of 44. There were about 8 of us in class. The secretary of the department walked in and told the professor. The secretary came back and told us about the 2nd plane, also that the President of the University was cancelling classes and televisions would be available in the Music building.

Our school had about 800 undergrads and about 400 graduate students. We had for our size, a large contingent of about 12 women students from Palestine. I remember almost every student sitting on the floor or on an available chair in the music building and watching TV.

I remember sitting on the steps of the library, listening to a student talking to her parents. The student said, I will not fly home for Thanksgiving.

I remember how quiet the sky was.