Where were you when you heard the first plane hit on 9-11?

[AngryOldDem]

52. Just got my two older kids off to school.

Got interested in the stock market since it was on a roll so I was watching futures coverage on CNBC. They mentioned that a “small plane” had crashed into one of the towers, and that they were “monitoring it”. I called my ex to let him know, saying “This is interesting, a small plane hit the WTC.” Changed the channel to CBS…few minutes later what looked like an optical illusion of a jet flying behind the second tower turned out to be the attack. I will never forget seeing that as it happened. I called my ex stunned.

The rest of the day was spent afraid of what was going to happen next.

EDIT: My ex-BIL was walking to the towers for a business meeting and saw everything. He was stranded in NYC for over a week until he and his colleagues were able to rent a car. It scarred him for life. He lost people in the towers and on one of the planes.