09/11/2001 I was 7 months pregnant and working at the Pentagon

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7. Heather, we may have shared some of the same coworkers. I knew people on the Penren Team.

I was in the Army then, my office was in Skyline Towers, about 4-5 miles away. We had people who were watching the events (I was, of course). I had a meeting scheduled in the Building for that afternoon which obviously didn't take place. A colonel who happened to be temporarily in our office got the first call about the Pentagon being hit. We all ran to the huge plate glass window in our office (pro tip - don't do that!!!) and we could see smoke from the crash. A few minutes later we heard this huge explosion that rattled that plate glass window. There wasn't anything we could do from there, so I picked up my son from his daycare and went home to hug my wife. I knew several people who were killed that day and I still think of them on the anniversary.

Mike Selves
Sandra Long
LTC Jerry Dickerson
Bob Maxwell
SGM Larry Strickland
Ernie Wilcher

Although I didn't know David Laychak, I had worked for his father a few years earlier.

I try to keep them in my memory as much as I can, but of course over the years life has gone on, but I still try to remember this day. It defined a lot of people.

Be well!