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

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60. That's a good rule, Heather MC.

Thanks for sharing your harrowing story of that day.

Still makes me feel grateful that that morning was RELATIVELY uneventful by comparison.

The kids had already carpooled to school when we got the call to come pick them up, because the school was closing for the day.

Our across-the-street neighbor had a son a year older than our daughter, in the same school. Our neighbor was literally freaking out. The plains hijacked that morning had been heading to California. She'd just taken one of those same California-bound flights home the morning before, after having been out of town setting up for the Latin Grammys. She was shaking, barely able to speak, absolutely panicked. I don't know why I was so calm but I said "get in the car, I'LL drive." And we went up together to collect our kids to bring them home. And then we were all glued to the news for the rest of the day.