9/11 Honor & Reminiscence Thread: Where were you, what were you doing, how did it change you, if at all?

[Bettie]

17. My DH was teaching a class on HVAC sales in Florida

at a hotel. All of his students were from New York/New Jersey.

My oldest son was 6 months old and we were along to hang out by the pool.

I saw it on Good Morning America and at first thought "wow, that's a terrible accident". I was watching when the second plane hit.

So, I got my son dressed and we went downstairs to the conference room right before their morning break.

I called DH over to talk, so that those guys didn't walk out to the lobby and see it all on TV without any warning.

They were thankful that they were warned ahead of time.

The class continued as no one could fly, but it was a weird, sad week.

We went home on one of the first flights out when the airports reopened.