What were you doing, decided to do, or did do on 9/11/2001?

[HeiressofBickworth]

56. I was camped at a KOA outside Santa Fe NM

One of our party went to the office to mail a postcard and came back saying something had happened in NYC. We had no TV, no internet, no phones. We broke camp and left for Albuquerque. The radio worked for a while, but when we were between cities, there was no signal. Since we were camping and not staying in motels, we were isolated from the shock and sorrow for a couple of days. I remember odd things: going to a museum in Albuquerque and being asked if we were stranded -- people who were stranded due to no flights were given free access to the museum. Seeing military vehicles around - probably due to the proximity of the atomic bomb facilities. The Atomic museum was closed -- somehow I found that funny -- like anyone was going to go to the museum, steal the secrets and bomb the country. We picked up the local newspaper but somehow, it didn't adequately describe the devastation. It was three days later when we were in Holbrook AZ that I called home and my daughter gave me the details. She was shocked that I had so little information. As a result of where I was during the attacks, I have never felt the same fear and horror that other people describe. I was filled with sadness and to this day, I cry thinking of the horrible fate of the people who were killed. And after 12 years, I am heavily saddened by the changes to our way of life and our civil rights -- the terrorists won after all.