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60. Getting ready for work. Thinking it was too clear of a day to be an accident.

Sun Sep 11, 2016, 04:32 PM

Sep 2016

I was on the phone with my buddy Vince when the second plane hit. My first words to my buddy were "it's that fucking Osama Bin Laden"... My friend sad "Who?"

Driving to work, I called my dad and he told me one of the towers collapsed. "Which part?" I asked...

The gravity of the situation didn't hit me until I got home that evening. I was really busy and at a new job. Nowhere near a tv.

Frankly, I was annoyed the support staff were going home early. I thought they were over reacting and taking a free day. They had a tv going in the lunch room. Didn't they realize I had closing a tomorrow? There were no closing session for several days, IIRC. The title companies shut down.

I saw the crowds of people on the train and people walking north out of downtown Chicago because the trains were too full.

By the time I went home at 3 pm-ish, the town was a ghost town. The trains were empty. About a block from my house, everyone I passed said "hi" with kind of this dazed look. It started to sink in for me. Then I got home and turned on the tv...

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I was on the computer. femmocrat Sep 2016 #1

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Wife's birthday. We were going to skip work and have a play day. IADEMO2004 Sep 2016 #4

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I was at work, about 8:30 AM here in the Central Time Zone Glorfindel Sep 2016 #10

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At home, getting ready for school Krytan11c Sep 2016 #24

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I was sitting at my computer with my coffee. Igel Sep 2016 #38

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Standing on the corner of Broadway & Park Row... harrose Sep 2016 #27

Same. Crossing Vesey outside WFC. C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #29

I was recovering from surgery. imanamerican63 Sep 2016 #28

Holy shit. I was also recovering from surgery LuvNewcastle Sep 2016 #63

as the train rounded the bend, i saw the smoke from one of the towers. unblock Sep 2016 #30

It is nice that you remember being a teenager in France at the time Zing Zing Zingbah Sep 2016 #31

This day was so unforgettable we all remember... mylye2222 Sep 2016 #36

My husband called me and said turn on the tv kimbutgar Sep 2016 #32

At work, on the 70th floor of what was the tallest building west of the MS River, at the time. Paladin Sep 2016 #33

Getting ready for my first day as a psychotherapist. nolabear Sep 2016 #34

I was working at a hospital in downtown Boston. I had a routine eye appointment that morning Tanuki Sep 2016 #35

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In NYC in the West Village. smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #39

Chating online with somebody in the towers...they didn't make it. masmdu Sep 2016 #40

I am sorry, that doesn't cut it I know. uppityperson Sep 2016 #49

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At work in Brussels DFW Sep 2016 #43

Being on Pacific time and cagefreesoylentgreen Sep 2016 #44

Driving to work that morning, I thought to myself "What a beautiful day" jpak Sep 2016 #45

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What time was that in Los Angeles? My post #55 explains my question. Hekate Sep 2016 #57

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Asleep from working on my dissertation most of the night. Daughter called from work... Hekate Sep 2016 #55

Driving to the office after dropping daughter off at grade school benld74 Sep 2016 #56

I was at work. jmowreader Sep 2016 #58

Getting ready for work. Thinking it was too clear of a day to be an accident. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #60

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I was in Lower Manhattan... brooklynite Sep 2016 #71

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