9/11: Only A Memory For Some; Devastation For Others
Where were you?
It was a beautiful, sunny, crisp, bright fall day that morning in Atlanta. I was at my job on the 26th floor of the 191 Building. It was Tuesday. Thankfully the company had televisions because they tracked trade prices and such so I saw what I saw.
My desk was actually across the hall but I popped in because there was news of a fire in the Twin Towers. One of the associates said, “Don’t worry about it. I’m from New York. It happens all the time.” I never heard of that so went across the hall to see what was going on.
I was just in time to see the second plane go into the South Tower at 9:02 a.m. It still brings me to tears today. Then, everyone’s heart in the world stopped for a brief minute. Their brains went into shock and they questioned what they just saw. How could that be? What just happened?
Everyone stopped working. All we could do was listen to the broadcast and watch the replay. OMG! The U.S.A. is under attack! We didn’t at that time know who was doing it.
Here is the timeline of what happened on that day:
7:59 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members, departs 14 minutes late from Logan International Airport in Boston, bound for Los Angeles…