Where were you?
I was at my oldests sons first dentist appointment. He is almost 14 now. We were waiting in the waiting area when the first news reports came in. They took my son back to get his teeth examined and I stepped outside for a smoke. A lady watching TV in her conversion van yelled out that another plane had hit. Without saying a word to her (she was a complete stranger) I helped myself to a seat in her van and we both watched speachless.
After a few minutes she took a phone call. She said "Oh my god... can you imagine how many fire fighters they are going to need?" Turns out she was talking to her husband who is a firefighter here in Jacksonville. As the first tower collapsed she broke into tears with her husband on the phone saying "Oh god baby, do you know how many fire fighters must have just died?" Then she began weaping... my son was done so I had to excuse myself.
As we left the dentist the entire dental office staff was in the waiting area watching the tv. I stopped at a gas station to buy a pack of smokes and it was like the whole world was put on hold. Everyone at the gas station was standing around listening to updates blasting from their car radios. As I walked into the gas station the middle eastern guy behind the counter yelled "we are being attacked!" they are saying more plains are being hijacked right now! Another plane just took out the pentagon and there is another on the way that our jets are going to have to shoot down! Hurry up because I am probably closing and going home."
I went to my parents house where as a family we all just sat and watched the news all day. Having grown up in New Jersey I tried to contact several of my old friends up there but most of the time the phone didn't work cause all lines were busy.
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