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9/11 - In Remembrance


Molly B.

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I reflect on this every year...and will continue to do so until I die. I will never forget. That was one of the most surreal, most horrific days of my life.

 

My daughter is now 10, I decided it was time to really tell her about that day and how evil men decided to do what they did. This morning I showed her a video of the plane hitting the second tower. As usual, I cried.

 

Today has never been easy, it never will be.

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At work that day with just a radio I had no idea of the scale of destruction until I got home and saw the video, it was shocking even though I had heard descriptions of it all day I couldn't really imagine the towers crumbling to the ground like that.

 

There was one moment of panic for me, a good hour after it was announced that all air traffic had been grounded I went outside to get some tool off the truck (this was at 53rd and Harper in Hyde Park) when all of a sudden the roar of a low-flying jet filled the air, you could just feel the dread from everyone on the street it was as if everything suddenly went still because everyone knew no planes were supposed to be in the air now and there was all kinds of speculation that they would also target the Sears Tower. Then the source of the sound flew overhead - a pair of F-16s. I'll never forget those few moments of panic though, can't imagine what it felt like in NYC.

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I was working at a school that had been remodeled earlier that summer (I'm an electrician). We were hearing news of what was going on and by early morning, we all knew it was an attack. We left for an early lunch and noticed that there was police dispatched to the school (and by what I was told, all schools in Illinois). We returned from lunch around noon to be informed that we weren't allowed back in unless we were a parent of a student there...so back to the bar/grill we went. We sat there the rest of the day, watching the news, just like everyone else.

 

The thing that stands out to me about that night was the lines for gas. We lived on the main street in a medium sized town, there were two gas stations on opposite ends of the main drag, the cars were lined up for hours, blocking traffic. My wife and I were down on the porch watching it for some time.

 

In my 41 years on this earth, I have yet to live through such a surreal day before or since...everything changed ad has never been the same since.

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I was in bed asleep. I worked the night shift and stayed up late till about 2 AM. My wife at the time called and woke me. As soon as I answered the phone she started yelling for me to turn on the TV , that we were being attacked. That someone had hit NY with a missile .

 

By the time I got the TV on , I saw the plane flying into the tower. There wasn't much production done at work that night.

 

I saw and remember the challenger explosion and thought that was horrific but I can't describe with a single word how I felt on that Tuesday morning. Even now I tear up thinking about all the innocent lives lost due to these cowards.

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At work that day with just a radio I had no idea of the scale of destruction until I got home and saw the video, it was shocking even though I had heard descriptions of it all day I couldn't really imagine the towers crumbling to the ground like that.

 

There was one moment of panic for me, a good hour after it was announced that all air traffic had been grounded I went outside to get some tool off the truck (this was at 53rd and Harper in Hyde Park) when all of a sudden the roar of a low-flying jet filled the air, you could just feel the dread from everyone on the street it was as if everything suddenly went still because everyone knew no planes were supposed to be in the air now and there was all kinds of speculation that they would also target the Sears Tower. Then the source of the sound flew overhead - a pair of F-16s. I'll never forget those few moments of panic though, can't imagine what it felt like in NYC.

I was in the Sears Tower, decided to close office after we saw plane 2 and realized no accident. was walking across river when I heard the same two F-16s, looked up and saw them circle the Tower, got goose bumps.

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I posted an American flag out that afternoon.

Except for Times when I’ll be gone for 2 or more weeks I’ve flown the flag continuously ever since.

 

I lost count of the number of flags, poles and mounts I’ve gone through.

 

I plan to continue flying the flag as long as we have men and women in harms way.

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I had just flown into SFO the night before and got up early enough to see the first tower fall. I thought it was a movie at first. Had meetings then had to drive to LA for more meetings on Thursday.

 

A group of us left LA Thursday evening and drove straight through to Chicago. It was bizarre to see only birds flying the entire trip.

 

Being away from the family was tough.

 

Not something I wish to endure again.

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