Remembering 9/11

[firstdown]

I remember watching it on TV for about an hour before I had to leave the house for an appointment. As I drove I was listening to it on the radio and they were talking about other things they could hit like tunnels just as I was entering the downtown tunnel going to Norfolk. If I could have stopped and turned around I would have and then to top it off I got stuck in tunnel trafic. It was a really weird feeling as I sat there helpless.

[SmootSmack]

Was working as a news/sports producer in DC. Had been working the early morning news that day. Filling for a co-worker for a local break (you know when the Today show or whatever tosses to your local station for a quick weather/traffic/news update)

I was exhausted, but figured let me just get this quick two minute segment out of the way and then I'll go take a little nap before I get ready for the Noon news.

Honestly, when I heard that suddenly breaking news was coming in from New York that a plane hit a building I don't know why but I turned to my co-worker and said "Osama" I was purely speculating.

I ended up spending 7 straight days working and sleeping in the newsroom. My mom was supposed to be at the Pentagon that day. Luckily, a last second meeting at her office kept her away at the last minute. As part of her job, she was actually overseeing the identification of all the bodies at the Pentagon.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I remember watching it on TV for about an hour before I had to leave the house for an appointment. As I drove I was listening to it on the radio and they were talking about other things they could hit like tunnels just as I was entering the downtown tunnel going to Norfolk. If I could have stopped and turned around I would have and then to top it off I got stuck in tunnel trafic. It was a really weird feeling as I sat there helpless.

this reminds me of the weeks and months afterward, when I would drive home from college for the weekend and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was completely dark except for the headlights at night. Like you said, there were all those reports that bridges and tunnels were potential targets so they did what they could and made them harder to see. I still get chills thinking about the first time I noticed that the bridge was pitch black as I drove over it.