So where were you - When you heard about wtc bombings?

[Keyser Soze]

i woke up around 7AM that day and called out of work cause I was feeling ill. i had Stern on my clock radio which i was half awake, half asleep listening to. i remember hearing them at first mention it like it was some small plane that hit the tower, no big deal, and as the seconds and minutes passed the seriousness of what had occurred became clearer and clearer. i remember getting out of my bed, turning on the tv to see the first tower in flames and then soon after watching the second plane hit.

once the first tower collapsed i ran outside and across the street to see if my friend who works downtown had gone to work that day. i was relieved to find him there, freaking out and crying, this big macho italian construction worker reduced to tears, yelling and screaming in anger and rage, worrying about countless people we both knew who worked downtown. the next few hours all we did was try and locate them the best we could. it was a sad, frightening, and stressful day. it was the end of the world as we knew it at the time. being so close to manhattan we thought it was only a matter of time until there was a full scale attack. the feeling lingered for weeks, even months afterwards. there is still some worry but that day and the weeks after were almost surreal.

the panic and fear is not as sharp now but the saddness and anger remains.