08-01-2002, 05:00 PM
They bombed the WTC?
I was standing outside my office in New Jersey when the first plane flew overhead. I looked at it and thought, damn! that plane looks awfully low. I was preparing for a sales training that I had to give for a bunch of visitors from out of town. In a break before we got started, I checked oa.com and saw the pictures of the first plane hitting. I didn't really think it was gonna be a big deal at first. Even when the second plane hit, I wasn't really all that concerned. Then I called my sister to see if she had heard from our mother. Well, my sister is completely hysterical when she answers the phone and starts screaming "mom's dead, mom's dead". So, I'm like no she's not, her office is no where near there. (I actually had not idea where my mom's office was, I was just trying to calm down my sister) To which, my sister replied, "her office is across the street from the WTC". So at that point, I got a bit worried. I had a feeling that my mom was going to be fine, but my sister was freaking out and I was afraid of what that might do to her kids. So, I left the office and went to be with my sister and her kids until we heard something. Well, at noon we still hadn't heard anything, so I went home and started watching the coverage on TV.
Long story, shortened, my mom finally called a bit after noon. She was sitting in Macy's having a fucking sandwich! Turns out, she left her office just as the second plane hit. They walked east through the park and then north. She didn't see any of the horrible things that people saw that day, and she ended up on like the second train that left NY for NJ.
It's funny that even I can't defile this thread, and not out of any kind of respect for you people or anything. But, this day truly did affect so many of us directly.
I was standing outside my office in New Jersey when the first plane flew overhead. I looked at it and thought, damn! that plane looks awfully low. I was preparing for a sales training that I had to give for a bunch of visitors from out of town. In a break before we got started, I checked oa.com and saw the pictures of the first plane hitting. I didn't really think it was gonna be a big deal at first. Even when the second plane hit, I wasn't really all that concerned. Then I called my sister to see if she had heard from our mother. Well, my sister is completely hysterical when she answers the phone and starts screaming "mom's dead, mom's dead". So, I'm like no she's not, her office is no where near there. (I actually had not idea where my mom's office was, I was just trying to calm down my sister) To which, my sister replied, "her office is across the street from the WTC". So at that point, I got a bit worried. I had a feeling that my mom was going to be fine, but my sister was freaking out and I was afraid of what that might do to her kids. So, I left the office and went to be with my sister and her kids until we heard something. Well, at noon we still hadn't heard anything, so I went home and started watching the coverage on TV.
Long story, shortened, my mom finally called a bit after noon. She was sitting in Macy's having a fucking sandwich! Turns out, she left her office just as the second plane hit. They walked east through the park and then north. She didn't see any of the horrible things that people saw that day, and she ended up on like the second train that left NY for NJ.
It's funny that even I can't defile this thread, and not out of any kind of respect for you people or anything. But, this day truly did affect so many of us directly.