I watched the 2nd tower fall from across the water.
I live in New Jersey and my mother came and took us out of school as everything was happening. We got back home a couple of minutes after the first tower collapsed and then drove a couple minutes from the house to a hill where you could always see the towers over the horizon.
A few people were already there and we all watched in stunned silence as the next tower disappeared a few minutes later.
September 10 2001 was my fathers first day as an airline Captain. He was so excited to finally be in the left seat. I was the one who woke him on September 11. I had no clue where he was(Burbank) and was frantically calling him.
He asked why I was calling and I just said “turn on the TV”. He asked what station and I said “any”. He went silent and very somberly said “I have to call you back”. He was a retired military pilot and he very quickly understood the magnitude of what he saw.
One of the best hugs of my life was when I was 19 years old in my garage about 5 days later when he finally got home.
Reddy_McRedcap on September 10th, 2019 at 22:59 UTC »
I watched the 2nd tower fall from across the water.
I live in New Jersey and my mother came and took us out of school as everything was happening. We got back home a couple of minutes after the first tower collapsed and then drove a couple minutes from the house to a hill where you could always see the towers over the horizon.
A few people were already there and we all watched in stunned silence as the next tower disappeared a few minutes later.
So surreal.
432oneness on September 10th, 2019 at 23:00 UTC »
Last day you could walk someone all the way to the gate of an airport even if you weren't flying.
EastonZ16 on September 11st, 2019 at 00:21 UTC »
September 10 2001 was my fathers first day as an airline Captain. He was so excited to finally be in the left seat. I was the one who woke him on September 11. I had no clue where he was(Burbank) and was frantically calling him.
He asked why I was calling and I just said “turn on the TV”. He asked what station and I said “any”. He went silent and very somberly said “I have to call you back”. He was a retired military pilot and he very quickly understood the magnitude of what he saw.
One of the best hugs of my life was when I was 19 years old in my garage about 5 days later when he finally got home.