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It must have been fascinating (but scary) to listen to all the reports on the equipment you had.

from what we know now, there was so much that was UNKNOWN & they (those in charge)too were in the dark & afraid

It was reassuring to have our president come on TV & be strong & focused & taking charge in a commanding way.

Remember when we all thought that Kabul would be nuked within a few days?

I know, it was kind of scary to listen to what was going on. I remember even over the 2 meter (VHF, 144 - 148 Mc) band, the amateur radio operators went into emergency mode with check-ins and discussions in case if they have to roll if there was a local emergency. There was a supposedly a radar blip over the Three Rivers here in Pittsburgh that the F-16's were chasing but I think it was our Lifeflight helicopter (medical) IIRC. One "what-if" I do find scary was that Flight 93 flew right over Pittsburgh, they could have headed towards something lie the U.S. Steel building, tallest in Pittsburgh, 878 feet I think. Depending on when the passengers were trying to take over the plane, makes me shudder to think what could have happened.

One other thing, since Flight 93 was a local story here so we kept flopping back and forth between the national news coverage and local coverage for Flight 93 so the news coverage might have been different from what most of the country saw.