I was teaching my kids at the dining room table when my mother-in-law who lived with us, came out and said a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I came in her room just in time to watch the second plane hit. I instantly thought, “We’re under attack.” I immediately called my Marine daughter and son-in-law.
They were in CA and hadn’t heard, but after watching the news for a few minutes, my SIL assumed he’d be called to deploy. I also called my AF daughter who didn’t answer. She later told me that as soon as the government realized what was going on, the bases were closed and she had been assigned to care for some school children at the base school until their parents could be found.
I became more angry as the reports of the Pentagon attack happened and then Flight 93. I guess I thought ‘attack’ because I had read Tom Clancy’s book and that was the method a lone man had used to attack America.
My AF daughter is still working to keep the country safe from the islamofascists. She tells me that she can share the details in 72 years...
Regards,
AR (Former USAF)