[Inspectorette]

We here in the NY tri-state have a more intimate recollection of that day as do those in DC and PA. This is not to infer that ALL of the country was not attacked that day of course.

You're right - we were all attacked. It upsets me no end when I read that people outside the NY-DC-PA area weren't affected. Many people all over the country had relatives or friends in the WTC or the Pentagon.

My own beloved son-in-law was at the Pentagon on that terrible day. My daughter was at work in Alexandria and had heard about the WTC, then heard the explosion and saw the smoke at the Pentagon. She didn't know whether he was dead or alive. Luckily he was not in the area where the plane crashed.

I was out here on the Left Coast, watching in horror with my co-workers. I work on a military installation, and we immediately went to Threat Protection Delta - this is the condition we go to when we're under attack.

[LisaFab]

Exactly. People all over the country experienced pain as they realized that all Americans were under attack.

My own worst recollections were the sight of the mushroom cloud I saw from the Tappan Zee Bridge as the second tower fell and the sight of the many cars still in commuter parking lots days after 9/11 that would never be returned to by their drivers.