[npg]

I was home in Long Beach, CA.

It was early.

We have a small World Trade Center in downtown Long Beach.

When I first heard "plane hits WTC", I thought maybe a small plane hit the one here (I hadn't had my coffee yet)

As the morning unfolded, I grabbed my guns and was ready for war. There were reports of car bombs, and I expected suicide bombers.

I thought it was Saddam, or this guy Osama bin Laden that I had heard about after the Cole bombing.

The streets were empty.

I live near the airport. No planes coming or going. Silent.

I knew the world changed that day. I expected frequent attacks.

I'm from New York. I know those towers. Saw them everyday.

I'll never forget 9/11.

[NewLand]

Wow. Amazing how clearly, crystal clearly, many of us remember details of that day.

Thanks.

[Gabz]

I'm from New York. I know those towers. Saw them everyday.

Same here.

I lived in Dover, DE when this happened, within a mile of DAFB where the reamins from the Pentagon came..

I remember watching the towers being built, I used the subway station in them often when I worked on Wall Street and lifted many a drink in many of the pubs in and around them.

The silence in Dover got to me.......we were all used to the sounds of the C-5's and other aircraft coming in and out on a regular basis.....so the silence was horrible. When I heard the choppers.........they were coming from the Pentagon - I didn't know that at the time, but I did know it- they were coming to the morgue.