The night of Sept 10th in Mississippi I had messed up and locked myself out of my account at Oppenheimer funds so I had to wait until the next day during working hours to get it unlocked. I went to work right before 8am CST and sat down at my desk with the TV on and called Oppenheimer at promptly 9am EST. The first plane hit the Trade Center and I was watching the TV. Oppenheimer is in the 2nd Trade Center and the lady there was helpful and I related to her what I had just seen on the TV and she said they were in the other Trade Center and safe. She helped me unlock my account and I thanked her. Shortly after the second plane hit the Tower she was in. I had just got off the phone with her. I later checked with Oppenheimer and all of the employees got out safely. Our office watched the events unwind and after both Towers fell I called all of the employees into an exam room and we prayed. I was lucky as my cousin was in the subway below the Towers when they fell and survived.
Business was slow that day as most of our clients cancelled their appointments.
