I was RIGHT HERE, in real time.
Our threads that day were totally amazing.
You can read the suspended disbelief AS the 2nd plane hits, the gnawing realization that instead of the first plane being a random accident, that it was DELIBERATE.
Part of a much bigger plot.
The thread went on into the THOUSANDS of posts.
A totally amazing thread.
I was sitting at my desk in my post military retirement job listening to the news on my earphones. When they finally reported that it was a airliner that hit, I walked back to a coworker who was also a vet and asked him what he thought. We both agreed it was an attack while most of our coworkers didn’t think so. Later on the highway heading home, traffic was stopped as we watched AF1 landing at Offutt AFB. Later found that a Navy P3 pilot I knew died at the Pentagon.
Same here. My wife and I were driving to work in Houston. We were listening to a book on tape, so we did not get any reports. After I dropped her at her work, I switched to the radio and started hearing reports. The first plane had already hit. At first I thought it was just an accident. Before I reached my work, the second plane hit. At that point, I knew it was no accident. I spent the rest of the day following the story on Free Republic.
One other thing I remember about that day was that it was our first cool day of the year here in Houston. My wife and I were enjoying driving with the sun roof open in our car. Seemed like the start of a perfect day...
I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY. I was an OR Tech working at the base hospital (Ireland Army Community). Went into the break room and seen the first tower on fire. This was obviously before smart phones, so our primary way of information was tv, and the radios in the OR’s. When the second plane hit the tower we knew it was deliberate. After the Pentagon was hit, Fort Knox effectively shut down and nobody was allowed off or on post. Civilian workers were stuck on post until evening when outbound traffic was allowed.
Me too... this was the ONLY place on-line that morning where I could get any news at all.
I was at home, saw the second plane hit, went to my civilian office, got into the parking garage, then drove right back out and to my reserve unit, 340 FTG at Randolph AFB. I was the SJA, but as senior officer present, because AF JAGs are line officers, I ended up in command until the group CC showed up. We were 6 squadrons of reserve instructor pilots teaching active duty flying training. 90% of my guys were commercial airline pilots, so we spent all day running the recall rosters and posting 15-minute status updates. Turns out none of our guys were on those planes, but it was a high-stress day for everybody.
Colonel, USAF (ret)