I was at my mother’s old home in Bound Brook, New Jersey about 25 miles west of Manhattan. I remember hearing about the first plane hitting and telling my mom that it was no accident. I had worked on Ellis Island in New York Harbor and knew that nobody “accidentally” hits the World Trade Center in a plane on a clear day. The second hit confirmed my suspicions.
Soon we heard another jet went down in Somerset County. We didn’t know at first that it was Somerset County PA. My mom’s house was in Somerset County, New Jersey. The quarry nearby had been doing some blasting that morning and for about 15 minutes we thought the plane had gone down near us.
My old home town sits on the rail line that goes into Newark and New York City and I still remember the cars in the commuter rail lots that had to be towed away days later...their owner’s were dead.
I havent forgotten. I am over the namby pamby tributes though. we look soft. Why are there not 111 story towers standing on ground zero? Im glad our grandparents didnt stand around after pearl harbor reading names. Instead the rebuilt that navy and went over and beat the japanese over the head with it.