I was working as security for General Dynamics then, across GW Parkway from Fort Meade & NSA Hq. Someone came from a meeting and told me about the 1st aircraft. Didn’t think much of it.
Went upstairs to watch TV after the 2nd aircraft hit, and stayed to watch the first building fall. A few minutes after the Pentagon was hit, NSA director ordered all NSA evacuated, plus all contractors.
I was the last one out of our secure area. By that time the west road leading over the pkwy out of Fort Meade, which was also the access road to my building, was jammed.
I waited an hour before leaving my parking lot, but still took 90 minutes to drive 20 miles home.
I’m surprised they didn’t make you “shelter in place”. What a nightmare of a drive that must have been!