what were you doing on 9/11

I live about 35 miles from the City (New York). I was getting ready to head into the City because I had a class at New York University that afternoon. I was watching the morning news and talking to a friend on the phone. It was not yet clear as to what was happening. Just then, I watched the second plane hit live on TV. I just said "Holy Shi*, that was done on purpose! The world just changed as we know it". It took a while to even realize how serious it was. I was still thinking that I was actually going to make that class.

Everyone here in North Jersey knows of someone who died or at least someone who knows someone. People were walking around lower Manhattan for weeks looking for, and expecting to find those who were lost.