Never forget what happened today

I was 33 then.. was working night shift, had gotten home early around 5am, crashed on the couch.. My ex wife and I were seperated at that time, so I was living alone... my mom called and woke me up, asking if I was ok, did the plane in western Pa hit near me, they say theres another plane, it went down in Pa.. on and on... she was frantic, I had NO CLUE what she was talking about... as I am clearing the cobwebs from my eyes, trying to wake up and understand what shes talking about I looked at the tv.. when I fell asleep Sportscenter was on TV and I couldt figure out why the mayor of New York was on tv, and what was that giant cloud of smoke? I started reading the new crawl at the bottom of the screen just as a replay of the planes hitting came on... I dropped the phone to the floor, with my mom still talking.... I was numb the rest of the day.. glued to the tv... basically horrified.. Terrorism claimed a good friend of mine years earlier with Pan Am 103 or Lockerbie Scottland... For me these two events stay linked... and not a day goes by I dont think about them...