Stop in for a cup of coffee

9-11 where were you all when it happened? I saw it on tv and was getting the boys ready for school. I kept them home that day and watched it at the neighbors house.
Math class was just about to start, Freshman year of highschool. Kid came running in, told our teacher to turn on the tv, he did, we saw a tower on fire, about 45 seconds later right as he was reaching to turn it off, we saw the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. Teacher dropped the remote in his hand and just sat down on the floor right there. We'd watch the rest of the day's events in every class. After school, I met with my SAR team and we marshalled aircraft at the local airport , which was the emergency airport for Indy international, we parked dozens of jets from Leers up to 737s. We also helped marshal F16s that were patrolling the skies and needed refueled. I got home late that night.

I somehow stayed calm throughout. Dad was in Richmond, VA for work and was supposed to be flying home on US Airways that very morning. He said they'd just called for him to board and was just getting seated in 1st class when the pilot stopped the boarding. Said something had happened and they were being stopped from boarding. He decided to go and rent a car, drove home that afternoon. I didn't know until I got home around 10-11 pm that night if he'd been ok. I hadn't heard the airlines at that point that were involved.