I know what you mean.
On the night of September 10, 2001, I was coming home from a meeting. Back then, I usually listened to NPR in the car, but that night, I switched it to the classic rock station. Usually when I do that, I put it back on NPR when I get home, so it's already there when I get in the car in the morning. That night I forgot to do change the station.
When I get in the car in the morning, the music is loud and it's not
Morning Edition. I go to push the preset button for NPR when on of my favorite songs started. I'm not sure of the name, but it has "Love that muddy water - hey! Boston! You're my home!" in it - you know the one I mean.
I was so excited to hear that song - I just knew that September 11, 2001 was going to be a good day. Little did I know.
It was also the first day that both my kids were in some sort of school setting (they were 2 and 4 at the time). This was my first day I had a couple of hours just for me. I went out to breakfast, and as I was pulling in to my parking space, the news at the top of the hour (on NPR), 9 AM, came on, reporting what they thought was a small twin engine-type plane crashed into one of the towers at the WTC. I thought that was bad, but not devastating. I then went into the breakfast place when we heard there was another plane - they didn't say what kind.
I went home and turned on CNN. I was so shocked. I went and picked up both my kids. We're in Connecticut, and even though I knew we were okay, I wanted my boys with me. When I got to the schools, no one was aware of what had happened - when I told them, they didn't believe me.
My husband works for a defense aerospace and optics company. He was in vendor meetings all day and was not reachable. Again, I knew he was safe, but I needed to have contact with him. He called a few hours later.
I remember that day clear as a bell. It's our generation's bellwether (as are the
Challenger and
Columbia explosions, to a lesser extent), just like our parents' generation had "Where were you when JFK was shot."
I will never, ever forget that day.
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Originally Posted by texas*princess
I can't believe it's been so long. I remember that entire day with extreme clarity.
I can't even remember this past Monday in that kind of detail.
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