I was asleep and got this early morning phone call. I couldn't imagine who would be calling me before 8 am. It was my sister and she sounded hysterical. She said, "we're being attacked!" I got up and spent the entire day watching CNN. It's was so surreal. I couldn't believe it was actually happening.
My big used to work in one of the towers. I think it was for Dean Witter. Even though I knew she no longer worked there she lived near by. I tried calling her frantically for 4 days, left messages but didn't hear back from her. Finally, I thought she might be in Ohio and even though it was 2 in the morning there, I called her and as soon as I heard her voice I started sobbing and blubbering. I was so happy she was okay.
My dad was on a flight home from Toronto the day it happened. They were about 30 minutes into the flight when they had to turn around. He spent the next few days there in Canada until airtravel resumed.
Damn, that whole thing was so scary. I never want to experience anything like that again!
Later, I read that two KDs were among those who perished. At least one of them was on one of the planes that hit the towers.
So much pointless loss.
