[OneTimeSBX]

i was 20, my daughter was 10 months old at the time. my best friend called me from downtown Richmond, she was at VCU and left her dorm to find everyone pretty much frozen in place. she called me and said "Bee, a plane hit the WTC". i wasnt too upset, i thought it was unfortunate. then she said "one hit the Pentagon, too" and i specifically remember saying to her...today was a bad day to be on a plane. she paused and said, "i dont think thats it. i think its more than that..." i turned on the radio (my parents had a parental lock on the tv to keep my sisters off so i couldnt watch it) and just sat there with my daughter scared as HELL...Richmond has one of the biggest supply centers in the area, and its about ten minutes from the house! plus, im about 15 minutes from Fort Lee, an hour from Norfolk...it was way too close for comfort.

i didnt get to see anything on tv until about 7 that night and we all just sat there in utter shock. i will never forget that plane flying into the side of that building...we found out later an aunt of our friends was in the first building, and as soon as things went down she made her entire office staff leave. she saved about 75 people...