[aephi alum]

I was driving to work when the first plane hit. I was listening to a cassette tape rather than the radio, so I didn't find out what had happened until I got to work and found everyone in the break room watching the news. I walked in just in time to see the second plane hit.

We tried to conduct business as usual, but many of us were upset because we had family/friends who lived/worked in NYC. (I live in Connecticut.) My parents had told me of their plans to "spend Tuesday in the city" so I was freaking out. I tried to reach them on their landline and got "all trunks busy". I tried their cell, but they never turn the damn thing on. I emailed them, and I was VERY relieved when I got their reply. It turned out their NYC plans for for the following Tuesday, the 18th, and they were safe and sound on Long Island.

The office closed early, and I headed home and tried to get my head around what had happened.

A friend of DH's family, who had just gotten married, lost her new father-in-law. He worked in one of the Twin Towers and was a safety officer for his floor.

Never forget.