I was at work. I had just walked over to a co-workers cube (he happened to be from NY) and he said "A plane just hit the world trade center". My mouth dropped open, we gathered our other co-workers, and we went into the conference room to watch it on TV. We saw everything on TV starting with the 2nd plane. When the towers fell they told us we could go home.
I was pretty releived we could go home because:
1)I worked on the 33rd floor of a downtown building
2)The president was in Sarasota and we were in Tampa (about 45 minutes away by car).
3)We could see MacDill AFB from our windows at work - It was rumoured Air Force One was going to land there, also the home of CENTCOM - Central Command for Middle East Operations.
On my way home I kept trying to get in touch with my parents and sister ( I had already talked to my husband at work). I finally got them all & on my cell phone to boot
I will never forget that day.