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I was on my way to my 9:30 class and listening to the radio when the second plane hit. They had already been broadcasting that a plane had hit the WTC but no one had mentioned the size of the plane, I thought it was one of those small planes and the radio people were saying it was probably faulty radar. I was parking as they came on and said a second plane had hit. I called my mom because both my parents work in DC for the gov't and both have high ranking status. I asked her if she knew what was going on, and at that time she as well was thinking it was a small plane. She told me she would call her supervisor and call me right back, I told her not to bother because I was walking into class. When I got out of class at 10:45 I walked to my car and didn't turn on the radio because I was trying to call my mom. Obviously I couldn't get through to DC. I walked into my apartment to the first tower collapsing live on screen and my roommates telling me that DC had been attacked. I think I called everyone in my family that day trying to find out if anyone had heard from my parents. There were originally reports that the mall was on fire and my mom works two blocks away. Suffice to say I spent the entire day hysterical until I basically passed out from exhaustion. I woke when my Dad called and could finally get through around 4 pm. Fortunatly no one I knew or any one I knew knew any one who was hurt. I found out later that my uncle who works at the pentagon watched the plane hit because he was late that day.
I will never forget the impact on 9/11 on America's life, and in my memories of it I will always remember my sisters who came running over to see how I was doing.
-------God Bless America---------
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