I was at my apartment getting ready for my first class. I always kept the television on in my bedroom and had it on Today and was walking in and out between my room and the bathroom. I don't remember what they were talking about that caught my attention, but suddenly they interupted to show the first tower on fire. They knew a plane had crashed into it but it was unknown why, how, where it was from...etc.
And then, right before my own eyes, I witnessed the most horrific sight...the second plane crashing into the second building LIVE on television. I started shaking and called my dad at work almost in tears.
Needless to say I didn't go to school that day. I was too shocked and sad to see what was happening unfold before my eyes. That evening I finally left the house and there wasn't a song on the radio...only the national news. The gas pumps were jammed packed because people here feared a gas spike that was reported to be $5.00 a gallon.
And that evening I sat on my mom and dad's bed, like a little girl, and watched President Bush address the country...and cried with my mother.
I will never forget.
Hootie
