[kddani]

I was walking out of my room in the sorority suite, and saw in the living room the tv and what was going on. It was about 9am, so i saw the second plane crash. But, of course, at the moment, not having any idea how serious things were.

I went to class, calling my mom on the way to talk about it. The class was Theory of International Relations. The prof had only heard through a few people vague bits of info, so we discussed it for a few minutes. He asked us who we think did it, and why, and I was the first one to say Osama. We talked for a few minutes then went into his regular lecture.

I came out of class and went to the student union to meet with the greek advisor, and ended up sitting with 200 other people in front of a tv showing what was going on. At this point in time I was just learning of the crash in Somerset, a little over an hour away, and that the WTC buildings had collapsed.

I go back up in our suite and try to comfort a number of sisters- many are from outside NYC and have family and friends that work there. I call my mom, and my then-boyfriend who worked downtown in one of the larger buildings, which was being evacuated. Later on in the day we went to a vigil service. Everything was just so weird and overwhelming.

About two weeks later someone called in an anthrax threat to campus. It was a Saturday night, and I wasn't feeling well so I stayed in. I hear people yelling out in the suite, but i thought nothing of it- a Saturday night in the sorority suite, people are gonna be loud. Finally i go out to see what's up, and there's a cop screaming at me to get out of the building NOW! Wouldn't tell us what's going on. So i'm in pajamas, running out of the building. Outside there are SWAT team guys with gas masks and HUGE rifles yelling at us to run as far away as possible. Talk about scaring the shit out of people. I called my little brother on my cell, he lives on campus as well, and told him to get out NOW, that i didn't know why, but just to do it. Then I called my parents telling them that i had my cell but no idea what was going on... i was okay. Went to a friend's apartment where we tried to find out what was going on. Eventually we find out it's a hoax, but wow, that was a scary night.