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I was on my way to work, listening to a friend of mine on a local sports radio station. They always have CNN on in the studio, and one "sports guy" said "Oh, man , there is a fire at the WTC!" The others commented that it looked bad, and they hoped no one would be hurt, and then went back to sports. I got to school, went in the library, and didn't really think any more about it.
A few minutes later, our attendance clerk came screaming into the library and said "turn on the TV - the WTC has been bombed!" So I put it on, and we watched as things unfolded. It was so eerie and unreal, but we were glued to it. Teachers came in all day to see what was happening. Many parents came and took their children out of school. They were really frightened.
That evening, we were rehearsing for the musical "Mame." No one wanted to be there; no one wanted to sing and dance and be funny. One of my friends said he could not go on that night and went home in the middle of the rehearsal. When we opened the show the next week, we ended each performance by singing "God Bless America" after the curtain call.
Strangely enough, the sports radio station had the very best radio coverage of all the events. They dropped sports entirely for several days.
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