Where were you?

[pdrift1]

Originally Posted by GBBob

On this day 8 years ago?

I was in a rental car heading back to Kansas City airport to fly back to Chicago. Heard about a small plane crashing into a building in NY and then it started getting crazy. Noticed a lot of planes circling the airport as I was pulling in and then the word was out. Watched the first tower collapse at a bar in the airport and realized soon I wouldn't be flying for a while. Got a hotel, ate at Hooters, and then met one of the most beautiful girls I had every seen in my life at a bar. She was from Dallas. We talked forever, fooled around some and we exchanged numbers. The next morning I got on an Amtrak back to Chicago. A very surreal ten hour train ride back and then had to get to O'Hare to get my car out of the lot. It looked like a fortress with military everywhere and snow plows lined up blocking all access. Was searched and then had a guy with a machine gun walk me to my car and follow me out. Drove home, went to call the girl from Dallas, and I had lost the number. And she never called me back either.

bob i'm sorry to here after all that you lost her phone #. should have stayed in kc to comfort her

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by pdrift1

bob i'm sorry to here after all that you lost her phone #. should have stayed in kc to comfort her

Bob it was Uma Thurman wasn't it

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.

She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

Im sorry.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.




She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

My deepest sympathy to you, and I echo your sentiments!

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.

She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

I'm sorry too.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.

She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

I can only imagine the horror you and you family wen through that day and the deep grief that followed. I too am sorry for you and your family's loss and hope her little girl is doing well.

We can only hope none of us ever have to go through a day like that again.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.

She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

Truly sorry and you have a lot of courage for sharing your story

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.

She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

I am very sorry for your loss. Thanks for having the strength to share.

[mclem0822]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I was working uptown that day.

Just before 9am one of my co-workers shouted to the whole site
"My wife just called ! A plane crashed into the World Trade Center !"

With a brief background in the aviation industry, I guessed it must have been
one of those single propeller planes.

When I saw the hole in that building, on one of the TVs, I knew it couldn't have been.

Time to fast forward.........

My family ultimately found out my sister made it to her office about 25 minutes
before her starting time.

She was in the 1st building that got hit on the 97th floor.

After going in and out of the city for the next 36 hours we knew she didn't show up
at any of the hospitals.

I visited the site in December of that year and haven't been back since.

Susan G. Santo was her name. Her name is read out loud along with all of our
friends we lost that day every year at Ground Zero.

Please remember her little girl, her only child, who was just starting kindergarten that week,
who was one of about 1800 children who lost a parent that day.

And remember everyone's lives who were forever altered 8 years ago,
along with all the friends and loved ones who have ever had to deal with
losing one of their own to violent crime and acts of war just like on 9/11/2001,
and on the battlefields.

Susan Gayle Santo

Born September 22, 1976
Taken from us: September 11, 2001

That's very sad. very sorry for your loss.

[Nascar1966]

I was still in the Navy stationed in Norfolk Virginia. A quick geography leason, Norfolk is less than three hours from Washington DC which we all know the Pentagon had a plane hit it. I lost a good friend there. When the events happened I was at my apartment watching the news. Once I found out about the plane hitting the Pentagon my wife and I went to school to take our son home for the day. We didnt know if Norfolk was the next city to get hit. I was told to pack shower stuff and a change of uniform just in case the base was put into lockdown. Where I worked at also changed work hours due to the new security requirements that were put into effect. These new requirements caused a traffic nightmare.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

I was sitting at the stoplight in downtown Fonda listening to Howard Stern and heard the whole thing unfold through his show. Watched the first tower fall on TV with the Sheriff & Jail Administrator of Montgomery County N.Y. and this freaked me out. Delivered the rest of my mail route quickly that morning and then called Karen at work in Albany. The sound of her voice calmed me down a bit, but everything that happened scared the sh*t out of me! It was surreal and the only thing that effected me simliar was the space shuttle disaster a few years before.