I remember the phone call from my husband; it came around this hour four years ago today. He told me that a plane had flown into one of the twin towers.
At the time, I thought that a small, private plane had somehow tragically gone astray. I returned my attention to the task at hand.
The second call came minutes later. I don't know why, but I immediately thought of Osama Bin Laden. I started looking online to see what I could find.
By that time, the entire accounting department was aware of the situation. One woman, who had a sister that worked in one of the towers, was frantically trying to get her on the phone.
Then word came of American Flight 77. I was stunned. I thought "My God, we're under attack! Wasn't there another plane mentioned? Where is it; is it headed toward the White House?"
As the south tower began to collapse, we heard of the hijack of United Flight 93--minutes later it crashed in the countryside.
Approximately 30 minutes after the crash of Flight 93, the North tower collapsed; Mayor Giuliani ordered Manhattan evacuated.
That evening, Americans everywhere watched the news coverage of the attack with horror, sorrow and ANGER, knowing that things would never quite be the same again. America had turned a corner. Where would it lead?
Sept. 11 Links: infoplease: September 11, 3001: Timeline of Terrorism; Confederate Yankee: Nine Eleven Zero Five; Hugh Hewitt: The Heroes of the Long War; Blackfive: The Day We Became One People; Mudville Gazette; Six Meat Buffet: Four Years Gone; Basils Blog; Mark Steyn: Terror war all but forgotten on home front; WizBang: Four Years Later (multiple posts); Michelle Malkin: Never, Never Forget;Instapundit; Winds of Change;little green footballs: 9/11 open thread; Stop the ACLU remembers, has open thread
Update: blonde sagacity remembers not only Sept. 11, but prior acts of war in " 9/11: We Have Forgotten and We Haven't Learned a Thing..."
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