Where were you when 9|11 happened?

[Peatree]

Me? Just walking into work, sat down at PC and was booting up, wife (xwife now) called and said "are you watching the news?". I responded, "Nope, just walked in and booting up". She replied, "Some idiot flew their plane into the world trade tower in NYC." Then I noticed no one was around me. Co-worker walked by me and let me know everyone was in the breakroom, watching things unfold. Went in, watched in amazement, everyone chatting about it, some amazed, some worried, lots of chatter...until we all watched in horror as the second plane hit. Saw it happen live, still errie to this day.

What's weird too is the place I worked was on the north end of DFW Airport. Right by the flight path where the planes come down to land. Later on that morning we watched as plane after plane were forced to land. Usually they come in 5 to 10 minutes apart. This day - they were less than 60 seconds. One after the other landed and moved over. Surreal.

Not to mention the F16 that was following one of the planes that took off right before the grounding. It couldn't land since it was still heavy with fuel. Had to taxi over DFW with an armed F16 tailing it.

We should never forget what transpired this day. IMO we are getting to soft once again and are taking things for granted.

So - where were you all and your thoughts on this day?