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bijouxbroussard · F
On the actual day ? I was home from work that day. I can’t remember if it was a day off or I was sick but I was in bed watching our news at around 5 am here.
I remember they cut away to what was happening in New York, and I watched as everything happened. At one point a collègue called because a friend of ours had a daughter working at the Pentagon (who survived, thankfully).
My cousin Paul worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and my mother was trying to reach him, so she called and asked me to let her know if he reached out during the day (he did, one of his coworkers had traded vacations so he was not at work. He lost most of his colleagues that day).
My boss was visiting his mother in Boston and scheduled to return that day. That morning she asked him to stay for a couple more days, and very insistent about it, so he changed his flight. When he did return, he showed us his original ticket—Flight 11.
It’s been 24 years ago today, which is mind-blowing, but I remember how afraid, shocked and angry we all were.
I remember they cut away to what was happening in New York, and I watched as everything happened. At one point a collègue called because a friend of ours had a daughter working at the Pentagon (who survived, thankfully).
My cousin Paul worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and my mother was trying to reach him, so she called and asked me to let her know if he reached out during the day (he did, one of his coworkers had traded vacations so he was not at work. He lost most of his colleagues that day).
My boss was visiting his mother in Boston and scheduled to return that day. That morning she asked him to stay for a couple more days, and very insistent about it, so he changed his flight. When he did return, he showed us his original ticket—Flight 11.
It’s been 24 years ago today, which is mind-blowing, but I remember how afraid, shocked and angry we all were.
