[bchgirl]

I was at work, alone. Heard on the radio a plane (they thought a cessna) had run into the first tower. Kept working at my desk. A factory rep called me on the phone and asked if I heard what had happened...told him the small plane story. He says "go turn on the tv...I'll hold on". Turned it on and was amazed and stunned. I watched the second plane hit...thinking Oh my God. He and I are still on the phone....watching...then he says they're gonna collapse. I told him....no, they're not...why do you say that? Then he gives me an explaination in engineering....not long after they collapsed. It was awful....watched TV the rest of the day. The only time my phone rang was my husband calling and telling me the government had shut down the Navy yard where he works. THAT scared me...cause they never ever shut down...for anything. It scared my husband so bad he went to our dd's school and spent the rest of the day with her class. PS The kids had not been told anything had happened....the prinicipal told hubby....please don't say anything.

My niece worked directly beside the Pentagon. She felt it, and smelled the smoke at her office. They shut down their office and let everyone go...Jenn stayed. Her mother called her and asked why she hadn't left...she wanted her to go. Jenn told her...mom, I can see the interstate, it's wall to wall cars and they are NOT moving....I don't think I'm MORE safer ON the interstate than right here.

Btw, the engineering lesson I was told the day of? Watched a documentary....and almost word for word....the reason the towers fell was just as he said. There was not any way they were NOT going to collapse....