Where were you on 9-11 2001?

As I was making my 2 hr. commute into work this morning listening to everyone talk about about the horrific events that took place EXACTLY 6 years ago today, I noticed a trend that should never happen, publicity. Why should we, as Americans, even give this fundamentalist pig the time of day, let alone publicity with our nations largest media outlets. For 2 hrs. I heard over and over again "Bin laden releases a video montage". Who the hell cares? Why would we continue to him give exposure? Today is not about this crippled, mind warping, backwards thinking jackass, it's about the people who have suffered because of his down right idiotic ideals. Those who run our largest media outlets need to get this right. I would've rather been listening to 2 hrs. of wifes, children, mothers, fathers and relatives speak about how their lives have been affected by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. These are the people who need our attention, not al Qaeda.

Now that I have stated my opinion on the major media outlet's, here's my story.

On the morning of 9-11-01 I woke up at around 7:30 in the morning, just like every morning, and jumped in the shower to get ready for the long day ahead at my 2 year old job. The drive into work seemed shorter than most days, probably because it was an extraordinarily beautiful morning and my attention was on the foliage around me. By the time I got to work, 8:30 coffee was brewing, the soda machine was making noises and people were talking about the day around the water cooler. At about 8:40 every slowly started working their way back to their offices and it became quite quiet, just like every morning. The quietness, this morning, would only last a few moments, then our world would change, FOREVER. At 8:46 AM the first plane crashed into tower 1 and at 8:47 AM the Real Estate office I was working in suddenly erupted with a constant ring of phones, both Cellular and Land Lines. As I remember back on this specific moment in time, every phone line was in use and just about 3/4 of the 75 or so people in the office were on their cell phones and in unison these people yelled "WHAT?". No one at that time knew that we were under attack. Everyone at that point thought that a plane had veered from it's course and accidentally slammed into one of our nations largest buildings. Within minutes there were literally 25 people inside of my small office watching and re-watching the chaotic events on NBC.com. (I was the internet specialist at ReMax) Much to our disbelief we found out that the plane had been over taken by terrorists and it was an intentional attack on the twin towers. Within minutes of finding this out 90% of us let the office to be with our families.

I left the office and went over to my sisters apartment, which was less than 2 minutes away, to find out what was going. By the time my mom, sister and I sat down the second plane was headed right for tower 2. This was even more horrific to me because there was no censorship of the attack, we all saw it unfold. We saw people running for cover, people leaping out of buildings so they wouldn't be burned alive, papers and desks and material everywhere, when will it stop? Is this it? Are there more attacks planned? Where's the military to protect us? How can this be happening in the greatest nation the world has ever seen? The events that happened that day have been permanently etched in my mind and I will never ever forget where I was at or what I was doing.

My mom told my sister and I that this would be like JFK was shot. I didn't believe her at that time, but as my children get older and I become wiser my mother has never been more right than that awful day in September 2001.

So where were you and what were you doing when you first heard about the attacks?