tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1768194102533639835.post7074066418163375817..comments2023-06-16T08:57:33.194-04:00Comments on Our life with Kevin: RememberingTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11534837348861876830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1768194102533639835.post-70183324949009277012008-09-12T21:29:00.000-04:002008-09-12T21:29:00.000-04:00Oh did that day suck. I had been driving into work...Oh did that day suck. I had been driving into work, and everything was right with the world. I put in a CD about 10 minutes before I got to work. When I got to work, everyone was congregated around the lunch room, so I walked in, and saw a plane had hit the first tower. A bad accident, I thought. I went to my desk, only to go check the TV again later to watch the second plane hit....I didn't leave until the towers collapsed. I worked in an insurance claims office. The phones and the overhead pagers never stopped going off. They were silent that day. Pretty much the whole office was in the lunch room watching TV; it was horrible. We thought the call would come from headquarters to shut down operations, but it never came. People walked around like zombies that day, while others went out to get gas, and reported it going up to $2 or $3 a gallon due to gouging (boy, I could go for those prices again!) It was horrible, and I couldn't believe the world could change so much in the 10 minutes time that I turned off the radio and popped in a CD.Baby John's Cribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232385839855806594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1768194102533639835.post-83839497479686151542008-09-12T12:45:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:45:00.000-04:00Very clear memories of that.I had been laid off an...Very clear memories of that.<BR/><BR/>I had been laid off and was working part-time with my brother at an insurance office. My husband and I had carpooled that day.<BR/><BR/>I, too dismissed it when I first heard about it. When the first tower fell, I thought I was going to puke. I was actually watching when the 2nd tower fell.<BR/><BR/>I asked my husband to come get me. I went home and was glued to the tv all day. I called everyone I knew to make sure they were safe.<BR/><BR/>We didn't have custody of Mason and Evan yet and poor little Evan (8 years old at the time) had a broken arm and was at home (in florida) all by himself watching all the news footage. I spent a lot of time on the phone with him. <BR/><BR/>And I cried a lot. And felt sick to my stomach for days. I couldn't watch any violence on TV. Everything just seemed so raw and painful.<BR/><BR/>And I remember the quiet. No road rage, people were nice. No planes in the air. <BR/><BR/>Oh - what a tragic day to change our lives forever, huh? <BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting and sharing.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com