At the time, I was in the National Guard and remember wondering if I would be deployed to help with cleanup efforts. Instead of having class the instructor turned on the television in the classroom and we watched the news. John Taylor - Cambridge - I was at Monmouth College in a psychology class when news of the attack came out. My father was a volunteer firefighter for many years, and although he had retired by that time, I was, and still am, overwhelmed when I think of the brave men and women who died in the line of duty that day and in the days and years to come. I watched more that night and the following days as the search and rescue effort continued. I stood in my parents’ living room and watched for hours, seeing both towers fall live. I remember vividly that I was watching the screen as the second plane hit the second tower I thought to myself-“why on earth are they replaying that already?” Then I realized that both towers had been hit.
I switched over to the local NBC station, to watch the anchors live. The news bulletin broke into the program, showing the first plane hit the first tower. So, I was home, watching re-runs of ER on cable. States Attorney -I was waiting to start my freshman year of college The Ohio State University’s trimester schedule meant we started in late September. Tyler Glaser - Banker and Concert Organizer - I was at school at Monmouth College, playing a few games of pool before going to classes, when the coverage of the planes hitting the towers came on the TV, it was surreal.Ĭathy Runty - Henry Co. It was very eerie, but then 1 large plane went over at a lower altitude surrounded by numerous smaller planes, my son said "What is that Dad?" I explained that was our President on his way to Omaha to go underground until we had definitive answers on the attack. Before I left on my part of the drive, I had my three children come outside to pause and look to the skyline and to notice no planes flying. We knew we would be engaged in the war on terror immediately.
It was a very somber drive as we pondered who did this and, as military personnel, what was going to be our roles in the near future. The gas prices had jumped to over $5 per gallon. I got to drive a leg from Geneseo to Des Moines, there were American flags hanging on every overpass. He tried to get a rent a car, but couldn’t, so he called me and we set up government vehicles to shuttle him back to Omaha in relays from different offices along I 80. Nothing was said from the pilot, just "Welcome to Chicago." When he deplaned, all the monitors were replaying the tower’s collapsing. My Commanding Officer was flying from Omaha to DC for meetings, he was diverted to Chicago. Jim Kelly, Henry County Economic Development - I was serving in the United States Navy, on recruiting duty here in Geneseo.
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