Same story, here. My wife called to tell me about a "plane" hitting the WTC, and I was thinking a Cessna or something like that! Not a big jet! Well, I kind of shrugged it off, checked out CNN Online, and saw that it was a big jet, and so went to the cantine to check it out on the tv in their. Was watching when the 2nd tower was hit, and even though terrorism was already swirling around in the back of my mind, at that moment it was like flipping a 440V circuit breaker! And after that, the work day was shot, I went back to my desk, and tried to pretend to work, but keeping tabs on it (but CNN online was so overwelmed by the story that it was lagging badly), and so continued to watch it unfold from time to time on the tv. At the time, my new boss had just gotten married and was due to return from Hawaii from honeymoon, and so was grounded there for an extra week until the air traffic situation got back to "Normal". Everytime I see the footage and documentaries, it's like watching it the first time again! I have to say that one positive thing came out of this. After watching all of this (and having flown out of Boston Logan on Sept 9!!!), I did some really deep soul searching and got much better about keeping in touch with my family, and it even inspired me to get in touch with an old special friend from High School, who I am now in constant contact with now, and have visited several times!
