Where were you when?

Everyone is probably tired of stories about this event, but what the heck.  As the 10 year anniversary of September 11th was closing in, I have been watching documentaries on the events from that day.  Watching those shows has got me thinking about where I was that day and I  I also decided to pull out some images that I saved from back in 2001. 

Considering the fact that I have a bad memory when it comes to most things, I remember exactly where I was that morning.  I was living in Dunwoody and working at Reece, Hoopes & Fincher at the time.  For some reason I was working on a residential landscape design in one of the Principal's office instead of at my desk.  A coworker stuck his head in the door and said that a plane had crashed into one of the WTC towers.  We walked up to the conference room, where the live video was playing on a small 13" tv.  Soon the room was full of co-workers, and we watched with disbelief when the second plane hit.  None of us could believe what we were seeing.  We just sat there watching in silence, then suddenly the first one fell, and then the second.  It was mind boggling.

I went home and sat in front of the tv all evening.  The next day we all tried to go back to work, but I am sure everyone was having trouble focusing on work.  That night, I spent the evening glued to the tv again.  That pattern seemed to go on for days, until all hope of finding survivors passed.

I look at all the political bickering that is going on right now and I wish the United States could get back to the way the country was right after 911 happened. Everyone put aside their party loyalties aside for a while and focused on rebuilding the country and finding the people responsible for the attack.

I could continue on the political track that I just got on, but I might offend some people, so I will stop myself now.

Where were you that day?