09-07-2020, 01:56 PM
I was working for a small pharmaceutical company in Rockville, MD, which is about 15 miles from Washington DC. I had just finished taking samples of a water system I was validating. I got back to my office a little after 9 and turned on the radio to listen to Dr. Laura. They were talking about a plane that had crashed into one of the towers. I thought it was a little private plane and someone hit a tower by accident. I was listening when the second plane hit. I knew then it was no accident. There was a TV in the cafeteria so it was turned on and I watched some of it. I was still at work when a plane crashed into the Pentagon, about 18 miles away. Being close to DC there were always planes flying overhead, but not that day. The silence was erie. I said to a coworker "I feel like I'm in a Bruce Willis movie." I was watching when the towers collapsed.
One week later I was on a plane from Baltimore to Providence Rhode Island. This was before they had changed the flight patterns and we flew directly over "ground zero" and smoke was still rising from where the towers once stood.
About a month later I met the woman I'm now married to.
One week later I was on a plane from Baltimore to Providence Rhode Island. This was before they had changed the flight patterns and we flew directly over "ground zero" and smoke was still rising from where the towers once stood.
About a month later I met the woman I'm now married to.
