A day to remember...
What were you doing 11 years ago today? I remember running late that day, and thinking "it's such a beautiful day today, if only I didn't have that one appointment at 10:30 am., if I didn't have that appointment I would have called in sick". And then sitting at the light at Rt. 201 & Rt. 193 thinking "am I in the Twilight zone?" as I sat at the light listening to DC 101's Elliot in the Morning saying a plane had flown into one of the towers of the World Trade Center! As I sat at that light looking into the near by cars windows wondering if anyone else had just heard what I had heard, thinking this is not happening. What is going on? Now I just need to get to work, and get some answers. When I walked in the front door to the Hotel I was working at, the Desk Clerk on duty said to me "The World is coming to and end!" I didn't have an answer for him, and just mumbled something like "don't be so dramatic, you're going to scare people", and went into the restaurant which was closed, and turned on the TV. As I stood there crying my eyes out watching the news and the second plane fly into the second building, and finding out about the Pentagon I knew these events were going to change my future. My husband was on active duty in Japan, and my son had just signed up for the Army in August 2001.
Today at 7:00am...Must fly the American Flag before I leave for the day! American's will never forget this day...
There was a meeting going on in one of our meeting rooms which had started a 7am. The instructor came in the restaurant having no idea of what was going on. That meeting ended shortly after her finding out about the attacks. My 10:30am meeting took place. A young bride planing to marry a Navy man in September 2002. She booked the date she wanted put a large deposit down on the date, but all the attendents in her wedding were also in the Navy and her wedding took place earlier (at another venue) than she had planned because everyone in the wedding party had gotten deployed. At that time I had asked her to wait, I would hold her date, but "no" she had to have that date. I thankfully was able to rebook her date and give her a refund.
After my "meeting" I went home...My son was home, and was in shock just as I was, asking me how I'm doing? When I got home, I went out on my front porch and flew my flag crying uncontrollably. Numb, and wanting my husband home here with me, not in Japan. All flights into and out of the country were stopped. Please God, make this day go away...I will never forget...
