Writer's Block
Writer's Block
I was sat programming and watching the TV when it came on the BBC news, laughed when I saw the "Face of the Devil" in the flames and having seen that assumed it was all a hoax complete with tecnical w My girlfriend at the time was a 911 call taker for the New York Fire Department. Not knowing exactly where she was based, I spent most of the day trying to get in touch with her cell phone -- but her I was working at the Fisheries Depratment. One of the guy's wife called and said something about a plane crash. We at first thought it was local, then we got more information. I went out into the shed It was my daughter's 16th birthday. One of my work colleagues was [and still is] a volunteer fireman. When he came in, looking white with shock, I knew it was bad. We watched New York come apart from a It took us a while to figure it out and What was I doing? I was at work at BMW Financial Services, Catch a man a fish and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
Where wuz I on 9.11? Asleep (remember that 9 am in NYC is 6 am on the west coast.) My daughter and I were scheduled to fly to China on 9.15. She was watching TV while dressing for work, when the live
Sadly, I have waited and waited to answer this Writer's Block for 9/11. It's sad on two fronts: 1) On 9/11 this year, we didn't have the TV on while I was playing with my 1.5 year-old nephew at the be I was doing the usual, going to school and shit. I remember thinking the videos they were showing of the twin towers collapsing was a hoax. I don't think I found out for sure that it wasn't until the I left for a cruise on September 11th so I wasn't around to see this, but I was a senior in high school, and obviously in school on a Tuesday. It was second period, I think, and I had AP European His I know it's not Sept. 11 but I didn't see this before, so here you go. I was only in...3rd grade I think. That makes me 8. So I might not remember everything, hah. I remember waking up at like 7 am, not I was getting ready to open my first kitchen as an apprentice chef. I had the news on, and i thought what i was watching was a tasteless hollywood b-movie, so i turned off the tv, and went I was at home, talking to my man online as he was still in the USA. I was due to fly out on the Friday 14th when he was to become my fiance. I was due into work at about 4pm. I got a message from a fr Would have answered this earlier if I hadn't been so damn busy... In 2001, I was home for a year from the Woods, going to KVCC. I had class that morning at 9 am, so I woke up and got ready and headed f |