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2002-09-11

I was at work and I had to go up to the office for something. People were talking because the first tower had been hit. I went back and told the others I work with. Soon after we got world about the other tower. Then we got world about the Pentagon. We then heard they were considering shooting down the 4th jet even though it had civilians on it. We didn't know what to think. At lunch I called my husband and he was near tears. I asked him if it was as bad as we were hearing. He said it was. He was watching the stocks and saw the 2nd plane hit the towers. When I talked to him the 1st tower was coming down. All he could say was "Oh my God." Our school went into lock down and we had quite a few parents come to get their kids.
Being that my son goes to a junior high school near our one nuclear plant I told my husband that he could go take him out if he wanted to do so. We knew if anything happened they would evacuate because they were in the 10 mile radius. Where I worked, we were out of the radius and so was our home.
When I got home I just watched the TV and couldn't believe what I saw. I thought for sure more people would get out then actually did. It was a very long time before anything went back to normal. It was just weird not seeing planes in the sky that day and the next few. It was like the world stopped.
I had to worry when my husband went to work at night because he worked at at chemical plant. I knew they upped their security but....
All in all it was a strange feeling to be so close to something. That 4th plane crashed in our state and only about 3 hours ? away. That was too close for comfort. Even today I look to the sky when planes fly over but relax when I see they are only the planes that patrol the nuclear power plant. At least I know they are still watching over us.