[ddthetide]

i'm a serviceman for the local electric company. we had a slow day and i had forgotten something and was on my way home to get it. i had Imus in the morning on the radio, they were reporting that a plane had hit the WTC. sports-reporter warner wolf, who worked part-time for Imus, had called in to report that his wife had heard and saw the first plane fly by their apartment!
by the time i got home and got msnbc on tv, i watched the second plane hit!
all I could think was "HOLY S*** !! DID I JUST SEE THAT!!????"

the lady i was dating at that time is now my wife, works 35 miles away. i called to see if they had the radio on. when she said no i told them to get to a tv. they had NO idea what was happening!! they spent the rest of the morning at the tavern next door to their office. they closed at lunch time.
the one attorney in their office at that time was a retired Navy Seal. by the next day he had "most " of the scoop but was limited to what he could say.

we live 15 miles from camp david, so we have F-18's buzzing by from time-to-time or Blackhawk helicopters patrolling the mountain as reminders.