Where Were You...

[BasicPatrick]

I was in the westbound toll plaza of the Ma pike in Allston heading to Watertown for apin job when Dale Arnold anounced te first plane (he reported a cessna) hit the first tower.

When I arrived at the house the little old lady whose house I was almost done painting had a radio on the porch as she know we had to listen. She lived through D-day, Pearl Harbor and the Kenedy Asassanation and knew before most that this was a day to pay attention. Her wisdom that day will forever be with me. All our lives changed. I stuck to the tv for a week and then left for a very somber MV Derby.

[Karl F]

At work, opening up, my cell rang, wife told me to turn on TV..
could not believe it...

left tube on all day...people at the counter would either get mesmerized, or some would just look away...and hurry on..
remember a sick feeling and a sense of dis-belief all day..

the other thing I remember was the weather, it was a 5 star day on the cape that day... I also remember fishing that night for a while after work.... and the few of us, that usually gave each other wide berths, at the inlet, kind of bunched up that evening....and you could tell none of us were really into it... we all sort of left early too....