I was working for a public television station on the East Coast and we were right in the middle of our September Pledge drive. We do children's programming all day until 6 p.m. and we were going to start a marathon of Jay Jay the Jet Plane children's show that afternoon. I was sipping my coffee and watching the Today Show when Bryant Gumble came on to report that a plane had crashed into the Tower. I'll never forget him saying, "We think this may be an air traffic control problem..." but of course it wasn't. When the second plane hit we knew something was horrifyingly wrong.
Strangely enough me and my sister had a trip to Vancouver planned for a Stargate Con that was leaving JFK on September 19. I tried to cancel it, change my flight, anything, I was freaking big time, especially after another plane went down in Shanksville PA, but airlines were only giving cancellations and refunds up until the 18th so we made the choice to go. What a heartbreaking time to be in New York. My favorite part about traveling to the city was seeing the Towers in the skyline and this time there was only smoke. And oh what a terrifying flight. People staring at other people, guard dogs in the airport, soldiers walking with guns, people being pulled out of line and shoved against the wall. I knew immediately that the world had changed.
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Date: 2008-09-12 10:39 am (UTC)Strangely enough me and my sister had a trip to Vancouver planned for a Stargate Con that was leaving JFK on September 19. I tried to cancel it, change my flight, anything, I was freaking big time, especially after another plane went down in Shanksville PA, but airlines were only giving cancellations and refunds up until the 18th so we made the choice to go. What a heartbreaking time to be in New York. My favorite part about traveling to the city was seeing the Towers in the skyline and this time there was only smoke. And oh what a terrifying flight. People staring at other people, guard dogs in the airport, soldiers walking with guns, people being pulled out of line and shoved against the wall. I knew immediately that the world had changed.