I was a manager at the Centre Club in Gurnee which is only about 10 minutes from the house, so I didn't leave until 8:15. At 7:45, I turned on Good Morning America while I was getting ready and saw the smoke from the first plane and then about 30 seconds later, saw the second plane hit. I stood there in horror, thinking they were doing a simulation, but no, it was real. I was late for work because I couldn't turn off the TV. The club that day was totally empty except for the employees and we all walked around doing our jobs like zombies. At about 11, we met in the classroom for a prayer time. That evening, there was a prayer meeting at church, but I couldn't go because I didn't want to leave the house. Catie's first lesson with a new voice/piano teacher was that night and Chuck took her. He was appalled that the gas station just north of us had inflated the gas prices to 5.00/gallon. We have never gotten gas there again.
It was a day of disaster and at the time, the country was unified in our spirit. 8 short years ago, and what has happened? How soon we forget.....
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I was in a Kansas City hotel room for a business trip. My co-worker called me as I was waking up and told me to turn on the TV. When I asked what channel, she replied "Any". I sat on the edge of the bed stunned at first, then begin to cry and didn't stop for almost a half an hour. We cancelled our business plan, but couldn't leave via airplane, so we called around KC trying to find availble car rentals. We finally found one and ended up drivng back to Chicago.
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