Mine went real good. We worked close to home here. We even seen a couple jets fly over that were landing up the road from us about 25 miles away at the Akron/Canton Airport. When I seen the 1st one go by I got that saddened feeling. I knew what day it was & I always have feelings toward the sumbitches that did it but apparently it took seeing that 1st passenger jet go by to make the realization of the day set in completely.

I'll explain things now.

September 11, 2001

We had a decent fog along the river here. The air was cool. Not chilly. Just cool enough that with the fog all I could think about was squirrel season. It was a regular day at work. Everybody was present & accounted for & it was going to be an easy day. All we had to do was tear off shingles & put em back on & we were done for the weekend. The homeowners, older folks, were setting out in lawn chairs with blankets wrapped around them watching us. As the morning played out conversation was normal goofy stuff as usual. All of a sudden we could hear the roar of a jet engine somewhere above us. We all stopped & looked up just in time to see it fly over. It was so low we could read the numbers on the underside of the wings!! After exchanging a few "WOW!! Did you see that??!!" we went back to work. The whole time the homeowners were watching us they had a small radio setting beside them. The Lady went in the house 1st. She came back out a few minutes later & got her husband. He came back out a few minutes later & told us a plane had just hit one of the Towers. A couple minutes later his Wife came back out & said a 2nd plane hit the other Tower. Throughout the day they kept us informed. We were greatful for their passing things along to us. By the time we were done it was speculated as a terrorist attack.

The plane that flew overhead that morning crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

That hits close to home Glen. We're having an airshow at a former Air Force base near where I live. I just stepped out of the truck this morning when one of the Blue Angles streaked by on the deck. I almost hit the deck myself as I didn't know they were in town. Being 9-11 it just freaked me out for a second. We lost a lot of brave people that day. God Bless them. Thanks for the story.

Wow! Did not know you had a "personal" perspective on this. I was in Colorado visiting my sister and when the news reports switched to NYC, I thought, and initial reports were that, a small private plane had hit the first tower. Later, as coverage continued, my thinking changed to: How do you not see that building in time to avoid hitting it?!!! Then, the second plane hit the other tower and I immediately knew this was no accident.
So, here we are eight years later and it still hacks me off that some in this country want to pretend this never happened.

Anyway, glad you had a good day Glen
I've had better days--most of those involved blowing a hole in something

Bob

ps
Hey John!!

I remembered what day it was the night before. Most everyone I ran into at school had no idea that it was 9/11 and when they did remember it they were positive that this wasn't the 8-year anniversity. Kinda sad how far people put this away from them.... None of the instructors at college here mentioned it either, and that kinda made me mad!

It was a good day in the end. It just started kinda funky. Sure is wild the way the mind works tho when something as simple as a jet flying over head,, things we all see 5-10 times a day,, can flood your veins with such emotions & memories. I did get that tingling sensation.