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I love hearing and talking to my kids about 9/11. Mostly because I just don't want the history of where we were and how it felt, to be lost in time. So, we have been talking alot about our experience for the past few days.
I worked at a radio station in Savannah, 94.1 Cat Country.. which is now 94.1 The Beat. I helped to produce the morning show. We had strict rules about entering the studios. You must go to the window and be waved in, because you never knew what you might interrupt otherwise. I remember a group of people coming into the studio and running right past me, amid my protests. They were playing with the TV, and I thought "what in the world is wrong with these people". As I carried on about why everyone had BARGED into my studio, I saw the picture of the first tower burning.
We sat watching the TV discussing that it must have been an accident, but how do you not see a building of that size, maybe mechanical error. After a few minutes, everyone started dispursing and I was again alone in the studio, glued to the TV. It wasn't long after, that the second plane hit. I was very confused. I thought it was a rerun. Then I realized that the first tower had smoke coming out of it, and this was a second hit. I ran out into the hallway yelling "second plane, there was a second plan. They hit the other tower.". Within the next hour, my boss would come in with some semblence of a script and tell me to go on air and announce what had happened. That was one of my hardest times on air. I remember reading what was written, and sobbing the whole time. The rest of the day was a totally blur, trying to balance wanting to grab my family and run home to hide, with the job that I had to do. So that's my story. We all spent the next several weeks watching TV, seeing the fatality numbers rise, and wondering what was next. We got anxious everytime a plane or helicopter flew over, held our kids tighter, and put flags all over our houses and cars.
How about you, what is your story? Where were you, and how did you feel?
I love hearing and talking to my kids about 9/11. Mostly because I just don't want the history of where we were and how it felt, to be lost in time. So, we have been talking alot about our experience for the past few days.
I worked at a radio station in Savannah, 94.1 Cat Country.. which is now 94.1 The Beat. I helped to produce the morning show. We had strict rules about entering the studios. You must go to the window and be waved in, because you never knew what you might interrupt otherwise. I remember a group of people coming into the studio and running right past me, amid my protests. They were playing with the TV, and I thought "what in the world is wrong with these people". As I carried on about why everyone had BARGED into my studio, I saw the picture of the first tower burning.
We sat watching the TV discussing that it must have been an accident, but how do you not see a building of that size, maybe mechanical error. After a few minutes, everyone started dispursing and I was again alone in the studio, glued to the TV. It wasn't long after, that the second plane hit. I was very confused. I thought it was a rerun. Then I realized that the first tower had smoke coming out of it, and this was a second hit. I ran out into the hallway yelling "second plane, there was a second plan. They hit the other tower.". Within the next hour, my boss would come in with some semblence of a script and tell me to go on air and announce what had happened. That was one of my hardest times on air. I remember reading what was written, and sobbing the whole time. The rest of the day was a totally blur, trying to balance wanting to grab my family and run home to hide, with the job that I had to do. So that's my story. We all spent the next several weeks watching TV, seeing the fatality numbers rise, and wondering what was next. We got anxious everytime a plane or helicopter flew over, held our kids tighter, and put flags all over our houses and cars.
How about you, what is your story? Where were you, and how did you feel?
