Comments on: Where Were You? http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2005/07/14/where-were-you/ Thoughts on Dreams, Life, and Spirit Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Reya http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2005/07/14/where-were-you/#comment-25 Reya Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:17:09 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/?p=15#comment-25 We heard the plane crash into the Pentagon, even from here on Capitol Hill. It was loud (the dog crawled under the bed in fear). It took awhile that morning for me to figure out what was happening. I'd been talking to my friend Jack in New York, who had the tV on and reported the first crash into the towers. We'd been talking about the Civil War, about what it would take to get brothers to fight against brothers. We'd been talking about what it takes to get human beings to become soldiers when the first crash occurred. After the phone call and the sound of the crashing plane, I ventured out to go to work. I couldn't believe the traffic, couldn't believe how many people were walking the streets down by the Capitol. In fact, I got all the way to work before I heard that the second tower had fallen, and this was indeed a terrorist attack. There was no traffic on the way home. My roommate and I sat and watched the footage of the falling towers in NY all day. We made comfort food (roasted chicken and potato salad). Two days later I bought the first television I've ever owned. After that, life on Capitol Hill changed drastically. All the open buildings were closed, security checkpoints were set up, tons of ugly construction began at all the memorials and public buildings. It was the beginning of the end of this empire in many ways. September 11 was an awful day I'll never forget. We heard the plane crash into the Pentagon, even from here on Capitol Hill. It was loud (the dog crawled under the bed in fear). It took awhile that morning for me to figure out what was happening. I’d been talking to my friend Jack in New York, who had the tV on and reported the first crash into the towers. We’d been talking about the Civil War, about what it would take to get brothers to fight against brothers. We’d been talking about what it takes to get human beings to become soldiers when the first crash occurred.

After the phone call and the sound of the crashing plane, I ventured out to go to work. I couldn’t believe the traffic, couldn’t believe how many people were walking the streets down by the Capitol. In fact, I got all the way to work before I heard that the second tower had fallen, and this was indeed a terrorist attack.

There was no traffic on the way home. My roommate and I sat and watched the footage of the falling towers in NY all day. We made comfort food (roasted chicken and potato salad). Two days later I bought the first television I’ve ever owned.

After that, life on Capitol Hill changed drastically. All the open buildings were closed, security checkpoints were set up, tons of ugly construction began at all the memorials and public buildings. It was the beginning of the end of this empire in many ways. September 11 was an awful day I’ll never forget.

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