I was in an area of Washington state  referred to as the Tri-Cities.  My wife called me at the hotel and asked me if I had the news on. I flipped it on but couldn’t get a good picture in my room so I went out into the lobby and there were quite a few people gathered around a large screen.  I woke up the two other gentleman I was traveling with and we gather in one guy’s room and watched the towers fall down.   The news started relaying reports about razor knives and box cutters being used and we all looked in our bags which were full of knives and things like that. We regularly took them on trips like this because we needed them on the jobs we were doing.

When we heard all the flights were canceled and our meeting was also canceled we drove about 3 1/2 hours back to Boise Idaho where we ended up spending the next 5 or 6 days waiting for a flight home.  It was going to be quite a few more days so we decided to drive the 25 hours back St. Louis.

I remember the night of the 11th we went to a bar in Boise for dinner and when Bush’s speech came on, the entire place got quiet and everyone gathered around the TVs. Even the cooks came out. Nobody said a word. When his speech was over somebody started a USA chant.

I had my plumbing business going in SoCal, back when I lived there.
Woke, whet downstairs to get coffee and turn on the TV when that use to have value in watching it.

I didn't understand what I was seeing......?????  

I was watching as the second plane hit the second tower in NYC.

It was surreal......

My mind could just not really grasp what I was watching.

Never opened the shop that day, as I was glued to the TV.

What I find odd now, is that some folks seem glued to it for hours, upon hours, every day, like that.....now, in this 24/7 cable news stuff.....

No wonder we have so many crazy people out there, I would have to snuff myself before I could endure such torture...it must kill healthy brain cells.....

Another thing I find troubling is that we are having a hard time supporting those who suffered years later, from complications, mental and physical, from the effects of having been involved in the very sad event.......

I think we will witness something else like this again, but more in a biological sense. Can you imagine introducing some form of contamination into the homeless populations that plagues our big cities......????

It's ripe folks, when you see historically, what such a events led to, today's populations has even a greater capacity to deliver more catastrophic outcomes.....

But hey, lets impeach Trump, go green, and it will be all well with our souls        

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 Private Contractor.