- Dec 14, 2009
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We were living in Lexington at the time and I was at work in an early meeting. I got out and had several voice mails, which was odd. It was @cheer2win calling to see if I had heard about the first plane. She was upset, but nothing too bad. Then the next message and she was obviously crying when the 2nd plane had hit. The third message was asking where I was and did I know what was happening. In the fourth message, she was almost incoherent as the first tower collapsed.
By this time, I was frantic and started calling home while I turned on the radio to hear what was going on. I called and called and called the house. By this time the second tower had fallen and reports were all over the place about what was happening next.
Couldn't reach her on her cell either. But I was worried that if I left, she might have been heading to the office and I didn't want to miss her. So I waited.
We sent everyone home except the executive team because we needed to stay open (since we were a trust company and people were calling worried about the financial markets).
Finally heard from her. She knew things were bad, so she had gone to the grocery to stock up. After that she felt like she needed to stop by her nail place, though she didn't need anything done. The couple that owned the salon were Vietnamese and had closed, but knew her so they opened up to let her in. They were terrified that the US would recreate an interment of aliens like we did in WWII with the Japanese. She spent the afternoon comforting this couple that they were safe in America.
When I finally was able to get home, we watched TV like just about everyone else; stunned, angry and sad beyond belief.
By this time, I was frantic and started calling home while I turned on the radio to hear what was going on. I called and called and called the house. By this time the second tower had fallen and reports were all over the place about what was happening next.
Couldn't reach her on her cell either. But I was worried that if I left, she might have been heading to the office and I didn't want to miss her. So I waited.
We sent everyone home except the executive team because we needed to stay open (since we were a trust company and people were calling worried about the financial markets).
Finally heard from her. She knew things were bad, so she had gone to the grocery to stock up. After that she felt like she needed to stop by her nail place, though she didn't need anything done. The couple that owned the salon were Vietnamese and had closed, but knew her so they opened up to let her in. They were terrified that the US would recreate an interment of aliens like we did in WWII with the Japanese. She spent the afternoon comforting this couple that they were safe in America.
When I finally was able to get home, we watched TV like just about everyone else; stunned, angry and sad beyond belief.