I too remember where I was when 9/11/2001 happened. I was working a Tuesday-Saturday shift at MCI in Sergeant Bluff, IA. We had just gotten on the phones after our team meeting where we learned we lost one of our teammates on Saturday night in a car accident. We happened to have the Today Show on the monitors in our bay and we saw the towers get hit, the plain hitting the Pentagon (Which I learned later a son of a friend of mine was there (Former Sioux City Councilman and former SD State Senator Brent Hoffman).
Due to our proximity to Sioux Gateway Airport and the 185th Fighter Wing we were ordered to evacuate. I had to bum a ride from a coworker to get to my husband, Tom as we were down to one car.
Team Ford let me know my car was ready. Got 3 blocks away... no it wasn't. As we were attending the funeral for our lost teammate on Wednesday really needed a working car. They arranged me to have a "loaner" off the lot with barely any gas in it.
I remember the LINES of people getting gas. I decided to head toward home and get gas in Lawton. Even they had a bit of a line.
I was grateful that our son was just a little over a year old and not aware of what was going on that day. I don't know how I could explain everything that was happening.
Today I look at our country and I think many of us have forgotten a major thing. We are the UNITED States of America. Let's take a moment today to recommit to being part of the UNITED States of America!!! E pluribus Unum...Out of many ONE!
I too remember where I was when 9/11/2001 happened. I was working a Tuesday-Saturday shift at MCI in Sergeant Bluff, IA. We had just gotten on the phones after our team meeting where we learned we lost one of our teammates on Saturday night in a car accident. We happened to have the Today Show on the monitors in our bay and we saw the towers get hit, the plain hitting the Pentagon (Which I learned later a son of a friend of mine was there (Former Sioux City Councilman and former SD State Senator Brent Hoffman).
Due to our proximity to Sioux Gateway Airport and the 185th Fighter Wing we were ordered to evacuate. I had to bum a ride from a coworker to get to my husband, Tom as we were down to one car.
Team Ford let me know my car was ready. Got 3 blocks away... no it wasn't. As we were attending the funeral for our lost teammate on Wednesday really needed a working car. They arranged me to have a "loaner" off the lot with barely any gas in it.
I remember the LINES of people getting gas. I decided to head toward home and get gas in Lawton. Even they had a bit of a line.
I was grateful that our son was just a little over a year old and not aware of what was going on that day. I don't know how I could explain everything that was happening.
Today I look at our country and I think many of us have forgotten a major thing. We are the UNITED States of America. Let's take a moment today to recommit to being part of the UNITED States of America!!! E pluribus Unum...Out of many ONE!