I woke up to the morning news like I always do and they were talking about a fire at the WTC. No one on the west coast new a plane had hit. I remember surfing the net, just like any other morning, with the news playing in the background. Then, an explosion in other tower. They played the footage back and you could see the plane fly right into it. At that point, they knew it was either an accident or an attack, but they started heavily leaning toward an attack. Then (I don't remember how long later) the first tower fell. I watched it fall on live TV. Then I watched the second one fall on live TV. Every channel was on this and everyone was using footage from everyone else. Every website was covered with the news. I was very late to work that day and ended up not getting anything done. I just couldn't believe what had happened.

They started grounding planes everywhere and reports were coming in from all over about the other two planes. I remember talking to the accounting lady at work. Her grandparents were trying to get home (I think they lived in NY), but all the rental places were charging exhorbitant prices to rent a car (no one wanted to fly). It was a sad day all around. I don't think I'll ever forget that morning. Everytime I watch a 9/11 special or see any footage, I remember being in my room, watching it live.

The world changed that day and it would never be the same.