Times of impact: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. Time the burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes. Time they took to fall: 12 seconds. 2819 dead from 115 different nations. 343 Fireman/paramedics, 23 NYPD, 37 Port Authority officers
I remember this day as if it were yesterday...I was working for XTRA Intermodal and was at the POH Barbours Cut training a lady for her first day on the job. We were driving around the POH and one of my co-workers found us and asked if we had been listening to the radio and told us about the first plane crash. We quickly went back to the office and our boss from our home office in Liberty Missouri called the office to tell us to go home. I quickly left and went to La Porte High School to pick up Brittany. The school was very chaotic as there were parents and students every where. Then Brittany & I went to La Petite day care and picked up Brenden and met the family at Lisa's so we could all be together. For the rest of the day we watched the news in disbelief that something so tragic had happened to our country.
As I watch the morning news my heart is saddened for all of the families that lost loved ones. Today we remember all of those people and the brave men and women that continue to fight for our freedom.
