Thanks for sharing this. I think a lot of us younger generations fail to consider just how terrifying that must have been for people on the ground. Do you remember what was going through your head at all? Were you worried there could be more planes and/or bombs on the way? Did you fear it was the start of an invasion?

I remember watching these events unfold at school and it looked like just another action movie to my TV-obsessed mind. I came home and my parents were crying and I couldn't understand why. From my young perspective, that was just what the news was - people dying. Sure, it was really sad, but what made this time different? By the next day, however, and for what seemed like every day after that, it was all anyone could talk about.

Anyway, just thought I'd share what it was like from a millennial's perspective. 9/11 would have this massive impact on our lives, but a lot of us were too young to comprehend what it meant or why it happened. It's interesting to hear from folks like you who lived through it.