We lived in Henderson, NV during this event. Our house was under the flight pattern for the international airport in Vegas. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, planes were ALWAYS flying over. It was something you got used to. Then they stopped. They stopped for many days. It was so quiet and sad and hopeless. Not that I ever liked the planes flying over our house but I was so grateful when they began again. It was a sign of hope. I will never forget.
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I was nursing Asher around 9 am that morning and had no idea what had happened. (We lived in a flight pattern area too. It was eerie. Unbelievable.) When I saw it on TV, my brain could not process that it was real. Being so far away in CA made me feel oddly removed from it. How could so much suffering be going on in my country while life was so normal in my city? Now seven years later, I will never forget. May we never forget. God bless the USA.
I remember that I was driving to my mother in law's to drop off Tyler before I went to work. I heard on the radio when the first plane hit and thought it was an accident. When I got to her house we watched in horror as the second plane crashed and then again as the 1st tower collapsed. I did not even want to go to work and leave Tyler that day, I was so scared. I too will never forget!
We moved to Henderson from TN only a couple of months before and were very early in feeling settled in Vegas. My strongest memory of that morning was my naive belief that somehow NY had intentionally imploded the towers for safety. I just didn't think they could fall on their own. Crazy man. That whole time will be forever etched in my memory.
Honestly, was saddens me the most was how quickly we all returned to "normal." It seems to me that in WW2, we were told to sacrifice for the good of the country. After 911, we were told to shop for the good of the country. Celebrities who contribute little if anything to society were instantly made redundant, while society's true heroes were celebrated. People who are famous for being famous are back on the front pages.
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