Facebook friends post about where they were on 9/11
On 9/11 was in a taxi to Logan Airport to fly to Tampa to give keynote at acquisition reform event at Central Command in Tampa. Driver kept driving me to airport.
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John M Gregory We all consumed media and news very differently in those days, as well. I was 16, a junior in high school in Connecticut, and I first learned about the attack while in study hall, where there didn’t happen to be a television. The principal came on the … See More
Greg Burel, I was at FEMA at the time. I woke up that morning not feeling well and was debating about dropping by the doctor on the way in. I was at the intersection where a right turn took me to work and a left to my doctors office. I heard it on the radio and tu…See More
Steve Meltzer, I was driving to VT for my 55th birthday.
Ron Docksai, My wife was visiting Cleveland, caring for her Mom post-cancer surgery, watching TV in horror as the plane hit the Pentagon's E ring. Nancy immediately phoned my DC office checking on my own welfare. My secretary explained that the whole BAYER office o… See More
Larry Tarr, I was giving a speech that morning so I didn't go to my workplace but stayed home to prepare. I took a beak to watch tv and saw it live.
Bill Kelman I was on a treadmill in a small room at the Veterans hospital in Buffalo. I was there for a stress test. After a couple of minutes a nurse came in the room and relieved the person who was observing me. Nothing was said and I had no idea what was happen… See More
Jack Kelly, I was in my office on the 9th floor of the New Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, a building Steve knows well. There was a TV in a nearby conference room where someone was watching the morning news. I heard a shout that "an airplane had flo… See More
Robert Cooper, Ordered off the Blue Line at Arlington cemetery; people thought a Tanker on 95 on fire
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Adam Goldstein, Interesting that you were headed to Central Command, given the role that they would play in the ensuing two decades.
Paul Ernest, I was just starting the day in my office in Charlottesville, VA, when my phone rang. It was a friend in Florida and she sounded very upset. She asked me if I'd heard, and I hadn't. She told me that one of the towers of the WTC was on fire; a plane had … See More
Anthony Thomas, I had been working at the Pentagon for about 3 months. My office was on the opposite side of the impact.
John BurkeI, was just walking to my office in Rockefeller Center. An NBC camera crew that had probably been doing some remote about the weather was racing to pack up as if late for a fire.
Edward Meagher, I was at the VA Central Office overlooking the White House. My EA came an got me out of a meeting and showed me the Pentagon on fire. Due to a meeting of all the senior executives of the VA in San Diego I was the 2nd ranking person in the building. Com… See More
Alvin Pesachowitz, I was on Independence Ave going to a meeting at SBA. I actual heard the first news report if the second plane hit the World Trade Center and the commentator said we were under attack. Most vividly I personally witness the explosion at the Pentagon. … See More
Larry Singer, I was at the National Press Club across the street from the White House where I was the guest speaker at the ceremony for the newly appointed federal SESers…they came and closed those huge vertical blinds behind me in the middle of the speech saying th… See More
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Sally Provo Castleman, We were in a town hall on Ft Campbell. Our Garrison Commander walked through the door in his sweaty PT clothes and told our director, who in turn told the workforce. They closed the gates to the installation and didn’t let anyone come or go until lat… See More
Dan Chenok, I was leading work by OMB with the Council for Excellence in Government to host an international CIO meeting about e-government in DC. We were scheduled to start late AM, and I was at the office preparing when the news of the NY Towers came in, follow… See More
Robert Guerra, I was in a meeting at the Dept. Of Education. I remember looking out the window and saying that it looked like there was a fire at the Pentagon. When I left I picked up people who couldn’t reach their car pools so I drove them to Metro locations.