[Silly]

I grabbed a cab, because the train stopped too far from work today. I still didn't know why, and didn't realize anything had happened. The man's comments had gone through one ear and out the other.

The cab driver repeated what I had been told: A plane had it the WTC. Now, on Lexington Avenue, I could see heavy gray smoke billowing down at Wall Street. I am maybe five miles or so from that area, but the smoke was unmistakeble.

I rushed up the elevator...

[Silly]

Coming through the door at work, our receptionist and I exchanged glances. She rides the same subway I do.

People were pretty frantic, and then someone said, "One of the towers fell over," to someone on her cell phone.

This can't be right, I thought. This woman must be cracking up. There's no way such a tower would be falling over. Then I checked my voicemail: My friends and relatives had been leaving messages already for me, concerned.

I knew something was serious.

[RikaStrom]

You get back to a safe spot and let us know you are ok.

[HateBill]

I live in downtown Brooklyn. My complex parallels the Brooklyn Bridge walkway. When I left my house at 10:00 a.m. to vote I saw many people walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. The smoke was so heavy (I am around 2 miles from the WTC as the crow flies, separated by the East River) that now, 2-1/2 hours later, my asthma is still bothering me.

I start work at 2:00 pm. on Wall Street and called my office. My co-workers are in the office with no way to get home. Please pray for them.