[Milwaukee_Guy]

After my brother called I flipped on the radio and they confirmed what he had said.

My brother and I are avid Tom Clancey and Dale Brown readers and we both new it was likely a terrorist event.

Before I could call my wife she called me and relayed that she too saw it live. Took her and her mom a minute to realize that it was not a preview of a movie but the real deal.

Our daughter was in third grade and at school. The next big question was, what do we do with her?

We agreed to watch events and not overreact by taking her out of school this early into the event. She went to a Catholic School in Milwaukee and we trusted the staff to take care of the kids.

[umgud]

Our daughter was in third grade and at school. The next big question was, what do we do with her?

Your daughter is much older now. How does she view the event today?

[spotbust1]

It was my first day back after maternity leave. I was already having trouble leaving my precious son with someone else when I walked passed the doctors office (worked at a hospital). Everyone in the department was in there. The second tower had just been hit and the first thing I thought was Bin Laden. The second thing I thought was go get your baby. I called the baby sitter. She was watching the news too. I knew being in a small LA town, there was little to no risk of something like this happening there, but you still panic. The next thing I thought about was my husband. Being military I knew he would be going somewhere soon.

I called him and he had actually not heard anything yet. He got very quiet then said “Within a year I will be going somewhere”. It actually took about 2 years for his unit to be called up.

I don’t remember doing much work that day, though at a hospital work just can’t stop so I must have continued.

Scariest day of my life.