Both my husband and I worked second shift at the time, so I was still asleep. He got up before me and came in and woke me up about 10 AM (central). He told me what was going on, but it was so crazy that I figured he had to be mistaken. I got up and they kept replaying the video over and over on Fox. I couldn't cry. I couldn't do anything, because I was just so stunned. It felt so unreal.
They shut down my office that day, so I just sat on the couch flipping between all the different news channels. In the following days I still was too stunned to cry (odd because I cry at everything) and what finally did it was when The Star-Spangled Banner was played at the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. It still chokes me up now.
Oh my. How could you not at that point.
My wife (little rebel) remembers that well..and had the same reaction.