Today is the 18th Observance of September 11th 2001. I remember that day well. I know I spent lots of hours behind the scenes at the radio stations I worked for at the time. 101.5 WBNQ, WJBC and B104 in Bloomington, Illinois. I didn’t know what else to do or where to be at the time. I felt like my purpose on that day was to help the team keep people informed and somehow try to comfort our listeners who were sharing the same feelings of fear, anger and anxiety.
I was 22 years old and a few days shy of turning 23. I just remember the sheer terror of the magnitude of what was going on. I couldn’t believe it was real and thought for a time it was a nightmare. It was a feeling I will never forget. The feeling of nervousness as to what was possibly going to happen next and not knowing what the future had in store for our country. It’s something I will never forget. It took months to get over that feeling after the September 11th terror attacks.
It’s important for all of us as American’s to share our feelings as to how we felt on that day to the younger generation and make sure that we never forget those who were lost during that horrible time in America’s history.
394277 02: New York City firefighters hug each other during rescue operations at the World Trade Center after two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers September 11, 2001 in New York. (Photo by Ron Agam/Getty Images)
394261 50: Civilians flee as a tower of the World Trade Center collapses September 11, 2001 after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)394261 77: Smoke spews from a tower of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes hit the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack on New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)394261 11: Smoke pours from the World Trade Center after it was hit by two hijacjked passenger planes September 11, 2001 in New York City in an alleged terrorist attack. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)
394535 03: FBI agents, fire fighters, rescue workers and engineers work at the Pentagon crash site September 14, 2001 where a hijacked American Airlines flight slammed into the building three days before. The terrorist attack caused extensive damage to the west face of the building and followed similar attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Cedric H. Rudisill/DoD/Getty Images)394261 12: A fiery blasts rocks the World Trade Center after being hit by two planes September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)394504 01: A bird flies in front of the wreckage of the World Trade Center collapse September 16, 2001 in New York City. Work continued on the site, even as hopes of finding survivors became more grim. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)394261 14: A fiery blasts rocks the World Trade Center after being hit by two planes September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
394261 11: Smoke pours from the World Trade Center after it was hit by two hijacjked passenger planes September 11, 2001 in New York City in an alleged terrorist attack. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)
394261 04: Smoke pours from the World Trade Center after being hit by two planes September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Fabina Sbina/ Hugh Zareasky/Getty Images)
