Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Where were you when the world stop turning
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cachsux" data-source="post: 877160" data-attributes="member: 5529"><p>I was shifting in the yard and also was listening to the Chicago broadcast of Howard Stern. He is known for playing bits from other radio and tv people who make mistakes on air. As the commercial break ended Bryant Gumbel`s voice came on and was talking about planes hitting the WTC and I listened and it went on and I`m waiting for the punchline still thinking it was a radio bit. When I got to the BNSF shack as I took a trailer next door they had a tv on and it showed the buildings in flames.</p><p> CACH sits near the two major Chicago airports and normally the sky is full of planes. Day and night you can see them lined up coming in. The departing planes from Midway come right overhead every few minutes around the clock. On 9/11 as we listened to the radio the rumors were rampant on where they were going to use a hijacked plane next. We can see the Chicago skyline from the yard and now every plane that went by was headed towards the city. We later learned that all flights were ordered to land at the nearest available airport and that is why the skys were so full but I remember thinking and the talk over the cb`s as people pointed out another plane and wondered if that one was the one headed to the city. I remember the skys eventually emptying and as I left that day the only thing in the air were seagulls and fighter planes circling over our heads.</p><p> I remember my wife, 7 months pregnant, standing in the driveway when I got home and being thankful that because she was, someone from her office was making the monthly business trips to NY and not her for once. It tore her apart until she was able to get ahold of her employee the next day. My inlaws, both Navy retirees, came over and I recall my mother in law who was stationed at the Pentagon sitting in the other room on the phone trying to find out if people she knew were safe.</p><p> I remember going to work that night with absolutely no sleep and watching the tv`s at work with the rest of the drivers and the story was coming together about Al-Qaeda and the hijackers and someone remarked that "Looks like we are going to have to go kill some people."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cachsux, post: 877160, member: 5529"] I was shifting in the yard and also was listening to the Chicago broadcast of Howard Stern. He is known for playing bits from other radio and tv people who make mistakes on air. As the commercial break ended Bryant Gumbel`s voice came on and was talking about planes hitting the WTC and I listened and it went on and I`m waiting for the punchline still thinking it was a radio bit. When I got to the BNSF shack as I took a trailer next door they had a tv on and it showed the buildings in flames. CACH sits near the two major Chicago airports and normally the sky is full of planes. Day and night you can see them lined up coming in. The departing planes from Midway come right overhead every few minutes around the clock. On 9/11 as we listened to the radio the rumors were rampant on where they were going to use a hijacked plane next. We can see the Chicago skyline from the yard and now every plane that went by was headed towards the city. We later learned that all flights were ordered to land at the nearest available airport and that is why the skys were so full but I remember thinking and the talk over the cb`s as people pointed out another plane and wondered if that one was the one headed to the city. I remember the skys eventually emptying and as I left that day the only thing in the air were seagulls and fighter planes circling over our heads. I remember my wife, 7 months pregnant, standing in the driveway when I got home and being thankful that because she was, someone from her office was making the monthly business trips to NY and not her for once. It tore her apart until she was able to get ahold of her employee the next day. My inlaws, both Navy retirees, came over and I recall my mother in law who was stationed at the Pentagon sitting in the other room on the phone trying to find out if people she knew were safe. I remember going to work that night with absolutely no sleep and watching the tv`s at work with the rest of the drivers and the story was coming together about Al-Qaeda and the hijackers and someone remarked that "Looks like we are going to have to go kill some people." [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
Where were you when the world stop turning
Top