I Remember 9/11

Today, about 15 People asked me, "Where were you when 9/11 happened?"

I still remember.

I had just woken up. I was getting ready to go to work at the Halloween Express, that at the time, was located in the Greenwood Park Mall. As I was looking for my birthday money, so I could take care of gas, my mom called me downstairs. She was watching CNN, I believe. It was the shot of the Trade Towers, and one was smoking. Five minutes after I had left, the second one had been struck. I found that out at the gas station as I was prepaying.

Between the trip to the gas station, and the trip to work, I didn't hear much. Mainly cause I never got any good radio reception in my car, so I was blaring Music off the album "Daft Punk: Homework".
When I got to work it was weird. Most of the Shops had not even had the employees there to open. I was the Opening Manager of Halloween Express, so I was there early.

I saw my Buddy Justin at the Hot Topic, and he even told me they were gonna lock back up in another hour. There weren't even mall-walkers there. I thought mall-walkers would always be there, even after the apocalypse. So, I unlock the gate, and started putting product out from the shipment from the night before. After about an hour of that, one of the mall guards actually came in and asked me what I was doing. I told him I was doing my job. He told me all the other shops have closed and left for the day, and he suggested I leave, too.

When I told him I wasn't going because of something that happened in New York, He told me of another crash, that I later found out to be the Pentagon attack. He asked me to leave for my safety. So, even though to me it sounded ridiculous, it finally hit me on the magnitude of the day. So, I worked for another hour, called my mom, was escorted to my car, and went back home.

I got home, fixed lunch. Played some video games till about 1am, then went to bed.

Now, most people that know me, would believe that I would have turned this story into some kind of a joke. But I don't care to make a joke out of this. It was serious, and people died. Above all else, remember people lost there lives. Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, and Grandparents. Aunts, Uncles, Husbands, Wives, Cousins, Nephews, and Nieces. Gone still. We need to remember those people above all else.

I didn't think of any of that at the time.I was worried about keeping a job. I think about them now.