Tell me about your 9/11.

[Keth]

28. Yep.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

Working in D.C. at 13th and Penn downtown. I usually got to work early and was sitting at my desk when the phone rang. My colleague was stuck in traffic and asked if I heard about the plane that hit one of the World Trade Center buildings. I hadn't heard, but I knew another colleague was in the TV room because I heard the television on. So, I got up from my desk and headed to see what was up. Scott was watching the news and we both thought that a small plane must have hit the building. Then the second plane hit. We knew something was up - that it wasn't an accident. By that time, my other colleagues arrived and everyone was wondering what was going on. The Executive Director's assistant came over and told us the Pentagon was hit. I went to the south side of the building and could see the black smoke where the Pentagon got hit. Strange feeling.

We were dismissed from work and I ended up walking about two miles to home - I lived in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. I usually would hop on the subway, but since we didn't know what was going on, I decided to walk. I was going to stop at the Safeway to buy a few groceries, but they were doing crowd control so I passed. Got home and my mom finally got through on the phone and wanted to make sure I was safe. I remember her telling me she was afraid for our country.

I ended up glued to the television the rest of the day - I'll never forget it.