driving to dmv for plates. the news was vague regarding what was going on, but it didn't sound good. took 2 hrs to get through to family back in NY. 2 cousins were @ work in tower 1. one of them remembers someone pulling him off the floor as it was collasping under him. next thing he knew he was standing in midtown. he had no idea how he got there. my BIL's sister was missed her train, caught the next one 15min later. as she's walking up the stairs from the subway, she see's something fall about 20-30 feet from her. she looks up as the 2nd plane hit.
my neice drove across the 59th street bridge as they were trying to close it to traffic.
my brother was home sick,, tower 2 took out the center of the building he worked at,they never found his partner or any of their desk.
I took our daughter and mother to ground zero Dec, 8, 2001 to see what was left of buildings i remember watching them build. A comment our daughter made reflected the irony of it all. She pointed to an OPEN For Business sign, and said. Only in NYC could there be so much carnage and yet a beauty shop was open for business

my sister said during that day emergency vehicles were roaming the streets all around the island speakers blaring , for everyone not an emergency responder to stay inside and off the streets.