September 11, 10 years later

[Karen]

I have not watched the media coverage, but from what I have seen, it seems so centered around New York City. But people may forget that there were victims from all over, but many from Massachusetts on those two planes, and that they originated in Boston. Not that it matches the number of New Yorkers in the two buildings and all the firefighters and police that sacrificed their lives that day, in New York, but many local companies around here lost employees, and families did as well.

It was eerie the continuing silence in the skies over the Boston area, so, so many planes fly in and out of Boston's Logan airport that it has become just part of everyday life to hear planes overhead. And then there were none, save the screaming pass of a patrolling fighter jet, and the silence afterwards that echoed even louder.

[pomtzu]

I too, found the silence of no planes, to be deafening. We are near no commercial airports, but there is Dover Air Force Base about 12 miles south of here, and a couple of small private fields, so we do hear some planes throughout the day. It was eerie to hear nothing. I don't really remember how long it went on, a few days maybe, but it seemed like an eternity.

[Pinot's Mom]

It is burned in my memory. I was at work, talking to one of my favorite customers in New England who owns his company. He said, "Maggie, a plane just hit the World Trade Center." We both speculated it was a rogue small plane off track. We soon learned how wrong we were. Internet access became problematic, but I managed to get CNN on line and never cut the access. People from all over my company came to check on my computer. We were absolutely numb. Our duties went on, but we weren't really functioning. The whole nation was on anesthesia as all the events unfolded.