I guess what stands out in my mind the most about that day was ... it felt like a "bad dream" ... it didn't seem real somehow .. and how everything seemed to go in "slow motion " , I remember everything ... funny how I can't remember what I did yesterday but ... 5 years ago I remember not only what I was doing .. but what was happening around me , it's like watching it on the "big screen" ... I'm almost detached (or was it Shock?) I remember driving to work that day and doing my normal "put lipstick on" as I stopped at a red light and trying to find some good music to listen to on the radio , I was annoyed that there was nothing but "chatter" going on instead of music ... and on a music station! ... what nerve! (sorry but that's what I remember) I seldom watch t.v. before I leave in the morning ( I do now ... everyday I watch the news) so I had no idea what the importance of a plane crashing ... I thought "how terrible" but like I said .. I was in a hurry that morning , so after I pushed every set button of music stations on my radio I gave up and threw a music c.d. in . Maybe that was better that I didn't know? .. I don't think I would of ever made it to work that day had I known .. so ... I get to work and usually the place is a bustle of busy activity .. especially that day the elementary was having their "cook out" for the kids and we all had lots to prepare .. but that's not what I found that day .. everyone was gathered around the radio .. silent and so still ... so I asked..."What's going on " I was shushed... so I listen and heard that the first plane had hit one of the towers .. I said "omg" of course and was filled in on what everyone knew ... which wasn't much at that point , so I said "well .. we got a job to do here so lets say a prayer and when we can .. we can listen for updates .. well I'm not going to go minute by minute what happened after that .. but I could .. I still remember everyone's frighten looks ... the sheer disbelief of hearing but not comprehending it completely ... I still remember us all who we all usually didn't get along so well ... hugging each other and praying together , trying to "hold it " together long enough to finish that days work and get home to our loved ones ... to be able to hold them just one more time . Our sense of security was shaken ... but we americans instead of falling apart .. held together and together became stronger ... now when I say the pledge of alligence... I don't mutter the words I say them loud and I say them with pride and that's just a small part of how I felt that day and what I was doing.