tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15605159.post115798188011387654..comments2023-10-26T06:54:19.095-07:00Comments on The Cozy Corner: Where Were You?StephieAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543298283557610542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15605159.post-1158037943524817392006-09-11T22:12:00.000-07:002006-09-11T22:12:00.000-07:00At 5:46am I was sleeping. At 5:48am the phone rang...At 5:46am I was sleeping. At 5:48am the phone rang and I said "can't these family members on the East Coast just count back by three to tell what time it is here???" It was my sister who had just gotten off the phone with her mom in law In Manhattan! I was in disbelief like the rest of us. I also felt helpless. I don't know why, but it seemed like my whole entire family should be together just hugging. Oh my parents were to leave on September 12, needless to say they were land locked in Eugene for another two weeks.HollieHobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801666784988137537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15605159.post-1158006746534438272006-09-11T13:32:00.000-07:002006-09-11T13:32:00.000-07:00I awoke that morning to the sound of my phone ring...I awoke that morning to the sound of my phone ringing. Looking at caller ID I noticed that it was my boss calling me from his cell phone. I remember thinking 'why would Pat be calling me right now, he should be on a plane to Georgia?' He quickly told me to turn the TV on and tell him what was going on; that their plane had been diverted to Idaho and that all planes are being grounded, but they wouldn't tell them why.<BR/><BR/>I turned on the TV just in time to see the second plane hit. I told him that two planes had hit the World Trade Centers and it looks like a terrorist attack. He asked me to call his wife to let her know that he was ok and that he would call her as soon as he landed in Idaho. (Luckily, they were able to get the plane back to Eugene and he was reunited with his wife and daughter shortly thereafter.) I was so afraid that Pat's plane may be one of the planes still unaccounted for, one of the planes that was taken over by terrorists. I was so relieved to hear his voice when he called to tell me he had landed and was going home to see his wife.<BR/><BR/>I immediately thought of all the employees I knew that were traveling that day (John being one of them being we worked at the same company). I rushed to work and immediately started making sure that all employees traveling that day were accounted for. Praise God they all were! I remember spending the rest of the day sitting in the boardroom watching the news on our movie theater size projection screen. What a powerful, sad, unforgetable, horrific day that was.<BR/><BR/>My heart goes out to all who lost a loved one that day.<BR/><BR/>I love you all!teedubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025648171794280891noreply@blogger.com