It was one of those rare days I drove to work. I was flipping through radio stations and Forbes on CJAY said that something horrible had happened, a plane just hit the WTC. Then a few minutes later, they reported another. We then knew it was no accident. So many awful things happened that day. I didn't get much work done. I stood outside our building downtown chain smoking and looked up at the sky. It was eerily quiet, as all air traffic was shut down. "Blow Up the Outside World" by Soundgarden was playing in my head all day. We watched the buildings fall in our boardroom. When I got home, I could see the runways at the airport were now a parking lot. Crazy.
But many good things happened, too. All of the people around the continent chipping in to help out. Gander, Newfoundland people giving standed travellers places to stay. Guys like Steve Buscemi, show up to help dig through the rubble, etc. People helped each other again.
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