15th year since

Was broke down on the side of the road . Had blown a turbo that morning. First time I had to deal with a run away engine. She had started to run on the oil . Was hearing bits and pieces , but on a morning show, so was thinking it was a show prank!

 

If I could recall which "it" happened,

I might remember

 

Was on the G W bridge...... Couldn't believe what I was seeing

 

9/11

 

I was making a delivery in Philly on 9/11. I was at my 3rd of 6 stops, and when I walked in, no one was to be found. I didn't know yet that it happened. I found everyone huddled around a radio, so asked what was going on. Everyone shushed me, so I listened. It was the Howard Stern show, and when I heard him doing the play-by-play of the events (the second plane hadn't hit yet) I immediately thought he was kidding and spoofing Orson Wells' "War of the Worlds" from 1938. It was Stern after all, and he can be pretty classless.

I had to call my mom in AZ to find out if it was true. After that, I couldn't wait to get out of Philly and get home, as no one knew (other than that it was a terror attack) what was going to happen next. The rest of the day was surreal as no one smiled. Most just carried blank stares. I kicked off the rest of the stops and high tailed it up the PA Turnpike for home. Outside of Philly, most of our business was in NYC, so we didn't work much the rest of the week.

 

are you sure, could be another it?

 

edit: on the day of 9/11 - September 11, 2001.

as I walked the door of c store the radio station the store had on announced the news.

 

Woke up in the parking lot of a strip club hungover reading my q com and not understanding what was happening till I turned on my tv and saw the 1st tower falling. Was on my way to Cleveland

 

Was driving in my pickup on my way to work and listening to the Howard Stern Show. Remember the little Indian run gas station that was directly in front of my employer immediately jacked his price up to $5 a gallon, was probably close to a $1.50 or less back then, and there was a line around the block with cops directing traffic