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Yellow | 9/11/01 where wher you ?

Just left NYC the previous day from visiting family and friends since the Labor day holiday. My normal routine would be stopping a KATZ deli and load up on a couple of sandwiches for the trip back to Va. Remembering the next day in Va Beach eating lunch with the wife at Olive Garden watching in shock what was occurring. Thinking just less then 24 hrs ago I was less than a mile from the TWC on East Houston street. I still get chills from that day.
 
WOW, after reading all you folks stories, I just THOUGHT I had it bad.

I was on my then-usual route in Dallas, TX suburb. I had 2 paint plants, and 4-5 chemical manufacturers that I went to almost daily. I was trying to navigate morning traffic when another driver called me on the 2-way radio to tell me what he had heard. I made about 3 stops before I could get near a radio. It sounded wild. My 4th stop was one of the paint companies, and I was attempting to pull into their yard. I had my trailer legally placarded with, get this: Flammable Liquid, Non-Flammable Gas, Corrosive and Dangerous. Needless to say they wouldn't let me come in the gate. After a bit of conversation with the dispatcher, I decided to try and make another delivery. By 11:30-ish AM, it was decided that we weren't going to be making any more deliveries. On my 25 mile run back to the terminal, I got pulled over 3 times by different local police wanting to know where I was going and what I was doing with all these chemicals on board.

The funniest (to me) part was 2 days later. If memory serves me correctly, it was now Thursday (as 9/11 was on a Tuesday). I usually didn't have much to deliver on Thursdays, but I still had a lot of freight that we didn't get delivered on the 11th or 12th. I was placarded with Flammable Liquid and Corrosive, but my first stop was to a local Post Office (a pallet of rubber bands). As I was backing into the dock at the Post Office, it looked like someone had set off an Air Raid siren. All these people were running out the back door, trying to get me to stop before coming into their yard. When everyone finally got calmed down, I showed them the Delivery Receipt with what I had for them. (I COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WAS PLACARDED, PULLING INTO A FEDERAL PROPERTY.)
 
I was working for Anderson Trucking service. I was hauling a wide load and crossing the scale from Indiana into Illinois. The cop signed my permit and didn't even look at me. I was listening to a news story on WLS about how a private plane hit the towers. He was glued to the little 9" tube TV in the scale house and never said a word to me. I continued on and figured out what happened. Afterwards fuel jumped to $1.67 a gallon and everyone made a rush to the fuel stops. I got my truck fueled up at that higher price.
 
I hope that everyone will take a moment today and consider the consequences of 9/11/2001. It goes way beyond lost lives.
 
Luckily, we are here to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice on this day, thirteen years ago. RIP and God bless.
 
I ran a Kearny NJ as part of my sleeper team bid. Was not there at that time but the view of the towers from there was quite clear.
 
just got home from a night at roadway .sat down with a bite and it broke into what i was watching .knew my daughter was headed into the city to make a delivery .called her up .she was sitting in traffic on the bqe headed inbound . told me traffic was backed up ,i told her get the hell out of there .she drove across the median and headed west .
I was glued to the tv next 48 hours . i know 4 who were there 3 that were 1st responders and thank god they all got home . id like to say safe and sound but still to this day they are not really as they were b4 .
GOD BLESS AMERICA
 
Working for Coca Cola making a delivery to a convience story, when a the Budweiser driver pulled up next to me, and told me one of the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane. I thought he was talking about a small Cessna type of plane so I didn't think much of it. Until a couple hours later I was delivering to a bar and saw the news on the t.v. . By then the second plane had hit then I realized what was really happening.
 
albag said:
The Rosemont Hilton. JAC hearings were scheduled to begin at 10:00AM. All hearings were cancelled. Roadway convened a conference call at the old Franklin Park terminal. The Midwest Division VP of Labor asked if I would drive him there and I was allowed to listen in as operational options were discussed. It was a very confused and frightening time.
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On my way to Rosemont I was listening to a CD. when I entered the lobby a few minutes after 9:00 I noticed that on one of the TVs there was video of a building on fire. At that point no one understood what had occurred. I went to the conference room to register. Then I walked back to where the TV was. Several others had gathered around the TV. Quickly the second plane hit and it was clear America was under attack. I was struck by the swift action on Roadway's part to determine how many of our employees were affected. And how to get them safely out of Manhattan.
 
I was in Plymouth, Indiana coming out of the windy heading home. A friend and I pulled into Mikes Truck Stop and got to see it on TV.
 
Wrapping up the midnight inbound at Roadway. I got home and watched the towers collapse on TV. It certainly changed my routine that day as I stayed glued to the TV. Sleep wasn't a priority. Thank you all for sharing your stories.....it's truly a day never to be forgotten.
 
I was walking into the motel lobby in Atlanta, Ga. And all these people were inside glued to the television! Couldn't stop watching, can't begin to explain the feeling of seeing it all happening, my wife's parents live 30 miles or so south of where the one plane crashed!! It was my daughters birthday and they had flown to her parents house the day before it all happened!! You couldn't make a call no where for a long time and I can remember being just sick until I heard from them!! Truly a sad sad day!!!
 
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