I was off work that morning because Canadian federal government employees were on strike. I was flipping down the channels on the television when I passed CNN, saw the building smoking and then an airliner fly into it, or so it seemed. I thought at first it was a replay, then realized that it was the second tower being hit. I watched in horror for a few minutes, then ran out of my house. My next door neighbour ran out of his at the same time. I remember we just looked at each other, speechless.
Our union told the government that as we would be needed, we would go back into work.
The next few days were very eerie indeed.
I also remember the plane crash in New York City in November 2001, and some people being almost happy that that event hadn't been a terrorist attack.