I was on the way to work and just turning onto the Broadway Bridge when I heard of the first plane hitting the Word Trade Center. I walked into the newsroom to see everyone staring at the coverage and saw the second plane hit.<\/p>\n
We all knew then, that this was something bigger than we had seen in our lifetimes happening right in front of our eyes.<\/p>\n
I went to my office and started updating todaysthv.com with what information we had.<\/p>\n
The small sever and database that was hosting our site was brought down by the online traffic. I had to post every story and update in old-school html just to keep the site up. That morning, I posted about the towers being hit, the towers falling, the Pentagon being attacked, and the downing of flight 93.<\/p>\n
The one sound I will never forget, was the sound on the broadcast news reports of the sound of the hundreds of fireman’s locators beeping from the rubble of the downed towers. <\/p>\n
It was late in the afternoon before I finally had time to stop and to respond to what had happened. I was so busy, that I had no time to process any of it. I was doing all I could to post reports and photos. When it finally hit me, I closed the door to my office, and prayed. And I cried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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