I had just got to sleep after working a 12 hour shift at the hospital, My mom woke me up screaming and crying. I remember thinking she must be kidding me, I got up walked into the den where she was. I looked at the tv, I think it took a min or two for it to sink in what I was seeing, all I could say was omg over and over. I sat there the rest of the day and held her hand. It was awful to watch. I think most of the time we were in a state of disbelief at the horror we were seeing. My brother had went and got the kids from school, there was talk of locking them all down. It was hard to believe that something like that could and did happen in the US. I heard a tape of a man's last phone call on youtube back a couple of years ago, I still remember him yelling oh god no. I can't think of a word that would perhaps describe the tone of his voice, or the horror of what ones there went thru. My heart goes out to those that were lost that day and their families, A big thank you to the ones that helped, and I pray we never go thru anything like that again.