[kenstogie]

I was at work, which is and was an Army Installation. It's one of those times when the world stops and you look at a tv screen in disbelief. No work was done and everything stopped.

Some time during the day the local news arrived trying to ask questions (before 9 11 many military posts were wide open) but I "escorted" them to the DOD police station.

Later that day on my way to another installation (also in NY) I got stopped by a cop for "supposedly" running a red light but I was in uniform near the HQ building and he let me go. I remember looking at him in cofusion, thinking "don't we really have more important things to do right now?"

Many of the people I work with were trying to call people they knew in the city but couldn't get through as much cell phone service was interupted or just non existant. I also remember seeing signs saying the "NYS THruway is Closed"

When we finally were released for the day (11Pm or so) A friend and I went walking to our cars in the parking lot that was also near an airport. It was of course completely silent, eerily so in fact. About half way to our cars we heard a low rumble that kept getting louder and louder and louder. About the time Connie and I started plugging our ears the F-18 took off like a shot and was gone in seconds. We looked at each other a bit spooked and simply went home.