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I was on my way to work, listening to local sports talk radio when the 1st plane hit. They way they were reporting it I assumed it was just one of those small 4-passenger Cessna planes.

In the reception area at work there were 3 TVs, 2 had the news on and the 3rd just cycled through advertisements for the magazine company I worked for at the time. It felt like every single employee was in that reception area when I walked in, watching it all unfold.

The 2nd plane hit basically as I was walking in to the room, and it was just a room full of sheer horror.

They let us all leave work about an hour later and as I was driving down the LI Expressway heading back east, it was so surreal, because there was literally ZERO cars on the road heading east, as they closed it for everyone other then emergency response cars/firetrucks. A road that is usually loaded with cars was just EMPTY, save for about a half dozen police or fire vehicles passing by every few minutes.

Mind you, I worked about 20 minutes from the Midtown tunnel that led into Manhattan, and my Dad worked right by the Towers, maybe 10 blocks away, so the whole day was just one giant panic until he was able to get home. I was still living at home, so the day was spent just watching the plane hit and the towers collapsing over and over and over on TV.