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Musings from the Cotton Patch
Posted by CottonBear in The DU Lounge
Mon Sep 11th 2006, 01:12 PM
on my beautiful bay Thoroughbred gelding, Chipper. We had a wonderful ride, the day was beautiful here in Northeast Georgia and I was very happy and content. I finished the lesson and my trainer got on him to cool him down for me because I had to get on to work. I hopped into my car in my riding clothes and headed toward my office. As it turned out, I never had a chance to change into my work clothes.

I had no idea that anything had happened until I got in my car and I turned on NPR. The news was shocking. Both towers had been hit but they had not yet fallen down. I spent the rest of the day listening to NPR on the radio and working on a 4 PM project deadline that I met. All of us at the office (an engineering firm) worked all day while listening to my radio. (These are people who normally never listen to NPR.) I heard the live coverage of the towers collapsing.

I did not see any TV coverage or internet images or feeds until about 7 PM at night. On the way home from work, I picked up a paper that showed a full color, full page photo of the burning towers.
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