Back in that time, was working at a Boeing subcontractor and started work at 6AM. That particular morning, I was actually praying as I was driving and had not had the radio on. When I got to work, I was told about the first tower being hit. I would wear a Walkman to normally listen to music. So I turned on the news and started listening for hours. I also flipped over to the Christian music station and the morning hosts aired news instead of music. There was slso lots of times for prayers.
I remember that it also made me turn to my faith in Jesus even more as it was quite the scary time. Unfortunately, since my church used a movie theater for services, we could not do a service that night for prayer and healing. But the next Sunday's services definately took on a different tone.
I also remember going over to Seattle Center aka, the Space Needle grounds, and there was a impromptu memorial set up at the International Fountain with tons of flowers in memory of those lost. People were hugging each other. It was a somber sea of humanity.
I remember feeling a great anger towards what had happened. At the same time, I do remember having a concern for the local Muslim community as I was wondering if innocent people there would be mistreated as a result.
Lastly, I lost my job in May of the next year due to 9-11. Boeing shortly announced layoffs due to the hit in the airline industry. That eventually trickled down to the subcontractors.
