On 9/11/01, I was at work in Winsted, CT. One of my co-workers announced that a relative had just called her to say that a plane had just crashed into one of the Twin Towers. I started praying for the situation and kept working. Then she got another call announcing the second plane had hit the second tower. At that instant, I knew this was a planned terrorist attack and not just an accident. I started praying in tongues under my breath, and continued throughout the day, because that way the Holy Spirit could pray the right prayers through me…
There was a TV in our president’ s office, used for watching product demo videos, etc. One of us went in and turned it on (it’s a tiny company and very informal, and this was obviously no ordinary event…), and we started watching in horror as the towers started collapsing, and later as the announcements came of more planes in danger.
Ironically, Mike, our president was in Florida that day, entertaining the president/owner of our biggest vendor and another of his executives, (both visiting from Italy) at Disney World, after a foodservice industry trade show had finished in Florida. Four of our top executives were at the trade show. Mike called the office and asked to speak to me, saying he was hearing some awful rumors spreading around Disney World about the Twin Towers, and he wanted an accurate idea of what was happening. He was especially concerned because the Italian vendor president’s wife & daughter were sightseeing and shopping in New York that day. I told him what I knew, and he called back periodically to get updates. Like many other folks, our folks at the trade show were stuck in Florida for days, and eventually rented a car into which they all crammed, and drove the long journey back to Northwest Connecticut. Thankfully, the Italian fellow’s wife and daughter were unharmed… but what a tragic introduction they had to the USA!!!