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[quote=Anonymous]On the Hill. It was scary as we were evacuated, and I didn’t know exactly what was going on as we were quickly evacuated from the building. I wasn’t prepared for the crowds outside or the police and military presence as everyone flooded into the streets. Then people explained what had happened in NY and pointed out the smoke coming from the pentagon.

It was terrifying.

It took hours to get home after convincing a cab driver to drop me off at the border in PG County and I arranged for a ride to get me back to my home in MoCo.

I shared the cab with a stranger who recognized the logo on a bag I was carrying, said he was a lobbyist from out of state and wasn’t sure where to go, so he tagged along with me and I helped get him to a hotel in MD near a rental car agency so he could eventually drive home to TX the next day.

I wish I had been somewhere else that day. Today’s gorgeous weather is reminiscent of that day 20 years ago.

It turns out I sorta knew someone who died at the Pentagon (it was the spouse of a law school classmate).

I didn’t watch any of the replays of planes crashing or the Towers crashing to the ground into dust back then. I only saw the video footage this week for the first time.

I still remember the panic I felt in the crowd on the Hill. Mobile phones were jammed. People were speculating. Shoulder to shoulder crowds being yelled at by law enforcement to move quickly. Terrifying. [/quote]

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