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[quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. I had morning planning period and a bunch of meetings. My coworker had her TV on but muted. As I walked by her room, I saw the coverage and ran to my room to watch. There were a lot of instant messages (remember those?) dinging on my computer from my husband. He had stayed home sick that day from his job in Crystal City, but turned on the news after I left for work. He never laid down to take a nap and sat glued to the TV all day.

My school cut the TV feeds so we were not able to watch anymore live updates. However, the confusion, tension, and uncertainty was palpable. Students picked up on it and were so well behaved that day, even though they didn’t know what was going on. This was before everyone had cell phones and kids did not have computers.

We are located 10 miles from the Pentagon; the day was so clear and bright that we could see columns of smoke in the air. My classroom faces the front of the building and I watched the steady stream of cars coming and going—parents picking up their kids. I didn’t blame them. I wanted to go get my babies and squeeze them close. By the last period, I had only a handful of kids left in my class.

I managed to make it to the end of the day. TV feeds were turned on. I cried with my colleagues as we watched the footage and caught up on the news. [/quote]

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