I'm surprised no one has said anything, yet, about it today.
Some buddies and I get together every Monday night, and September 10 was no different. The Broncos were playing someone on MNF - I forget who. But right before halftime, one of the two teams tried a field goal and missed. It was a long field goal and time remained on the clock. So the other team got the ball and also tried a field goal. I'd never before or since seen that: back-to-back field goal attempts by both teams.
Howard Stern was still on broadcast radio. I was listening to him the next morning. I was surveying gas stations in NE Ohio, so I was traveling to the first one of the day when they said a plane hit the first tower. They were joking about it saying some guy probably lost control of his plane and hit the tower. They didn't dwell on it much. But I wanted to hear more so I turned it to an AM station in Cleveland to try to get some more news on it. Whatever that station was, or whatever that show was - they were already interviewing someone at the scene. Maybe it was a national show or something. He was explaining what he witnessed, then started yelling about how it blew up, again. The radio show host then said, "Um, no - the other tower was just hit."
I got to the first site I was surveying, and while I was doing that, the gas station attendant came out and said that the Pentagon was just hit.
On my way to the next site, I had to pull over and relax. I was pretty worked up. I don't think I made it to the second site - I just went home.
I was the young guy at the company then. Now all the old guys have retired, and I'm the old guy. I talk to the young guys now about it and find out they were playing kick ball in 2nd grade when they found out. Or, the newest young guy - "I wasn't even born, yet."
I have a niece who was born in 2001. She said she knew of at least 2 people in school with birthdays on 9/11/01.