I was in the Navy, stationed at Naval Station Norfolk. We all watched it happen on the TV as our jaws hit the floor. It was a truely horrific day! After that they put us at "Delta" and we weren't leavin the base. All ships in port prepared for the worst. They sent F-18s over from just down the road from the Oceana Naval Air Station to protect the fleet. I remember going outside and seeing all the fighter planes patrolling around. It was intense since everyone suspected that Norfolk was sure to be next or even Washington.
Then reports came in the Pentagon got hit and that nearly flipped me out. It was like we were getting our asses kicked by enemy ghosts or something. Where were they? I remember we all felt helpless and confused.
A total shame that all of this was conducted and masterminded by one of the sickest men the world has ever known, living on the other side of the world in a desert with camels. Simply amazing and incredible that our government was powerless to stop it that day and how it was all pulled off without being caught by airport security.
BTW, did they ever put together enough evidence that the people who crashed into a field in PA., had put up a fight with the terrorist onboard? If they did, then those Americans onboard that plane deserve the Congressional Medal of Honor, IMHO!!! They may have saved thousands of lives by losing their own if that was the case!
|