[jyl]

In the office, preparing for the markets to open. A trader ran into my office and told me a plane had hit one of the towers. We went up to the large conference room, the screen had been switched to CNN. We watched the second plane strike and knew it was a terrorist attack. I left the office, got in a taxi, and went to a conference in town, that I was scheduled to attend. All the screens in all the presentation rooms were switched to CNN. Everyone was standing around watching. I saw one of the towers fall. People were stunned, silent, swearing. I returned to my office, packed up my briefcase, and took the subway home.