I was at a power plant construction site in French Camp, MS, in the middle of a contract discussion with a piping fabricator when one of the superintendents came in with the report of the first plane, and shortly was back with the report of the second and that it was a confirmed terrorist attack. We had flights out that evening, but quickly determined that we were not going to fly anytime soon, even though the initial reports were "possible overnight delays". I called Avis and told them we would be turning in their rental car in Kansas City, and we headed north, not really knowing if we would find gasoline on the way. Pulled into a closed airport about 6am, and the Avis bus took us to the parking lots where we had parked. It was a very strange overnight drive, but we had no problems.

Like others I doubt I will ever forget that day and night.