Where were you 12 years ago today?

[Cole Trickle]

I was living in garden grove....got out of the shower and turned on the radio while getting ready. I was listening to power 106 and you could tell in the first 5 seconds by the tone of big boys voice that some thing was majorly wrong.

I immediately turned on the TV and watched the damage and smoke the first plane created.

The freeways that morning were like a ghost town so I made it to work in half the normal time. Once at work we watched the second plane hit and the towers crumble before our eyes....I will never forget that day and the rest of the events that took place.:(

I had just left a job that was owned by aon corp. It really hit home as they lost a ton of people in the attack.

I will also never forget the Friday night after 9/11 . My wife and I would typically take my camaro out looking for some mustangs or supras to race. We ended up on main street in Huntington and the place was going off. Thousands of people were out on the street chanting USA and waiving flags. There were police everywhere and not a single person was out of control or being stupid. The stop sign became a burn out box. Tons of fast cars and hot rods out that night doing burn outs crossing the intersection. I will never forget getting to the stop sign as 100's of people chanted USA USA USA ...followed by do a burn out. There were a pair of officers right out my window and I looked over at them and they smiled and said go for it. My ss was pretty built up at the time so I hit the line lock and burned about a year worth of rubber off the tires. The white smoke was so thick it blanketed the street and the crowd got even louder.

It was easily one of the coolest moments of my life and I don't think I have ever felt like the people of our country were closer.

God speed to all that fell on that day....:(

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