Remember where you were on 9-11-2001

[Frank S]

WE had left Arlington VA the evening before after installing a vehicle lift to lower an exotic car into the basement man cave. The plan had been to drive up to Manhattan to service a couple of installations but one of the guys wasn't feeling well so turned South instead, Along about 11 Am or possibly noon on the 11 th driving along about mid ways across Tennessee listening to a book on tape my cell rang and rang. Aren't you going to answer it? NA, its just Bill back at the shop wanting to jaw about something anyway it rang and rang then started ringing again and again. Finally decided to answer the stupid thing because it was interrupting the book.
Are you guys alright how close to Manhattan are you right now? I've been trying to reach you for over an hour get the heck out of NY. Why don't you call in once in a while, We're worried sick Where are you?
Slow down what is so all fired important for me to call in, we left Arlington last night and have been driving all night long there is no cell coverage in a lot of areas, we are in Tennessee why the sudden urgency?
Why don' t you ever listen to the radio there are planes dropping out of the sky flying right into the side of the world trade center.
OH BS. we'll be home sometime tomorrow you can spin us a yarn if you want when we get there. I hung up and switched off the phone turned the volume back up on the book.
What did Bill want this time one of the guys asked? He was spinning some yarn about planes falling out of the sky and flying into the twin towers that's all, you know his typical just wanting to yak about nothing BS.
The book ended and ejected the radio came on while We were trying to decide on another book. That was when some modern day George Orwell type program was on talking about the towers being on fire and falling Chris reached over and changed the station and it had the same commentary every station had about the same thing on. So I switched my phone back on and called the wife. No we are in Tennessee on the way home we'll be in tomorrow No we left last night and decided not to go to NY this time to do the service call we'll catch it on our next trip.
The rest of the trip was FUBARED no one wanted to listen to another book all we wanted to do was listen to the talking heads on the radio