My City September 2021

WEREMEMBER I was in bed sleeping, since I was working the over night shift at NBC 25. My wife came into our bedroom and woke me up. She said Peter Jennings had cut into the “Regis & Kathie Lee Show” with breaking news about the attack. When I first started watching, it didn’t hit me. It wasn’t until later in the broadcast I realized the magnitude of it. Such an awful tragedy for our country – hard to comprehend, really. A few months later, I went to New York City and viewed an exhibit of photos from that day. You could hear a pin drop in that room. Everyone was in stunned silence. Joel Feick Director of Development The Disability Network S eptember 11th, 2001, was my first day of preschool. I was raised in an educator’s household, and my mother was a high school teacher who planned on dropping me off on my first day and then heading to her school to start her first day of classes. I do not remember a whole lot, but I do remember being very upset that she was leaving because I was a huge mama’s girl. Right before she was about to leave, the news came across the TV in our class room, and educators across the county were told to cancel classes for the day. Jillian Andrada Marketing Director Randy Wise Automotive

I will never forget where I was on 9/11. I had just opened my first mortgage company in Fenton and I was in the office alone. I first heard about the attacks from a coworker in another location. I immediately called home and my wife was watching it unfold on TV. She explained everything that was happen ing. I had tickets to a Tigers game that night, which was quickly canceled. I closed my office for the day and went home to be with my family. David Scott Mortgage Banker Level One Bank My sister and I were driving to Grand Rapids to take our grandmoth er to lunch.We had WCRZ Cars 108 on in the background and I noticed a national net work voice, so I listened more carefully and heard the report of a plane striking a tower. Then, when the report came through of a second plane, I said to my sister, “this has to be a terrorist attack.” As the day progressed, we learned more and were saddened and fright ened by the news. Margaret and I will always have that drive as a remembrance of that horrible day. Mary Rising Owner Action Water Sports of Fenton On the morning of September 11, 2001, I dropped my daughter off at preschool. My toddler

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