[isaacsmom]

The one thing I remember so vividly besides where I was and what I was doing, was the LONE plane I heard fly overhead when all flights had been grounded. I live in Lincoln Nebraska, which is about 45 miles from Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha which houses the Strategic Command Center. In the early afternoon, we were working outside and heard an airplane flying overhead. My coworkers and I all froze and looked at each other in complete fear and I asked one of them if they heard what I did. We all heard the same thing - an airplane!!! We learned later that it was the President flying in Air Force One on his way to STRATCOM, but they were flying so low that we could see the plane. It was so surreal and scary. There is always that kind of fear, that someone could attack STRATCOM. If that happened, my city would be wiped off the map in mere minutes!

Also at the time I was living close to the airport, the interstate and train tracks. I remember having the windows open that night and being disturbed by the complete quietness. There were no airplanes, cars/trucks or trains going anywhere!