I was asleep. My son called from college about it and I turned on the TV and told him I was on my way to SC to pick him up. Called my parents - my Dad was on his way to downtown ATL, heard about it on the radio, and turned back around figuring if they were going to hit big cities, ATL would be one of them.
My Mom finally convinced me my son was safe in rural SC
then my family started calling me asking if worse came to worse, could they come up here since my town has own phone system, electric company, water supply etc.
However, Jimmy Carter has a house in my neighborhood. I don't think he was here but one of his relatives must have been because secret service was swarming all over the place for about 2 weeks. Lots of military planes flying around too.
Talking to friends who lived in NYC said the weirdest thing was walking around because you always used WTC as your "guide" for where you were and what direction you were heading in.
Sad and scary day.