I live in the city. People were afraid, confused, paranoid, feeling vulnerable. School was canceled and a lot of people didn't go to work. A lot of stores were closed and it was like a ghost town out there compared to how it usually is. As a matter of fact a lot of people didn't even leave home. We were told to keep all of the windows closed because of the smoke and debri in the air. There was nothing on the news or the radio that wasn't 9.11. People were calling in (many in hysterics) describing missing friends and relatives and trying to find them. A lot of missing people posters went up around the city. In my personal experience, every time a firefighter was reported to be pulled from the rubble my family would be glued the the TV and the phone trying to find out if it was my relative or not.

It's so hard to describe, nothing felt real. Nothing felt like it could ever possibly be normal or the same again