I was working in my home office where I had the TV on and suddenly I saw it : That first plane hit the World Trade Center . I was stunned and all I could do was sit with my hand over my mouth thinking what a horrible , horrible accident I had just witnessed , when I saw a shadow on - camera and watched in horror as that second plane hit the other tower , and I , like millions of others , realized this was no accident . America was under attack , and surely thousands of people were dying in front of my eyes .
Suddenly another plane was involved , heading for Washington and my heart stopped beating for a few seconds as the implications of what was happening took me to my knees .
Emotion: Fear