Man this brings chills to me. I was a military brat ( 9 at the time)and we were stationed in Andrews Air Force Base (base that holds Air Force 1). I was home schooled at the time and I remember my mom just weeping and than turning off the TV and telling us to continue our work. My dad was with the president at the time as air security and she didnt want us panicking. The base locked down into code orange, snipers in the woods at every checkpoint and we were in a complete lockdown for a while. It was so surreal. I remember finding out that my boy scout leader died during the pentagon crash and not knowing what to do. This and the D.C. Sniper attacks a year later resulted in some crazy childhood experiences/ memories. We moved shortly after and I was in public school and I remember being on a school bus and not knowing if we were gonna get shot up as the shooters were on the run and committing attacks for 3 weeks. The speaker for my 5th grade graduation was the guy in charge of the task force that caught the DC sniper.
Man this brings chills to me. I was a military brat ( 9 at the time)and we were stationed in Andrews Air Force Base (base that holds Air Force 1). I was home schooled at the time and I remember my mom just weeping and than turning off the TV and telling us to continue our work. My dad was with the president at the time as air security and she didnt want us panicking. The base locked down into code orange, snipers in the woods at every checkpoint and we were in a complete lockdown for a while. It was so surreal. I remember finding out that my boy scout leader died during the pentagon crash and not knowing what to do. This and the D.C. Sniper attacks a year later resulted in some crazy childhood experiences/ memories. We moved shortly after and I was in public school and I remember being on a school bus and not knowing if we were gonna get shot up as the shooters were on the run and committing attacks for 3 weeks. The speaker for my 5th grade graduation was the guy in charge of the task force that caught the DC sniper.