9/11 is a date, that changed everything.
In Germany it was a warm, sunny day. For me it was perfect to use my bicycle to drive to my job. I enjoyed the day, it was perfect. The whole day i run the radio, but short before 15:00 CET i switched it off.
Later i learned that few minutes later the radio station gave out the news, what happend in New York.
I knew nothing about it. When my working day was over i swung myself on my bicycle and a half our later i was home again.
There i found my wife sitting in front of the TV and starring into it. I saw a burning high rise building and believed that it was a Hollywood movie. I asked her: "What kind of rubbish do you watching?"
And she answered: "No rubbish. It's real!"
I did not realized it and went to the bathroom to wash myself. While i was in there i heared hear scream: "There just crashed a second plane in the other tower!"
And my next thoug was: "Damn! That means war!"