Remembering 9/11

I was teaching my third graders when my classroom phone rang around 9:00.  It was my ex-wife, calling to tell me that a plane had hit the Word Trade Center.  She said that it was likely a commuter plane, but if I had some free time, I might want to turn on the news. 

"All the networks are covering the story," she said.

It was 2001 and I did not own a cell phone.  Though the Internet was up and running, it was not nearly as ubiquitous as it is today.  My ex-wife knew that in those days...