I did not got to this week’s Husker Harvest Days but I did go on 9/11/2001. That was during my very short gig with DTN and I drove out from Omaha with my boss, Kim Lang, to attend the show. We were talking and not really listening to the radio news which was on but very low. Cindy called us with the news and our whole attitude of excitement to get out of the show lot vanished. However, we did attend the show that day.

One of the first images I remember was a group of people gathered around a small tv at one of the exhibits. I don’t remember which one. I joined them as we watched events unfold. It was hard to believe this was real and right here in America.

We returned to Omaha listening to the news this time and learning that President Bush would be flown into Omaha. I think he actually did arrive and depart before we got back to town. I drove home to Missouri the next day and kept watching the sky, especially when I drove past KC airport. No planes anywhere. That was an eerie feeling.

So that’s where I was and I will never forget it or the people who died that day. May God grant them eternal peace.