[Ruhskins]

I remember working at College Park and seeing people gathered around a TV in the lobby of our office. I walked into the lobby as the 2nd plane hit and realizing what was going on. I ran to my office and spent the next hour trying to reach my family in NYC unsuccessfully. I remember feeling nervous the whole day, especially after the attack on the Pentagon. I remember there were rumors flying around that there had been a blast at the State Department, which luckily were false. A couple of days later we had a memorial on campus, some of our students had family and friends that had perished in NY. Also there were two grad students who died at the Pentagon. I just hope we never have to live through something like this again.