https://www.insidenova.com/headlines...24679a3d2.html
Stories from those in the region who were impacted that day.
Personally - I was in 7th grade in a school about 5 miles south of the Pentagon - and I didn't understand the severity of the situation until the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. Somebody told us that a building in New York had collapsed and I thought they were saying it was a demolition at first - and then the 2nd plane hit, and then the Pentagon was hit and some of my classmates started getting scared - I'm assuming because they had parents that worked at the Pentagon or in DC. School was released early after that.