Like so many of the rest of you, this is one memory that is totally unforgetable. I was home sick from school that day too, and was watching the fire coverage on TV. I was frightened then, and that has remained with me my entire life. I am one of those who always reads the excape routes on the back of the door in hotels. We moved to Illinois in 1963, and then I attended a school built around 1890 with a fire escape that was never used and the wooden stair case and wooden floors. I was happy to graduate from 8th grade there--the last day of school, the 8th graders were "allowed" to slide down the fire escape slide tunnels. They were not used at any other time, such as during fire drills. I used to sit as close to them as possible, even tho it was cold in the winter, just in case. My high school was only 10 years old, all on one level and had plenty of doors. Still, as many of us baby boomers as were packed into the halls while changing classes, any emergency would have made it difficult to exit, especially if anyone panicked. All of the memories were brought back again on 9/11. We watched the news program where people were jumping from the twin towers to escape the inferno of burning jet fuel. God bless you all.
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