I was sitting at my computer working for Disney when a co-worker walked in and said he had heard on the radio while driving to work that a plane had hit the WTC. We went to the breakroom where they had a TV (and cable), and we were watching the news when the 2nd tower got hit. I called my wife who had just dropped off our 3yr old at daycare. We were sort of glued to the TV in the breakroom with quick trips to the computer screen for web updates and some work.



The unemployment rate went from 0% to 10% in Orlando on 9/11 --- because of all the restaurant servers and chefs that got laid off that evening. I found out 4 weeks later that I was being laid off. It was definitely life changing for me.