I was in 1st appearance court (working), in tampa. Public defender got a phone call, whispered to me and the State Attorney that a plane had crashed in the World Trade Center. We all thought it was an accident until he got another phone call for the 2nd plane. The rest of the day was crazy. President Bush was in the tampa area at that school and i was working at a government building so security was stepped up a little bit to say the least. We had snipers on top of the courthouse and we were told they were on top of most of the buildings in downtown tampa. Some people understandably left for the day out of fear but most people stayed. We all thought Tampa might be a target with the President in town but with MacDill AFB in tampa, we felt fairly secure. Its crazy how much i can remember about that day. I remember bailiff, courtreporter, SA, PD just like it was yesterday.