I was actually on a bus with a bunch of fellow Zookeepers headed to the National Conference of Zoo's and Aquariums in St. Louis. We made a gas stop shortly after the second plane had hit we were at McD's and just got bit's and pieces of info. We got back on the bus where someone had a small radio and we all listened to the account, we were all in shock wondering if we should continue or go back home. We decided to keep going, As we got into the city of St. Louis we saw that they had closed down the area around the Arch, We got to the Conf. It was of course canceled by that time. But they had the News on the Giant Screen they use for conventions, It was unreal they showed the footage on this 20ft tall screen I will never forget it as long as I live. We ended up going to the St. Louis Zoo that day, instead of heading home, I was a bit releaved to have had a distraction that first day, there was plenty of heartache and tears in the following days.