I lived in Hawaii at the time so by the time my alarm went off, the events had pretty much transpired. I remember waking up to the radio announcers talking about some tragic events in NYC and DC. I immediately turn the TV on and they keep playing the fall of the towers over and over. I had a guest that had arrived the night before from Canada. I woke him up and we watched the newscasts. I wouldnt make it to work that day. I was in the military then and all the bases on the island had upped their defensive posture. That meant that nearly every single car got checked out before it was allowed on base. The back ups to the gate stretched for miles. When I did go to work the next day, it still took 1-2 hours to get through the gate. Our base shares the runway with HNL and I remember how strange it was not to see flights coming and going.