Roswell Remember 9/11: The Day That 'Every Tennis Shoe and Sneaker was Sold Out' in NYC

EDITOR'S NOTE: As part of Patch's coverage and commemoration, we are putting together images and human interest stories about how that tragic date has affected us all.

What follows are the thoughts and memories of Abby Rush, a Roswell resident. She looks back at a business trip that turned terrifying.

"I was there on business with Federated Department Stores at 11 Penn Plaza; 28 weeks pregnant with my first child.

I could barely get a phone line out of New York City so I called someone at work, who called my husband. My friend at work in Atlanta told me we were being attacked by terrorists. I really didn't even believe it.

When we were allowed to leave the building I bought newspapers and still have them. Every tennis shoe and sneaker was sold out at Macy's Herald Square and there wasn't one taxi in NYC times square; that was the strangest part.  

People were quiet.

Though the company handled it quite well, it took some time to find a bus to charter out of the city. In the meanwhile there were bomb threats constantly. "