I was at Mass when the first plane hit. Everyone's beepers were going off. I went into the rectory and the television was on. We saw the second one hit. I told the rosary ladies who were in a tizzy. Then I went to the pier in Long Beach NY which was near my house. We always had a view of the towers from across the bay. People were gathered and a car radio was on giving a blow by blow. I called my husband who was at work on the bayfront not far from the pier. We heard the news say the buildings were collapsing and we watched in horror as they disappeared in a plume of dust.