After 9/11, Moving On

Loud noises take her right back, but Ellen Earhart is determined to move on.

"I just remember how beautiful the sky was," said Ellen Earhart of her drive that morning to the Pentagon. She worked as a liaison specialist for General Montgomery C. Meigs in the U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Liaison Office. The busiest part of her day was between 6 a.m. and noon, when staff communicated with the office in Europe. "I loved my job. I loved what I did. It was just a normal day going to work," she said. Soon after arrving, Earhart turned on the office television as usual.  When reports began about a plane hitting the World Trade Center, her son Douglas, also working in the Pentagon, came down to see what had happened.  "When we saw the second plane hit, we knew it was no accident," Earhart said. Earhart's office was in the …

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