Patterson remembers well the Auburn community coming together after the explosion at the Kopper Kettle. It was my first BIG fire. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Sunday morning, I was just beginning to wake up when, >BLAMMO! When the plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Patterson felt the windows in his apartment shake. Customers come from afar - pop in to see what draws them! You can help keep more like it coming by becoming a TWER patron. too bad i had just paid tommys dentists bill, next store to the Kettle..! Appearance: Pours surprisingly light and bouncy with a light straw color with hints of toast around the edges. person will not be tolerated. They expanded the place several times and eventually had a 150-seat dining room and an adjacent smaller, "cozy" diner. People smelled imaginary gas leaks everywhere for weeks. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone, Buc-ee's takes one more step toward its April opening date along I-85 in Auburn, Auburns Putt for a Car winner picks up new ride, Big profits, big bills: Alabamians pay some of the nations highest electricity costs, The Graduate Auburn Hotel slotted to open in 2024 with 177 keys and rooftop bar, Inmate dies while in custody at Lee County Detention Center, 'Worse ways to start': Auburn's big-swinging Justin Kirby has five hits and five home runs, Auburn AD Cohen: First female statue being addressed, KFC is bringing back a fan favorite after a nearly 10-year hiatus, New bar, The Saloon, opens in former Tacorita location in downtown Auburn, Chick-fil-A in Tiger Town is closed for remodeling, Auburn gymnastics meet at Kentucky postponed to Saturday, His leadership truly infused life back into this community: Cadillac Williams receives Auburn Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Auburn Award, Road family meets hometown family: Opelikas Addison Garner performs in Gogue Center with Broadways Hairspray, Global race is on to improve EV range in the cold, Moscow reportedly threatened new parents in Ukraine: Register your newborns as Russian or else, The impact of climate change will be felt worse in these three U.S. cities, Scientists reveal hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza. They just hired the best cooks, and the place was always packed.". Rate your experience! Click here. And had it happened 17 minutes later when everyone was arriving to hear Britt's sermon at Auburn United Methodist Church just down and across the street from the Kopper Kettle, a lot of people probably would have been killed or at least seriously injured because the blast shot shards of 90-year old stained class into the walls like throwing stars. Dang I dont remember it looking that devastated. Where I am standing is no more than 40 feet from the blast site and you can see the stacks of plates that are unharmed! The second speaking engagement, titled Explosions In My Life, will be held at the Boykin Community Center in Auburn on Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. For this speech, Patterson will talk about what he witnessed at both the Kopper Kettle explosion in Auburn, and on 9/11 when he worked in Washington D.C. as a diplomat. Kopper Kettle Address: 215 W Main St Durant, OK 74701 Phone: 580-745-9306 Office Fax: 580-745-9304 Email Website Browse through specialty kitchen supplies at Durant's own kitchen store, Kopper Kettle. Admittedly, I didnt know much about Kopper Kettle. Morris takes pride in the large portions. You have permission to edit this article. It was just like, I dont know, 10 tons of dynamite. And had attorney Andy Gentrys wife not asked him to stay home with the kids that morning instead of going to his law office upstairs at the Brownfield Building (which he owned, and which was completely destroyed), he would have been killed.