9/11 Terrorist Attack Anniversary
 

Original 9/11 Thread


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22 years.

That day was totally surreal. Truly one of those moments you remember exactly where you were when you heard the news.

I was in 7th grade about to start science class. My principal walked in and told my teacher, and he started crying. I didn't really grasp the severity of the situation at the time, I just remember being horrified by what I saw on TV.

Our world was never the same.

I was in the office and heard "a plane just hit one of the Twin Towers"
I thought "what nimrod would fly a Cessna into a building".

Moments later - Spent the rest of the day in a pretty quiet, solemn atmosphere.

I was up early on the west coast 6AM. At the time my satellite dish gave us east coast TV time frame. I was watching the today show on NBC and they started covering the first tower that was struck and then a second plane hit. It was all live.

I called in sick that day.

Doesn't seem possible that it's been that long.

60 minutes had a pretty good show on it last night. Man, what those men and women gave, and what the victims went through.

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I was thinking during the 9/11 moment of silence last night at the Giants/Cowboys game, most of the players on the field were infants or preschool age when 9/11 happened and barely have a recollection of that day.

I remember watching it live before going to class

I was blown away when the towers (and building 7) fell and crumbled to dust like they did.

The 60 Minutes episode from last year about the FDNY on 9/11 was really good. Worth watching if you haven't seen it. Pretty sure it's on youtube.

It's in the OP

I'll never forget being in my apartment in Mountain View CA and my Mom calling me early in the morning and telling me to turn on the TV. Plane 1 had hit tower and while we were on the phone talking, the other plane hit the tower and I thought it was a replay.

The most ****ed up day in my life.

My best friend had his plane grounded in Oklahoma while flying cross country from NJ to Las Vegas and had to rent a car and drive home.

Lost several people I worked with at Dean Witter in one of the towers.

It has changed the trajectory of airline travel forever.

This channel surfing is a great encapsulation of TV that day:

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