Originally posted by duecerI got up late and was late to work.
where were you when you first heard about it?
I had been out late the night before and drank too much celebrating my birthday.
I watched it unfold on TV.
They were talking about the first plane and showing the damage and I watched the seond fly into the second tower.
It was a horrible thing to see.
Bone chilling. Obviously, I didn't bother going into work.
I was sitting drinking coffee watching the Today show. They started by saying a plane crashed into one of the towers. They had a live shot on it and the second plane crashed into the other tower. I knew it was an attack at that time. At first I thought maybe the first pilot had a heart attack or something like that.
I went into work, all my boss and I could do was listen to the radio and wonder what the heck was going on.
Originally posted by PhlabibitAre we talking about Russ here?
Driving to work after first plane hit. They were speculating a mistake and I thought not. Next, minutes later the second plane hit. Now I'm sure.
I get to work and the dumbest lady in the world is there... "Gee, what a coincidence that 2 planes crashed".
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Keep in mind, this is the lady who WOULDN'T want to win 108 million lotto because of all the tax you need to pay on it.
Cripes!~
I was in the kitchen and the TV was on in the living room with mr. ale watching it. When the second plane hit we knew that it was all planned. My first thought was how the towers looked the first time I saw them when arriving from Minneapolis in about 1988. We did not have clearance to land so we circled for 15 minutes. Each time we made the loop I saw the towers....over and over again. Later, my daughter took me to the top of Tower #2. She ate lunch there everyday. My other daughter's classmate and friend from church was working on the 104th floor at that time, in a law office. On that fateful day, neither of them was there. I was so thankful. But there were people dying....so I cried for them.
i had just walked into a bar, and there was a crowd of people clustered around a TV, including the friends i had come to meet. the TV was showing footage of one of the jets hitting. i thought 'gee this must be a great movie, if so many people are glued to the screen like that'. i said hi to one of my friends and she turned around and she was crying. that's when i had the shocking thought that it was for real. i can't think of any news event that has had more of an emotional impact on me.
Originally posted by BlackampI wish I could say the same. As I am from a rural area (VERY rural), and have rarely been more than 25 miles from the place I was born, anything that happens as far away as NYC or LA just seems so distant it becomes surreal. I certainly felt sorry for the victims and their families and friends, and I was mad as hell when we found out who the perpetrators were. Still, I felt similar feelings of empathy over Katrina and the tsunami victims, and similar feelings of anger over the airline passengers over Lockerbie and the marines killed in their barracks in Lebanon.
i had just walked into a bar, and there was a crowd of people clustered around a TV, including the friends i had come to meet. the TV was showing footage of one of the jets hitting. i thought 'gee this must be a great movie, if so many people are glued to the screen like that'. i said hi to one of my friends and she turned around and she was crying. that's ...[text shortened]... as for real. i can't think of any news event that has had more of an emotional impact on me.
I was in a hotel lobby - Majorca. I remember the big TV screen, and a growing macabre gathering of unconnected guests gravitating around it. An elderly American couple. A family of middle eastern Arabs - possibly Saudis. Some teenage Brits in Union Jack swimwear, and a party of Spanish girls on some sort of Hen night.
All transfixed. Completely silent. Paralysed by a universal language of horror. I don't think it mattered what you believed in, or what your politics were. Whether it is Nato bombs dropping on civilians in a far off land or terrorist atrocities on home soil - I don't know how any human being can watch events like that unfold and not deplore. The images still affect me today, so the pain suffered by those involved is something I cannot begin to imagine.
Originally posted by duecerwalking down the hallway at my school
where were you when you first heard about it?
i thought it was weird that the teacher had the t.v. on since the morning announcements were over a couple of hours ago
i saw the explosion and thought that will be a sweet movie
when i found out what really happened my reaction was pretty immature
Originally posted by Anonymousnumber1I didn't have to hear about it.I was driving down route 78 (New Jersey) in my company van and saw the first plane hit the building. I (and everyone else) pulled over in disbelief and resigned myself to the fact that it was a tragic accident until I saw the second plane hit.
walking down the hallway at my school
i thought it was weird that the teacher had the t.v. on since the morning announcements were over a couple of hours ago
i saw the explosion and thought that will be a sweet movie
when i found out what really happened my reaction was pretty immature
Needless to say, my workday was over.