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I had skipped my 9:30 class that day because I was out late with friends the night before. I was getting ready for class and turned on the Weather Channel to find out the temperature. I kept seeing scrolling news at the bottom of the screen, but I thought it was just saying "planes crashed in NY and DC," so I thought it was sad but didn't really think anything of it. Then I turned on local news right as the second tower collapsed. I kept thinking that it wasn't real. As I was walking to my 11:00 class I overheard people talking about it, but still wasn't conviced it was real. In my PR class, my prof told us that we were witnessing history and to go find a tv ASAP and just watch. I went into the theatre building and people were crying everywhere. Some friends and I just held each other and watched.
What made it even worse was that night I had to go a funeral home for the viewing of my friend's mom who had passed away the day before. On my way home, I drive past Detroit Metro Airport, and it was the creepiest feeling. There was nobody on teh freeway, and there was no sign of life at the airport.
That night my roommates and I kept hearing fighter jets overhead. Anytime we heard a plane we freaked out. We were so scared we couldn't sleep.
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