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Originally Posted by christiangirl
Why do ppl keep saying, "Remember 9/11?" As though any of us could possibly forget? (That's not directed at you, navane).
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While we couldn't possibly forget, I'm not sure what other term you would use.
I was at my desk working when a co-worker/friend came by and asked if I could get any AM radio stations in on my radio because a plane had crashed into the WTC and the internet news sites were so jammed nobody could get on them. I couldn't get any stations in at my cubicle so we took my radio over to another co-worker's office where there was better reception. We were listening to coverage when the second plane hit. An adjacent department got a TV up and going by the time the Pentagon was hit and the towers collapsed. I thought it was horrific when they hit the WTC, but when they hit the Pentagon, that was a more chilling fear because it seemed they were trying to take out our government. Plus, there was so much confusion about how many planes were still out there, reports about car/truck bombs near the White House, etc.
If you can bring yourself to watch them, the National Geographic cable channel has been showing a couple very good documentaries, especially Attack on the Pentagon. We really didn't hear that much about the Pentagon attack at the time but this documentary really talks about it in a lot more detail. Be prepared to cry.
ETA: That afternoon, I went down to the little store in our building for a bottle of pop and saw a newspaper from that morning. It said "Michael Jordan to come out of retirement" I remember that so clearly because my first thought when I read it was "that paper came out when the world was still normal"
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