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Where were YOU when the world stopped turning, eight years ago, on this September day?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris M 2" data-source="post: 885469" data-attributes="member: 66045"><p>Originally posted in a similar thread last year or year before:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was in an all-day training meeting at a previous employer. A friend/co-worker came in from a break and casually mentioned, "Hey, I was listening to the news and they said a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers." No one thought it was anything more than an accident, and the lady leading the class resumed the training.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>About 20 minutes later, a second co-worker came back from the restroom. Her face was panicky, and she announced, "A second plane has hit the OTHER World Trade Center tower!!!" Everyone in the room more or less became alarmed as we realized what was happening. Someone called for a TV to be brought in and the training class was shut down.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As the TV was being wheeled in and the news tuned in, the lady leading the class got madder and madder. "Can we PLEASE return to our seats so we can resume the class!!?!??" she said impatiently. I remember someone saying, "Lady, you're nuts! The nation is under attack and all you can think about is this ridiculous training class?" That shut her up. Soon she was aghast at the news broadcast and all of us in the room (about 20 or so) were completely consumed in the broadcast.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tears and horror that day at work. It was awful.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Later that afternoon, my wife went to the hospital to visit her friend who'd just had a baby. I was alone at home with my 2-year-old daughter. Two jets scrambled out of Wright-Patt AFB to escort the President through local airspace, causing sonic booms which hadn't been heard in our area in decades. Everyone in the neighborhood came out of their houses, thinking bombs had gone off or that planes had crashed locally. In fact, one of our local news stations reported that a plane had crashed in the area, though that later proved to be incorrect. I called my wife in a panic as the local news said they were blocking off many of the streets near the hospital and other vital buildings downtown.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I remember sitting there holding my youngest, scared as hell, thinking, "This is it. This is the end of the world... we're all gonna die today."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was a terrible day. Anyone who holds any sympathy for the forces behind that attack are out of their minds. :angry:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris M 2, post: 885469, member: 66045"] Originally posted in a similar thread last year or year before: I was in an all-day training meeting at a previous employer. A friend/co-worker came in from a break and casually mentioned, "Hey, I was listening to the news and they said a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers." No one thought it was anything more than an accident, and the lady leading the class resumed the training. About 20 minutes later, a second co-worker came back from the restroom. Her face was panicky, and she announced, "A second plane has hit the OTHER World Trade Center tower!!!" Everyone in the room more or less became alarmed as we realized what was happening. Someone called for a TV to be brought in and the training class was shut down. As the TV was being wheeled in and the news tuned in, the lady leading the class got madder and madder. "Can we PLEASE return to our seats so we can resume the class!!?!??" she said impatiently. I remember someone saying, "Lady, you're nuts! The nation is under attack and all you can think about is this ridiculous training class?" That shut her up. Soon she was aghast at the news broadcast and all of us in the room (about 20 or so) were completely consumed in the broadcast. Tears and horror that day at work. It was awful. Later that afternoon, my wife went to the hospital to visit her friend who'd just had a baby. I was alone at home with my 2-year-old daughter. Two jets scrambled out of Wright-Patt AFB to escort the President through local airspace, causing sonic booms which hadn't been heard in our area in decades. Everyone in the neighborhood came out of their houses, thinking bombs had gone off or that planes had crashed locally. In fact, one of our local news stations reported that a plane had crashed in the area, though that later proved to be incorrect. I called my wife in a panic as the local news said they were blocking off many of the streets near the hospital and other vital buildings downtown. I remember sitting there holding my youngest, scared as hell, thinking, "This is it. This is the end of the world... we're all gonna die today." It was a terrible day. Anyone who holds any sympathy for the forces behind that attack are out of their minds. :angry: [/QUOTE]
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