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Never forget. [Salute]
I was pulling into work and Peter Boyles started talking about the first tower being hit...
No where in my history can I place where I was at a certain event.
Maybe JFK but I was three months old. My Mother could give you explicit details as to where she was and what was going on.
Where were you?
My wife and I were both just getting ready to leave for work when we watched what we thought was a horrific accident.
I pulled up to the jobsite which was only a few minutes away at the time.
As I parked, we gathered around one of my buddy's portable black and white tv on his tailgate and watched the second tower being struck shortly after.
I think the phrase "WTF" was the most phrase used as we all stood there in horror.
Never Forget
Never forget. [Salute]
I was pulling into work and Peter Boyles started talking about the first tower being hit...
No where in my history can I place where I was at a certain event.
Maybe JFK but I was three months old. My Mother could give you explicit details as to where she was and what was going on.
Where were you?Well it was 01' not 00'
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But I was just getting to my tech high school as a senior taking welding.
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Colorado Osprey
09-11-2017, 05:48
After the 1st tower was hit back when we watched CNN I live witnessed the second tower on TV get hit, my draw dropped and I said, "The world just changed.... This was no accident"
After the 1st tower was hit back when we watched CNN I live witnessed the second tower on TV get hit, my draw dropped and I said, "The world just changed.... This was no accident"Same here. It was on the TV when I got to class that morning for the first tower and then a short while later while we were watching I live witnessed it on TV as well when the 2ND tower was hit.
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ruthabagah
09-11-2017, 06:15
You meant: 9/11/01 right?
fitterjohn
09-11-2017, 06:31
I was at the stop sign down the street in my dad's work van in the way to school. Walked into English to see the second one hit.
thedave1164
09-11-2017, 06:59
I was at work in Boulder, we got a call from our offices in NY
Turned on the tv as I normally do getting ready for the day. Didn't have the sound up at first. Turned it up just as the second plane it, my older son heard me react, came to see before he left for school-that was a deciding factor for him to enlist.
Never forget.
StagLefty
09-11-2017, 07:12
Heard about the 1st plane on the radio driving into work,got to work and turned on the tv and saw the 2nd plane hit.
gnihcraes
09-11-2017, 07:26
Walked into work, lady said "A plane has hit the WTC".
Huh?, ok?. I didn't think much about it. Figured it was a Cessna or something.
Couple of hours later they shut down most government agencies and we were sent home.
I stopped by a prominent firearms store on west colfax at that time, picked up a case of 7.62x39. Sat at home with the wife and kids (2 and 4) watching tv.
I remember those couple of days and looking up to the skies and there was zero air traffic. Nearly zero automotive traffic too.
In the middle of a break from marching band in college, saw the plane strike the second tower on the news broadcast... needless to say, the rest of rehearsal was cancelled.
encorehunter
09-11-2017, 08:12
I was at work at the ambulance service. We watched it until we had a call for a roll over. On scene with a couple critical patients, I called for flight for life. After calling multiple times, I was told all aircraft were grounded. The outcome was not good.
Senior year. 1st period, photography. We thought it was some joke w/ movie footage until the principal made an announcement and we were released for the day. Went to work (a small family owned Italian restaurant) and the two other guys near my age and I all agreed we'd join the military if the country went to war. I remember watching footage from the invasion of Afghanistan while washing dishes. Entered DEP program a few months after graduation.
wctriumph
09-11-2017, 09:25
Eastbound on I-80 headed for Sioux Falls, SD listening to a LA radio show when they mentioned the the first tower was hit by a plane. I immediately thought act of terrorism but then said to myself, accidents like this have happened before. Then a little later the radio hosts said a second plane had hit the other tower and we all knew that we had been attacked and by whom.
When I stopped for gas in North Platte, everyone was in shock and pretty angry. When I arrived in Sioux Falls I went to get some supper before heading to my hotel and the mood in the restaurant was WWIII and we were going to kill them all.
Eastbound on I-80 headed for Sioux Falls, SD listening to a LA radio show when they mentioned the the first tower was hit by a plane. I immediately thought act of terrorism but then said to myself, accidents like this have happened before. Then a little later the radio hosts said a second plane had hit the other tower and we all knew that we had been attacked and by whom.
When I stopped for gas in North Platte, everyone was in shock and pretty angry. When I arrived in Sioux Falls I went to get some supper before heading to my hotel and the mood in the restaurant was WWIII and we were going to kill them all.Yup. Still very angry. Think about it all the time.
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I was here at work and we had an old TV here that got turned on shortly after the news of the first plane hitting. We were all glued to the TV when the second one hit. It's darn near the only event in history that I know where I was and what I was doing. Each time I see it replayed on TV it hits me in my gut.
I was in 5th grade and we were in gym class or something and I had to go back to my teacher's room to get something and he had it on the TV.
.455_Hunter
09-11-2017, 12:39
I was a Army 1LT(P) getting ready to command and deploy a 100 man detachment to NTC on the 13th. I had skipped PT, coming straight to the motor pool office to accomplish some desk work when my NCOIC came running up the stairs- "Sir! Sir! Turn on the radio!". The rest of the day is a blur, with kicking out all civilian contractors, putting up concertina wire around the battalion HQ, drawing weapons, stopping all shipments outside the fence and trying to get updates from Yahoo news and CNN.com. Two things that stick out were the crispness of the salutes from the junior enlisted, who knew it was not a game anymore, and seeing an M1 parked at one of the main post gates, .50 cal locked and loaded / live 120 mm on board, with a sector of fire right into the twin rows of paws shops, liquor stores, adult video, payday loans, dry cleaners, and army surplus shops just outside the fence.
USMC88-93
09-11-2017, 12:56
Was on a temporary work assignment in Hawaii staying in the Hawaiian Monarc in Waikiki. When it happened someone pulled the fire alarm in the building. Tired as I was i stupidly ignored the alarm and continued to try to sleep. Some time later that morning my Mother called from Denver and told me to turn on the television. This was shortly after they had collapsed. I was due to fly out that day back to Houston. I ended up stuck in Hawaii an extra week. Once flights resumed I was on one of the first flights back to the mainland Honolulu to Houston. The most surreal experience of my life was that flight. It was as if every child from teen to newborn somehow sensed and understood the mood of the adults. From leaving Honolulu at 10PM local to arriving in Houston maybe 7 or 8AM local on an overnight direct flight there was not a single sound uttered by anyone on the flight (not even the cry of an infant). Nothing but the drone of the engines and everyone clinging to the seat or the person next to them in fear of the possibilities. While in my own thoughts, I could not help to just sit there and contemplate completely changed world in that 12 hours of absolute silence.
I carried morning coffee into the bedroom and turned on the Today Show right after the first plane hit the tower. We watched live as the second plane hit the second tower. It was evident that this was no accident and I knew the result would be a war no matter who was responsible.
As time went on it became clear that various entities of our government knew of the perpetrators but failed to take preventative action. I believe now as I did then that our military should have had free reign to annihilate the populations of both Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Instead, we got the bullshit about Islam as a religion of peace. And we're still fighting a withering war because we didn't follow the money and act appropriately to destroy the source.
mattiooo
09-11-2017, 14:18
I lived in New Jersey when it happened. I worked for a company with offices in both North Jersey and in the waterfront district just a handful of blocks away from ground zero. I was constantly down there, easily 2-3 times per month on average. Sometimes for a week at a time.
I was actually supposed to have a meeting at the NY office that was canceled at the last minute the day before. One of my very good clients, who had an office in WTC, needed to meet one of his clients uptown that morning, or he too would have headed into his office and been there.
Because that meeting got canceled, I took the day off and slept in. By the time I woke up, both towers were already down and gone.
I remember coming down, bleary eyed, and then watching the horror over and over for about 15 minutes.
Our company was a financial printer worked with hundreds of the companies directly affected by the attacks. What impressed me most was the way we licked our wounds quickly and then began assisting all our clients. We set up hundreds of temporary work spaces so that many of our clients could continue to keep operating as they assessed what was left of their business, if any, and keep the world moving while they did.
I lost 5 clients (and not in the lost account sense) I knew personally that day. Luckily, no family or close friends.
I carried morning coffee into the bedroom and turned on the Today Show right after the first plane hit the tower. We watched live as the second plane hit the second tower. It was evident that this was no accident and I knew the result would be a war no matter who was responsible.
As time went on it became clear that various entities of our government knew of the perpetrators but failed to take preventative action. I believe now as I did then that our military should have had free reign to annihilate the populations of both Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Instead, we got the bullshit about Islam as a religion of peace. And we're still fighting a withering war because we didn't follow the money and act appropriately to destroy the source.
This sad fact becomes more and more clear as the years pass by.
fitterjohn
09-11-2017, 14:42
Yep I remember 3rd period the math teacher came in and turned the TV off and said let's get to something important this doesn't affect any of you and doesn't matter. A few students leaving for the service had choice words and walked out of his class. I'd like to see him one day and ask him if he still thinks it was no big deal.
The question to ask is why we're still fighting the same enemies in the same place 16 years later? Negotiating with the primitive scum is a fools game. Drop a thousand MOABs on every little village and encampment from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Annihilate the Taliban. Wipe them off the earth just as they murdered American citizens in New York, Washington, Pennsylvania, and our soldiers in Afghanistan and beyond. That's winning, Mr. Trump.
Aloha_Shooter
09-11-2017, 16:08
I was at work at Patrick AFB. No radio or TV in our area but we got a call down from the Ops Center telling us a plane had hit the WTC. Definitely a WTF moment since they made it sound (probably due to the way the media was covering it at first) like it was a small commuter plane or general aviation plane that hit. I happened to go up to the Ops Center to drop off some paperwork and saw the second plane go in -- said, "that's no accident, we're at war" and headed back down to the office to get in contact with our people overseas. One of the contractors pulled out an old TV and jury-rigged some antenna leads so we could get some kind of reception for the rest of the coverage while we attempted to contact our personnel overseas as well as in the DC area.
The generals aren't always right but I prefer Trump's approach of leaving the fight to the generals over that of Obama's leaving it to the diplomats and DOJ.
Shooter45
09-11-2017, 17:54
I was in my first period Sophomore English class in high school. Met my buddy in the hall and we both left for the Marine Corp Infantry as Machine Gunners day after we graduated high school
I had just gotten off work (on the midnight shift) and was up because I was going into my days off. I went back to work that morning and stayed at work for the next week.
Same as the first post, listening to Boyle's radio show when it happened, made it to work (res const supt), opened up the showhome/sales office and turned on the TV.
A bunch of contractors and builders showed up to watch, everyone was quiet, everyone was stunned. Things just kind of stalled out that day. I won't forget it.
Portsider86
09-11-2017, 18:35
I was awakened by my dad when the second plane hit. Got to class and we never left first period. Watched both towers & #7 collaspe live. I remember the eerie thing about the following days was the suspension of all air traffic. Living in the flight path of multiple international airports made that a big deal. The quiet skies were very unsettling. I think I heard one military helicopter until they reinstated commercial flights and thats it.
I also remember when I was splitting wood in my driveway when I heard about the Columbia exploding upon reentry in 2003 and where I was when I heard "We got him" on 05-02-11
OtterbatHellcat
09-11-2017, 18:36
The question to ask is why we're still fighting the same enemies in the same place 16 years later? Negotiating with the primitive scum is a fools game. Drop a thousand MOABs on every little village and encampment from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Annihilate the Taliban. Wipe them off the earth just as they murdered American citizens in New York, Washington, Pennsylvania, and our soldiers in Afghanistan and beyond. That's winning, Mr. Trump.
I'm okay with this, just as much as your first contribution to the thread.
I was also at work when I heard about a plane hitting a building...on FOX 103.5. Lewis and Floorwax show. Went into the office where there was a television, we turned it on and actually watched the second plane situation live. I remember being confused and infuriated, and then extremely concerned about the situation unfolding before my eyes. As we all know now, how bad it went after that....at the time, I was so hoping that the buildings would hold up long enough to get people out of them to safety. The jumpers and the franticly waving people hanging out of the windows clinging to hope for survival.
When the first building collapsed, my heart and gut wrenched. My eyes are welling up as I type this right now....I started thinking about all the people that I watched die, and then I thought of all the people that were trying to help them...that died. The second building went.....and I couldn't talk. I don't think I spoke to anyone for a couple of days.
It is taking some control for me to not post more now about what I think we should have done, and what we should still be doing to the responsible people and mindsets that thought this horse shit was a great idea to pull on America.
Had the TV on for local traffic as my first wife and I were getting ready for work. National news jumped in after the first plane had hit. They were yammering about stupid possibilities of why it happened...when I saw the second plane fly into the other tower. This was no accident. Transcontinental flights with large fuel loads intentionally flown into the buildings. This was an act of war.
I had a class at the Microsoft office in the Tech Center. I couldn't focus on the content. Was creepy looking at the sky normally full of air traffic and seeing none. Saw the towers fall on TV.
More people killed than at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...and people seem to have forgotten about it.
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/190013/slide_190013_354247_free.jpg
I'm okay with this, just as much as your first contribution to the thread.
I was also at work when I heard about a plane hitting a building...on FOX 103.5. Lewis and Floorwax show. Went into the office where there was a television, we turned it on and actually watched the second plane situation live. I remember being confused and infuriated, and then extremely concerned about the situation unfolding before my eyes. As we all know now, how bad it went after that....at the time, I was so hoping that the buildings would hold up long enough to get people out of them to safety. The jumpers and the franticly waving people hanging out of the windows clinging to hope for survival.
When the first building collapsed, my heart and gut wrenched. My eyes are welling up as I type this right now....I started thinking about all the people that I watched die, and then I thought of all the people that were trying to help them...that died. The second building went.....and I couldn't talk. I don't think I spoke to anyone for a couple of days.
It is taking some control for me to not post more now about what I think we should have done, and what we should still be doing to the responsible people and mindsets that thought this horse shit was a great idea to pull on America.I think the Saudi's should have been rolled too. We know they knew and had to be involved at some level. Not to mention they like us about as much as the Pakistani's.
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Shooter45
09-11-2017, 19:15
Just wondering for everyone to wonder why we are still at war in Afghanistan, since the "Iraq War" officially ended; were any of you in office or on ground in country making decisions? Politics make decisions on war and this is why it has taken so long. Since we were not allowed to target individuals in Iran, Pakistan, etc is why the war is still pursuing. Just a thought.
OtterbatHellcat
09-11-2017, 19:21
Just wondering for everyone to wonder why we are still at war in Afghanistan, since the "Iraq War" officially ended; were any of you in office or on ground in country making decisions? Politics make decisions on war and this is why it has taken so long. Since we were not allowed to target individuals in Iran, Pakistan, etc is why the war is still pursuing. Just a thought.
We're not allowed to, in my opinion, "do it right". Too much pussy footing and feel good crap so we look as humanitarian as much as possible. I'm pretty sure this is my last post on this topic, as I feel as though we should have turned a few countries into fucking glazed over glass some time back.
It's an ideological war. Some people's ideology has no compatibility with others, and they have offered the infidels the option to convert or die.
...but we're above that and can't 'label people' because we're so civilized. [Bang]
This has repeatedly happened in history, and there's a single response that works....for a couple of centuries or so. Repeat.
Shooter45
09-11-2017, 19:29
America's foreign policy has been screwed up since the Korean War. In WWII there were no boundaries or limits. We fought the enemies no matter where they were. If you make war as painful as possible in all regards it will end; the enemy gives up when they learn they're village and family has been destroyed. Extending massive limits on engagement and targets only extends the pain and length of war hence our current policy. Shoot, bomb, and exterminate any enemies no matter of location or regime and the enemy will give up or die off. That is the answer just as it used to be.
Portsider86
09-11-2017, 19:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLW0jKKRXMo Link to Kevin Cosgrove 911 call. I'll never forget this specific Man.
I will always remember the events I witnessed on this day. This whole day always upsets me even during the year when I hear people talk about how it was an inside job, holograms, missiles, actors, etc. Too many idiots with a youtube account. Then the U.S. sending so many people over there just for that dumbass in the whitehouse to let everything fall back into enemy hands. It was a huge punch to the gut when I heard Falloujah fell under ISIS control; I lost a good friend to that hell hole.
Shooter45
09-11-2017, 19:44
The whole situation sucks entirely and we all feel the pain. Yet again, did you go over to fight this problem Portsider86?
I can remember everything about that morning; the smell of the cleaner and floor polish at the vet clinic, the name of the dog on the table awaiting his groom (Rocket), the color of scrubs I was wearing that day (dark blue scrub pants, solar system scrub top). My spouse had called, told me to turn on the TV and that a plane had hit the WTC. I told the doctor and his office assistant to turn it on, an we watched the second plane plow into the building. It's odd; I remember hearing nothing for a few seconds. I could feel the air push completely out of my lungs as I slowly understood that what I was witnessing had no prior context that could fit into my experiences. I was horrified; I was enraged and outraged. All I could do was shake for a minute.
I still feel the breath leave my body when I remember.
SideShow Bob
09-11-2017, 20:11
I was on a bus heading to a team building, outdoor adventure camp when we heard about the first building being hit, then as we were exiting the bus, the other building was hit.
I can remember everything about that morning; the smell of the cleaner and floor polish at the vet clinic...
Interesting that you mention this, since smells can really 'fuse' memories into our minds.
First day of school. I was 12 years old. I Listened to the whole thing on AM radio. Never Forgive, Never Forget.
I pray our current administration finally does justice to all the American lives lost to Islam going back to the 1700's.
9/11 was not the first or the last strike.
I still believe there is/was more than what the official story is, whether that is the Saudi connection, or purposeful neglect by individual actors, our government dropped the ball before, during, and after the event.
We will have to wait till all .gov/.mil reports are declassified....in 150 years.
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OtterbatHellcat
09-11-2017, 21:00
Interesting that you mention this, since smells can really 'fuse' memories into our minds.
I'm interested in the fact that you would mention this. Highly psychological, and quite intellectual in analyzing the experience of remembering.
Then again, you might actually be .......just a creepy bastard... :)
Some education on the phenomenon, and personal experience with smells bringing back memories and being a creepy bastard.
OtterbatHellcat
09-11-2017, 21:22
Creepy bastard Club? Is there a place for that?
68Charger
09-11-2017, 22:35
My oldest born daughter was about 7 months old, being nursed by my wife as I am getting ready for work (an extended contract for a trading network for NASDAQ)... when I heard on the news of the first plane, I figure oh shit, better get to the office quick now... cut breakfast short and started hauling ass faster than usual into COS.
I'm on Hwy 115 right near Juniper valley restaurant when I hear on the radio the second tower was hit... I'm in shock for a bit, but then get angry and start doing 85 on a nearly deserted hwy...
I get to the office about 7:40, and what few people are already there are looking at news on their computers, or on TV screens in common areas. I login, reach our NOC on the East coast and ask what's the plan... since I normally do Backbone upgrades or Customer installs... I figured damage control is first on the menu.
It was a Tuesday, and the next several days were a blur..
We would get to the office as early as we could, join a "triage" conference call bridge to get an assignment, and would get on a separate call with a field tech to bring up a circuit to a backup location for a customer to resume trading when the markets could reopen... which was decided to be Monday, 9/17 come hell or high water.
Legally, the markets couldn't open unless 2/3rds of the traders could login... so our goal was for 90% or better to have access to do so.
I remember working 16-20hr days through the weekend... most of it was just a blur of calls, IP addresses, and router names. But one stood out- LATE Sunday night I worked with a tech in a Connecticut sales office to turn up the 2nd circuit of a redundant pair for Cantor Fitzgerald... I remember the story of Howard Lutnick, losing almost 3/4 of their staff, including his brother... surviving only because he was late that day dropping his son off at kindergarten.
I turned up up the first T1 circuit up to their sales office in CT on Thurs or Fri, and was pleased to mark off the redundant circuit that night so they would be able to participate in that historic market open... I heard from the tech they had a rough time and had lost many on 9/11, but you can imagine how blown away I was when a documentary came out called "Out of the clear blue sky"
http://www.outoftheclearblueskymovie.com
It was then that I realized I had a (albeit small) part in a very large picture.
I still cannot watch even clips of Lutnick with a dry eye... his story really humanized the experience from another point of view. It really changed my point of view from one of anger and contempt for our enemies to recognize the loss and be compassionate for those that lost so much that day, and in the battles since.
RIP, victims of 9/11...
Scanker19
09-12-2017, 01:03
I had the privilege/honor to go to the memorial in NYC last year. It is one of the most surreal experiences i've ever had. It's really unexplainable unless you've been there. you seem to run the gamut of emotions, and since I was Alive when it happened it made it even more so. Make a day and go, but only do that on that day, the experience could emotionally drain you.
The question to ask is why we're still fighting the same enemies in the same place 16 years later? Negotiating with the primitive scum is a fools game. Drop a thousand MOABs on every little village and encampment from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Annihilate the Taliban. Wipe them off the earth just as they murdered American citizens in New York, Washington, Pennsylvania, and our soldiers in Afghanistan and beyond. That's winning, Mr. Trump.
I believed when it happened that it required a gang style war, ie dead bodies no press conferences and no holding territory. After reading about it I believe the real comparison is the wars against the Indians, a war that took more than 200 years. On 9/11 I thought a tactical nuke in Afghanistan was too much by 2004 or so not so much.
The saudi's are dependent on the US and are very afraid of the terrorists and radicals who have in their sights the royal family. There are a lot of Saudi nationals in the US and very odd the support they receive, Al Turki comes to mind, John Suthers traveling to Saudi Arabia to swap spit with them.
I also belive it is a ruling class problem, ie both parties, that they don't understand the threat of ISlam, and how to counter it in nontraditional means.
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I also belive it is a ruling class problem, ie both parties, that they don't understand the threat of ISlam, and how to counter it in nontraditional means.
The ruling class ignores the truth about islam because they derive monetary benefit from it, they don't care what happens to the proles as long as Saudi and other Arab money continues to roll into their accounts.
Great-Kazoo
09-12-2017, 12:53
Cantor Fitzgerald... I remember the story of Howard Lutnick, losing almost 3/4 of their staff, including his brother... surviving only because he was late that day dropping his son off at kindergarten.
My cousin worked there. He was talked in to going to breakfast by his dad, my uncle. Or he would have been another name on a plaque of friends and family.
I had the privilege/honor to go to the memorial in NYC last year. It is one of the most surreal experiences i've ever had. It's really unexplainable unless you've been there. you seem to run the gamut of emotions, and since I was Alive when it happened it made it even more so. Make a day and go, but only do that on that day, the experience could emotionally drain you.
Was there Dec of 2001, when you couldn't park within a 10 block radius AND were subject to random searches crossing the bridges and riding the subway
The saudi's are BANKROLLING the terrorists and radicals
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FIFY. The Saudis flew planes in to buildings, not Iraqi's or Afghani's. We should have shit canned SA decades ago and relied on our own oil.
Fuck any country or regime in the cradle of civilization, as it was once called.
It's not called the Religion of Pieces for nothing.
The ruling class ignores the truth about islam because they derive monetary benefit from it, they don't care what happens to the proles as long as Saudi and other Arab money continues to roll into their accounts.
The government likes for the people to be afraid....of anything. It makes the great unwashed easier to control.
This was well documented in Machiavelli's "The Prince", hundreds of years ago.
The government likes for the people to be afraid....of anything. It makes the great unwashed easier to control.
This was well documented in Machiavelli's "The Prince", hundreds of years ago.
Yes and that is what we're seeing through the media, constant fear mongering. The media over-hypes anything that points to the production of further government control.
We cannot forget that the primary purpose of big government is to grow itself.
And today - we have snowflakes marching in the streets demanding that we let in to the US all the Muslims that want to move here.....
RblDiver
09-15-2017, 19:20
Driving to school, I remember it was a Tuesday because it was late start day (but I still drove in early). I heard on the radio about the first plane, and my thinking was that it was a small one that hit on accident. Then, as I listened, I heard about the second, and the Pentagon, etc. I remember walking in to class, thinking about how nonchalant many of the kids were, when I was internally screaming "Don't you know we're at war?!?"
And, of course, all my classes insisted on continuing to follow the lesson plans, while it seems all the others were glued to the news.
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