That day, I was getting ready for work. I was finished showering, and turned on the TV for some noise. I saw the picture of a plane hitting a tower, and thought, "Huh. Violent movie on TV in day? Weird." So I changed the channel. And the other station was broadcasting it. And the third one was. "When it's a Presidential Speech, it takes over all the stations. So this must be live/very important." were my thoughts.
I was pretty stunned/numb. Just watching it over and over again, trying to listen to the different broadcast stations with their different affiliations get snips of the story out. Could only really get that the towers were down, people were in shock and it was happening to the Pentagon.
I'm not sure if I was watching it happen or was seeing the re-run. I think I was watching it when the 2nd plane hit and the Pentagon got hit. I called my best friend Eddie and asked if he was seeing it. He said yes. We hung up and just stared.
I went to work, and one crew member was running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Her daughter was in NYC and was homeless, the mom wasn't sure where she was located. She kept trying and trying to get thru to NYC and shelters, but the phone lines got clogged. Kept on working that day, went home, watched the news, and felt sad.
Years ago in the 80's I asked my parents, "Anyone can just walk up to an airplane and get on? If they have a ticket? Nobody's checking?" and was told Yep. I was thinking back then: Illogical. People could start trouble.
Now we have the procedures for that.
I was pretty stunned/numb. Just watching it over and over again, trying to listen to the different broadcast stations with their different affiliations get snips of the story out. Could only really get that the towers were down, people were in shock and it was happening to the Pentagon.
I'm not sure if I was watching it happen or was seeing the re-run. I think I was watching it when the 2nd plane hit and the Pentagon got hit. I called my best friend Eddie and asked if he was seeing it. He said yes. We hung up and just stared.
I went to work, and one crew member was running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Her daughter was in NYC and was homeless, the mom wasn't sure where she was located. She kept trying and trying to get thru to NYC and shelters, but the phone lines got clogged. Kept on working that day, went home, watched the news, and felt sad.
Years ago in the 80's I asked my parents, "Anyone can just walk up to an airplane and get on? If they have a ticket? Nobody's checking?" and was told Yep. I was thinking back then: Illogical. People could start trouble.
Now we have the procedures for that.
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