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<blockquote data-quote="Grazzt" data-source="post: 331631" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>I was sitting in one of my Comp classes that day. One of our students came into class a little late and said something about a plane hitting one of the World Trade Center towers. My first reaction was "What a dumbass!" I figured some idiot in a single engine had flown off course and slammed into the side of the building. (Its happened before with the Empire State Bldg).</p><p></p><p>A few minutes later the director of the school burst into the room and said "They just hit the other tower." Then I knew it wasn't some goof in a single engine.</p><p></p><p>Me and one of my fellow classmates cobbled together a cable hook-up and spliced into the cable lines in the room next to ours (apparently those classes paid off <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) and we turned on the news.</p><p></p><p>All the students gathered around from our room as well as a few other rooms nearby and even the Admin peeps came in and sat down.</p><p></p><p>The room remained quiet as we heard "A plane just hit the Pentagon." And then "A plane has gone down in PA."</p><p></p><p>We all were thinking and some of us even said "Jesus Christ! How many friggin' planes did they get?" We all waited to see if the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Bldg, Sears Tower in Chicago, White House, or LAX were next.</p><p></p><p>When we saw the first tower fall, some people in the room started crying (I think I was one of them- I had friends and a cousin that worked in or near the towers).</p><p></p><p>We watched as the second tower went down. Nobody knew what to say. Nobody said or did anything. We all just sat there..not believing what the hell we just saw.</p><p></p><p>Not too long after that, school was dismissed and I went straight to my house to check on my loved ones. I also called my brother (in Chicago) to see if he was OK.</p><p></p><p>We spent the day with my parents trying to figure out what the hell we saw and what the hell just happened in front of us. My dad (retired, 20 yrs in the USAF) said "Somebody picked the wrong country to f**k with today." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I did find out later that my cousin was near the buildings when they were hit. I also found out that one of my friends that worked in the towers was actually walking in the buidling when it was hit. She said she heard a roar and felt a tremor like an earthquake. Well, she said (to us later on) her dad said if she heard something like that in any place BUT Los Angeles to turn and run like hell....don't even look back...just run...and she did. And she made it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grazzt, post: 331631, member: 7"] I was sitting in one of my Comp classes that day. One of our students came into class a little late and said something about a plane hitting one of the World Trade Center towers. My first reaction was "What a dumbass!" I figured some idiot in a single engine had flown off course and slammed into the side of the building. (Its happened before with the Empire State Bldg). A few minutes later the director of the school burst into the room and said "They just hit the other tower." Then I knew it wasn't some goof in a single engine. Me and one of my fellow classmates cobbled together a cable hook-up and spliced into the cable lines in the room next to ours (apparently those classes paid off :)) and we turned on the news. All the students gathered around from our room as well as a few other rooms nearby and even the Admin peeps came in and sat down. The room remained quiet as we heard "A plane just hit the Pentagon." And then "A plane has gone down in PA." We all were thinking and some of us even said "Jesus Christ! How many friggin' planes did they get?" We all waited to see if the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Bldg, Sears Tower in Chicago, White House, or LAX were next. When we saw the first tower fall, some people in the room started crying (I think I was one of them- I had friends and a cousin that worked in or near the towers). We watched as the second tower went down. Nobody knew what to say. Nobody said or did anything. We all just sat there..not believing what the hell we just saw. Not too long after that, school was dismissed and I went straight to my house to check on my loved ones. I also called my brother (in Chicago) to see if he was OK. We spent the day with my parents trying to figure out what the hell we saw and what the hell just happened in front of us. My dad (retired, 20 yrs in the USAF) said "Somebody picked the wrong country to f**k with today." :) I did find out later that my cousin was near the buildings when they were hit. I also found out that one of my friends that worked in the towers was actually walking in the buidling when it was hit. She said she heard a roar and felt a tremor like an earthquake. Well, she said (to us later on) her dad said if she heard something like that in any place BUT Los Angeles to turn and run like hell....don't even look back...just run...and she did. And she made it. [/QUOTE]
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