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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 335320" data-attributes="member: 3649"><p>I get to work pretty early in the AM. We were installing new PC's in many of the offices, so iwas going to and fro. One of things we produce are infom,ational videos, so there are a lot of TV's around so peopel can quality check and fact check, etc. I was installing a PC in one office that had such when people came in to turn on CNN.</p><p></p><p>It was totally out of curiosity, really. At the time the TV was turned on, nobody knew what had happened or was happening. The news was just treating it as 'hey, there is smoke coming out of the tower, what's up with that'. Nobody knew about the first plane then. </p><p></p><p>Vague impressions begin to drift in, and soon it's apparent that a plane has indeed hit. </p><p></p><p>I'm installing the PC, look over, watch some, etc. Then we see the second plane hit the other tower. Things get really really quiet then, because no way that that's an accident. We get to watch it several times at that point.</p><p></p><p>Then the Pentagon. Then we sat and watched the building just collapse. I never thought such a thing could happen, a building just..implode like that. But I do remember everyone saying 'Thank goodness it didn't fall outward'. The damage would have been immeasurable..</p><p></p><p>We'd decided it was some sort of terrorist act, then, but we were sure it was Saddam. Or Iran. We kept waiting for things to actually get worse. We talked about the Japanese subway nerve gas attacks, and how NYC would be the perfect place to do something like that. Or put it in the ten-story-tall towers that feed air to the various tunnels, makign them impassble to emergency vehicles. We waited for bridges to go. We waited for LA to be hit, next. We waited for riots. We waited for war. We waited for the first non-test nuclear explosion in more than 50 years.</p><p></p><p>I was one of the few people with an offsite online access: my various MUSh games and so i logged on tere to see what everyone else was hearing. The Net was intermittant. We have almost 90%% usage on the massive intranet we use, so when it gets full it shuts off. So i'd get a few tidbits, then things would go down again and I'd head back to the office with the TV. Nobody did anything for a day or two. </p><p></p><p>It was shocking. It still is in many ways. </p><p></p><p>I'm in the American South, and have not been able to travel much for some time now, so I don't know what it's like in other places. We still have flags lining the major streets. Almost every store, every eatery, every business either has a flag in the window, or a 'God Bless the USA' on it's signage somewhere. Many cars have 'Never Again', flags, or variations on 'remember' on them. </p><p></p><p>A number of things have remained the same. Some things did not change. Others are subtle reminders that things will either never be the same, or will change only very slowly. The hospitals only let so many people on the Obstetrics floor, and then only with a visitor pass. I have not flown since that day (not that I did a lot anyway, it's not unusual that I have not, and i would get on a plane now if needed) but i have gone to pick people up. My car is searched each time, but only in a cursory manner, since I guess I look tame enough. But then we're only a major military stopover, and center for the Air Force computer systems. </p><p></p><p>A year later, we still wait for war but we know that 'war' as we normally think about it will not, cannot, happen against a group like this. A whole new generation of people hear about the Iran Hostage Crisis at the barber shops, and discuss how we'll rearrange the world maps. Life goes on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 335320, member: 3649"] I get to work pretty early in the AM. We were installing new PC's in many of the offices, so iwas going to and fro. One of things we produce are infom,ational videos, so there are a lot of TV's around so peopel can quality check and fact check, etc. I was installing a PC in one office that had such when people came in to turn on CNN. It was totally out of curiosity, really. At the time the TV was turned on, nobody knew what had happened or was happening. The news was just treating it as 'hey, there is smoke coming out of the tower, what's up with that'. Nobody knew about the first plane then. Vague impressions begin to drift in, and soon it's apparent that a plane has indeed hit. I'm installing the PC, look over, watch some, etc. Then we see the second plane hit the other tower. Things get really really quiet then, because no way that that's an accident. We get to watch it several times at that point. Then the Pentagon. Then we sat and watched the building just collapse. I never thought such a thing could happen, a building just..implode like that. But I do remember everyone saying 'Thank goodness it didn't fall outward'. The damage would have been immeasurable.. We'd decided it was some sort of terrorist act, then, but we were sure it was Saddam. Or Iran. We kept waiting for things to actually get worse. We talked about the Japanese subway nerve gas attacks, and how NYC would be the perfect place to do something like that. Or put it in the ten-story-tall towers that feed air to the various tunnels, makign them impassble to emergency vehicles. We waited for bridges to go. We waited for LA to be hit, next. We waited for riots. We waited for war. We waited for the first non-test nuclear explosion in more than 50 years. I was one of the few people with an offsite online access: my various MUSh games and so i logged on tere to see what everyone else was hearing. The Net was intermittant. We have almost 90%% usage on the massive intranet we use, so when it gets full it shuts off. So i'd get a few tidbits, then things would go down again and I'd head back to the office with the TV. Nobody did anything for a day or two. It was shocking. It still is in many ways. I'm in the American South, and have not been able to travel much for some time now, so I don't know what it's like in other places. We still have flags lining the major streets. Almost every store, every eatery, every business either has a flag in the window, or a 'God Bless the USA' on it's signage somewhere. Many cars have 'Never Again', flags, or variations on 'remember' on them. A number of things have remained the same. Some things did not change. Others are subtle reminders that things will either never be the same, or will change only very slowly. The hospitals only let so many people on the Obstetrics floor, and then only with a visitor pass. I have not flown since that day (not that I did a lot anyway, it's not unusual that I have not, and i would get on a plane now if needed) but i have gone to pick people up. My car is searched each time, but only in a cursory manner, since I guess I look tame enough. But then we're only a major military stopover, and center for the Air Force computer systems. A year later, we still wait for war but we know that 'war' as we normally think about it will not, cannot, happen against a group like this. A whole new generation of people hear about the Iran Hostage Crisis at the barber shops, and discuss how we'll rearrange the world maps. Life goes on. [/QUOTE]
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