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<blockquote data-quote="Lucias" data-source="post: 98120" data-attributes="member: 2580"><p><strong>...</strong></p><p></p><p>I'll never forget either...</p><p></p><p>As "first years" in optometry school we had Geometric Optics every morning but Friday. We had just gotten out of that class and were preparing for the terribly boring and dry three hour lecture we had forthcoming on basic Anatomy and Physiology. </p><p></p><p>Between classes a lot of us walk down the hall and into a little convenience store built next to a lounge that plays this annoying Campus Television Network crap all day. A few of us had decided to go to that store to get something to keep us awake for the next class. One guy mentioned that he heard that someone had crashed into the WTC when he got out of the car that morning, but we all thought it was some bizarre accident. We had heard no news up to that point.</p><p></p><p>Then we got to the lounge and saw the burning towers on the TV there. We were shocked. Then we heard what happened. We all just pulled up chairs and watched. Before long the rest of our class showed up as the teacher had cancelled due to the events. Not long after that the whole optometry school was there watching in horror. </p><p></p><p>I'll never shake the image of the towers collapsing. Ever. All I could think about was that as many people died as those towers collapsed as live in my hometown. </p><p></p><p>After several hours we all dispersed and tried to get back to life as best we could. As we learned more and more over the next few days I saw an America I had not seen before. I saw the American spirit burn brighter than it had in decades. I cheered for the heroes, cried with the grieving, and prayed for the dead.</p><p></p><p>That's where I was on September 11th.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucias, post: 98120, member: 2580"] [b]...[/b] I'll never forget either... As "first years" in optometry school we had Geometric Optics every morning but Friday. We had just gotten out of that class and were preparing for the terribly boring and dry three hour lecture we had forthcoming on basic Anatomy and Physiology. Between classes a lot of us walk down the hall and into a little convenience store built next to a lounge that plays this annoying Campus Television Network crap all day. A few of us had decided to go to that store to get something to keep us awake for the next class. One guy mentioned that he heard that someone had crashed into the WTC when he got out of the car that morning, but we all thought it was some bizarre accident. We had heard no news up to that point. Then we got to the lounge and saw the burning towers on the TV there. We were shocked. Then we heard what happened. We all just pulled up chairs and watched. Before long the rest of our class showed up as the teacher had cancelled due to the events. Not long after that the whole optometry school was there watching in horror. I'll never shake the image of the towers collapsing. Ever. All I could think about was that as many people died as those towers collapsed as live in my hometown. After several hours we all dispersed and tried to get back to life as best we could. As we learned more and more over the next few days I saw an America I had not seen before. I saw the American spirit burn brighter than it had in decades. I cheered for the heroes, cried with the grieving, and prayed for the dead. That's where I was on September 11th. [/QUOTE]
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