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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
They treated it as if it was a bombing over in another country. Kinda hurt, and when it was my turn, I told them what it was like for me, and how close it hit to my neighborhood. There faces were pale white. I guess they never knew how big it really was.
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Yup, a mere 20 miles away (the WTC) from where I'm sitting right now this was all going on, it hit VERY close to home both geographically and emotionally.
I slept through the whole thing, got a call from my sister in law at around 12:30 that day and she told me about it. I got up, turned on the news and was just shocked/devastated/distraught by it all.
I later went up to some higher ground at the far end of my town that has always provided a nice view of NYC...the view that day wasn't so nice.
The whole thing still freaks me out to this day (as it should for anybody) and I get quite pissed off when I really think about it, this thing (not just the WTC but the Pentagon and that amazingly heroic crashed plane in PA as well) was (is) HUGE, almost totally unbelievable even.
I'm going into the city later today for dinner and a comedy show with some fellow F-body friends and we will remember in our way, we'll be happy/proud that we can still go into that fine city and we will be sad that it all has to be etched into our memories forever.
God bless all that perished on that sad day.