9/11 - Where were you? Options

[Shiidou Hikaru]

People usually have very clear memories of tragic events like 9/11 so I'd like to hear about where everyone was and what you were doing at the time.



I first heard about it in the morning when I was at work and thought that someone screwed up and flew a small private plane into one of the buildings by mistake. But when I went and looked online and saw that it was a big commercial jet, it was like ...WTF? Then I saw the second one and the third at the Pentagon, it was just myself eyewitnessing pure madness. Everyone in the department went into the conference room and watched the disaster on CNN. Some people were crying, but I did my best not to. I stayed and watched in stunned disbelief until the second tower went down.

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[Shiidou Hikaru]

*Huggles Haven-chan*



It is hard to believe like Batou said, that they were able to get as far as they did with only box cutter knives. The fourth plane was brought down by passengers that overpowered the hijackers so at least in theory what happened on 9/11 could have been avoided. A deterrent force - the people on the planes - was present in each case, but a lack of awareness and an overly cautious policy towards hijackings that emphasized the safety of the passengers over the safety of others elsewhere prevented that force from being used. It's not likely to ever happen again I don't think. In the future, I think that it's much more likely that passengers will take action against hijackers because now we all know the consequences of not doing so.

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Edited by: Shiidou Hikaru at: 9/13/05 2:42 pm