Rants: Where was I on September 11th 2001?
I was playing a computer game, I think it was with Jazz, in fact it may well have been Helbreath but I am not entirely sure, when Mum came in from her bedroom next door where she had been quietly for some time, and said "There's been this huge international incident, planes crashing into buildings in America!"
I said "Yea, yea, big deal, I don't care." I really didn't
take it in, and was probably thinking about air bunkers or some small
instillation with maybe some military deaths or something.
Then she came in again and said "Come have a look." I still didn't, until later
I was up on my feet for some reason and entered her room, talking about
something unimportant.
I watched the TV set at the end of the bed.
There was news on it, pictures of smoking towers. Then live, we watched a second
plane hit a tower, the second tower. After that I was hooked to the screen, I
couldn't believe it. It was like a film, only it was all really - real.
Then came the part I will never forget. The lady on the news was discussing the
tower being hit and the camera zoomed into show a really good shot, clear, of a
tower. Then it fell IN.
It just dropped in on itself. Starting from the top as far as we could tell from
the shot, the tower just FELL. People in the TV station were saying "Whoa!
It's...it's just fallen, the whole tower has just given way!" They were clearly
broadcasting pure live footage and so TV staff and viewers alike were in shock.
That's all I can remember. I will edit this page when and if I have more to add or any alterations to make for the sake of historical accuracy.
[Last edited, 17/10/02]