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Writer's Block: 9/11
Sep. 11th, 2011 03:13 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
I still remember where I was and roughly the time when I found out like it was yesterday. I was a wee bit late to English class (last one of the day) and I got into the classroom at about 3.05pm (I'm in Belfast, NI, so we are a few hours ahead). I can distinctly recall wondering why the tv on the wall was on & why were the class watching it and a friend came up to me saying that a plane had crashed into the WTC (I thought that it was probably a private plane or something and that it was some accident). Then we all saw the second plane slam into the south tower live and I think someone said something to the equivalent of "there's another one away in..." Shortly after that, we were all sitting with our mouths hanging open as the south tower collapsed on itself; it was like something straight out of Die Hard but we knew that we'd just witnessed hundreds of people die. :(
I visited Ground Zero in February 2007 and as our tour bus was coming up to the stop around the back of the buildings opposite and I caught a glimpse of that big empty space, I got a sudden feeling like I was about to start bawling.
I still remember where I was and roughly the time when I found out like it was yesterday. I was a wee bit late to English class (last one of the day) and I got into the classroom at about 3.05pm (I'm in Belfast, NI, so we are a few hours ahead). I can distinctly recall wondering why the tv on the wall was on & why were the class watching it and a friend came up to me saying that a plane had crashed into the WTC (I thought that it was probably a private plane or something and that it was some accident). Then we all saw the second plane slam into the south tower live and I think someone said something to the equivalent of "there's another one away in..." Shortly after that, we were all sitting with our mouths hanging open as the south tower collapsed on itself; it was like something straight out of Die Hard but we knew that we'd just witnessed hundreds of people die. :(
I visited Ground Zero in February 2007 and as our tour bus was coming up to the stop around the back of the buildings opposite and I caught a glimpse of that big empty space, I got a sudden feeling like I was about to start bawling.
