9-11-01? I got up to do roadwork.... was going to run with a female friend of mine. She tells me to check out the TV, a PLANE HIT THE WTC. I ASSUME IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT. I start watching.. popped in VHS tapes and recorded it live ( I still have three full VHS tapes from that day). I am watching.. on the comp, too, and I have numerous IM boxes going at the same time. People all over the USA are relying on me to give them updates! They are in office buildings with no TV or radio. All of a sudden I see the second plane coming.... BAM, it hits , this is SURREAL NOW!!.... they say that a plane went down in Pa.... a plane hit the Pentagon and right away I am picturing "Independance Day" with Will Smith. I am picturing that we are at war NOW and that throughout the day cities all across the USA will be hit in similar fashion. L.A., Chicago, Dallas, etc etc. Friends of mine on IM have all stopped working and the entire office is sitting there waiting for me to tell them whats going on. It's like some of your worst fears as kid are coming true. When I was 12 years old I pictured this happening with us and Russia and it felt on 9-11 just like I pictured that it would. Watching all that and feeling all that, you had tpo figure the world would be different place by 9-12... I remember just hoping that the entire country didnt get taken over by looters. I actually figured Hartford by the end of the day, if it wasn't hit with some missiles, would at least be taken over by looters.
And you know whats crazy? Imagine all the kids in the world, ten years old, who go through bombings and violence and looting and car bombs and terrorism almost every single day. Its as common to them as Sunday football in New York.
Great Thread, Wrong Forum...
This is a fascinating topic, but it's out of place here. It belongs in the "Boxing Scene Lounge" forum in the "Non Boxing Talk" chapter.
I lay comatose for a fortnight, and only found about all this shit a few days ago
If I thought you were kidding I would think it disrespectful. But I believe every word of this.
On toic:
I was in Goettingen, Germany at a language school; I didn't find out 'til later in the day as I was having sex and laying in bed, sleeping, etc. (it was mid-afternoon there). I found out late at night.
Let me tell you though, that this was NOT a good time to be an American abroad; I really wished I were here
i was on holiday, and woke up turned on the tv and when i saw the news i just couldnt believe what i was seeing. it took a while for me to digest the really huge meaning of what was happening.
then i spent all the day watching the news about it. really amazing, really shocking.
Senior year High School... 2nd period English... heard about it in the halls on the way to Study Hall... watched the 2nd plane hit in the school store's classroom, had a golf match (yeah I was on the golf team) later that day...