Where were you when you heard about 9/11?
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I suppose this will be one of those questions that will mark out a whole generation. Just as people talked about where they were when Kennedy was assassinated. For my own part, I remember I was idly zapping through the TV channels when the first footage of the attack was aired, about ten in the morning, Greek time. This was even before the second plane had hit the other Twin Tower. Like most other people my immediate reaction was that there had been a terrible accident. However, after the second plane crashed I realised that this was not just some hideous coincidence but rather a deliberate act . As the day wore on the sheer enormity of what had taken place started to hit home and the feeling of shock was replaced by anger, pity and grief.
The images of people jumping to their deaths live on TV is something will haunt me for the rest of my life. Some things once seen cannot be unseen
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I was at home with my son who was 10 months old at the time crawling around on the floor in front of the TV.
I was pregnant, on bedrest, watching TV all day! It was a shock! I remember calling Soriri 30 times that day...
I was sleeping, still in America at the time. I would have slept through it had I not had a class that day (which was cancelled, in fact, the professor came over to my apt. to watch CNN all day) and if my husband hadn't been messaging me all morning trying to wake me up.
Honestly, I think I would have preferred to be sleeping rather than watch some of that early coverage.
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