(September 11, 2017 at 7:31 am)Nymphadora Wrote: Somber. Today is 9/11 for those who have forgotten due to earthquakes, hurricanes and forest fires. Taking a moment to pause at 8:47am to remember those lives lost in NY City, at the Pentagon and in PA (not far from where I live, actually) on this date 16 years ago.
Do you remember what you were doing or where you were when you first found out?
I do. My (now ex-)wife was 4 months pregnant with our son, I had woken early for some reason or another, and sat down at my PC to read the news. The earliest reports were that an aircraft had struck the WTC, there was speculation at the time that it might be a small aircraft, I though that the story was interesting and so started actively following developments both online and on various TV news networks. Later we would learn that this was actually a Boeing 767 - American Airlines flight 11 out of Boston.
As I recall, there was a lot of confusion in the news over this report, when another 767 - we would later learn this was United Airlines flight 175 out of Boston - struck the other tower on live television. It was then that I woke up my former spouse and a short time late, we watched in horror as the two towers fell. I recall at the time thinking that the collapse must have killed many more people than they did. I was grateful to be wrong.
At some point during the day we learned the fate of the other two hijacked aircraft.
The rest of the day is hazy. I remember going to work, there was a television on in one of the conference rooms. I don't think very much work got done that day. I lapsed into a long depression, I went to work, I binged watched cable news, and not much else, up until when my son was born nearly six months later.