stronglenin on September 11st, 2019 at 19:07 UTC »
He had been told right before he went into the room that a plane hit the World Trade Center but he and his aides thought it was a small private plane. In this picture he is being told that a second plane hit, they were commercial aircraft, and we were being attacked.
The school he was at at this moment is in my hometown, and I used to teach there. There is a plaque outside the classroom he was in when he found out. Much of the staff remembers it still, and most of the school district was placed on a lock down as he was scheduled to visit multiple schools that day and there was concern the schools he may be at could be a target. An eerie piece of history to have so close to home, so far from NYC/DC.
I remember him giving that speech when I was 18 and feeling very uneasy about the sense of war in the air.
I'm European so while it was shocking I cannot imagine how this must've felt to our American friends, I knew things were going to change but I had no idea it would lead to where we are today.
My thoughts to anyone that lost someone during or after this terrible event.
stronglenin on September 11st, 2019 at 19:07 UTC »
He had been told right before he went into the room that a plane hit the World Trade Center but he and his aides thought it was a small private plane. In this picture he is being told that a second plane hit, they were commercial aircraft, and we were being attacked.
meext on September 11st, 2019 at 21:24 UTC »
The school he was at at this moment is in my hometown, and I used to teach there. There is a plaque outside the classroom he was in when he found out. Much of the staff remembers it still, and most of the school district was placed on a lock down as he was scheduled to visit multiple schools that day and there was concern the schools he may be at could be a target. An eerie piece of history to have so close to home, so far from NYC/DC.
Octosphere on September 11st, 2019 at 21:46 UTC »
I remember him giving that speech when I was 18 and feeling very uneasy about the sense of war in the air.
I'm European so while it was shocking I cannot imagine how this must've felt to our American friends, I knew things were going to change but I had no idea it would lead to where we are today.
My thoughts to anyone that lost someone during or after this terrible event.