As New York City marks the sixth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, I cannot help but reminisce of the moment I heard of this attack. I was a graduate student at Florida State University and my 8am class had gotten out early. Me and my buddies were hanging out at the food court having breakfast when reports of a plane crashing started flashing across the screens of the TVs in the food court. Initial speculations was that some idiots flying some small private plane had ran into the building on accident. And then the second plane hit ……..
I remember walking home and hanging out in the living room in front of the TV screen with about 20 desi graduate students following the coverage. Live coverage of the towers coming down one by one, the cloud of smoke, reports of a plane hitting Pentagon and another one crashing in Pennsylvania, the shots of the burning remains of the New York skyline. What made it even more personal – it was just 2-3 months back that me and my friends had taken a road trip up the East Coast all the way from Florida to New York City and the World Trade Center was one of the tourist spots we visited. Everything else that followed was a tizzy.
It’s a day I wish never happened. I would like to just forget everything but I can’t. Perhaps I shouldn’t.
So where were you when the planes hit? Feel free to share your personal experiences of that day in the comments section below and refrain from tangential political discussions or opinions.
Update:
Other posts dealing with memories of that day at SAJAForum, Sepia Mutiny and Blogpourri (link via DesiPundit).
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