TX_Krötenechse
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I was in 8th grade when it happened and my clearest memory is of one of my teachers telling us that if Truman were president, Afghanistan would already have been nuked off the map
Showed it to my 6th grader for the first time this AM. All kids should watch it IMO.
...and when you did hear an occasional military plane, it would scare the perjeebers out of you.My house in Houston at the time was in a flight path to and from IAH. It was so weird not seeing/hearing planes for the days following that.
An individual parent decision—I would recommend if you do, include something else, like this not so much as a counter but to show even among horror & terror, brave & true people can still arise.
We were probably close to one another. I saw the report of the first plane leaving the cafeteria for my lab. They cancelled classes not long after the Pentagon was hit if I recall correctly.It was a Tuesday, so I was in an 8:00 class that didn't get out until 9:20 when everything went down, didn't notice anything was wrong until I went to Frog Bytes and saw an unusually large crowd around a sign said "Celebrate the Ba'Hai faith with us" and thought "Huh, I had no idea there were that many Ba'hai's at TCU...." Of course, they were really around the television. The only thing I saw live was the second tower coming down, which was at 9:28 Eastern.
Crazy day.
I was in Alexandria, VA and in ear-shot of the Pentagon "crash." Since there is a ridge that runs from south of Alexandria (starting at Telegraph Hill, it is said this was the "inspiration point" for the Cmas song "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem." That's another story.) to Rosslyn (Arlington Ridge) where it meets the Potomac River. (R E Lee's Arlington "Custis-Lee" Mansion- & the JFK grave are on the ridge.) It is breeched in two places with significant "creeks" but it formed a sound barrier that day. I didn't hear a thing.Between the time about when the Pentagon hit... Not to minimize what happened at all but compared to the thoughts I had of what might have been happening, it almost pales in comparison.
The 9/11 memorial and exhibit is a must if you’re ever in NYC. I’m not sure I said a word the 3-4 hours we were there
Never forget...