[OT] where were you 9/11?

[brett at ataxxia.com (Brett Van Sprewenburg)]

I was at work, slaving over converting a web application from some  
3rd party when the marketing manager came by with a radio saying he  
just heard that a plane had hit the WTC.  We figured it was a  
mistake, a tragic mistake is all.  I was getting breaking news by  
having 3 or 4 different web sites open when someone remembered the TV  
upstairs with cable in one of the conferences rooms.  By this time,  
we had it figured to be purposeful.  (The news sites were getting too  
bogged down to be effective at this point also)

Several of us went up there to watch, and learn that it really  
appears to be a deliberate act.  I was watching when the 2nd plane  
hit.  It was numbing.  I distinctly remember *willing* the 1st tower  
to remain standing . . . even when I watched it blowing apart into  
dust.   I couldn't really believe it was real.  My stomach hurt.   
Then agonizingly later, watched as the second tower fell also.

I really remember quite clearly my perspective in relation to the TV  
screen while I stood there...odd isn't that.

I remember wondering how widespread the attack was going to be . . .  
was every office tower going to be a target today?

==Brett