TY for posting. I wasn’t a member of FR back then.
Nor was I. However I as a lurker the board was read on a daily basis.
The morning of 9/11, still asleep when DH woke me before leaving for work with this terrible news. Immediately got out of bed and sat in front of Fox News. DH started for work but never arrived. After hearing of the second strike, he turned around and returned home. For days many of us avoided large crowds (malls, theaters, etc.) Our Tee Vee was on 24 hours a day. We slept with it on. Just in case. We also awaited with anticipation the words of our President on this particular act of war.
To elect a muslimb to the OO less than ten years later many of us are now opening our eyes that most of our electorate is either ignorant as chickens or silent terrorists implanted in society. The Rat party is now the Socialist/Commie party full blown.