Was driving to work, listening to the morning “free-for-all” chat. One participant on the show uncharacteristically was silent for a while, then informed us of the first airplane strike. I very nearly went home at that point, and should have on general principle (obvious what had happened). The second hit before I reached work; shoulda gone home then too. Kept up on the news during the day via web & TV. Got a call from a friend declaring a tower had collapsed; I looked at the TV, saw a column of smoke, and in a fit of cognitive dissonance said the building must merely be engulfed in smoke - was told otherwise soon thereafter. Went home, got “bug-out” supplies, came back, was subject to “security theater”, finished day, went home.
Wow ... this thread is back from the dead 6 years later.