I was 19. Woke up late for my morning Spanish class at the University of Wyoming, overheard someone in class say a plane hit the World Trade Center and me responding skeptically. The Spanish teacher came in and was a bit frantic while praying in Spanish for everyone there and I was more confused. Got back to my dorm and woke up the roommate to tell him apparently a plane hit the WTC. As I turned on the TV I see the Pentagon, and my roommate freaks since his dad worked at Treasury. They day then becomes a blur of catching footage, saying "Oh My God" constantly, being told to stop that, trying to contact my bestie at the time who went to NYU and whose bus went past the WTC right before the planes hit and trying to focus on class.
Like It was yesterday. I was watching an anime and they interrupted the program shortly after the first tower got hit. It was tragic. I was watching that Live show the whole day and night.
I was 19. Woke up late for my morning Spanish class at the University of Wyoming, overheard someone in class say a plane hit the World Trade Center and me responding skeptically. The Spanish teacher came in and was a bit frantic while praying in Spanish for everyone there and I was more confused. Got back to my dorm and woke up the roommate to tell him apparently a plane hit the WTC. As I turned on the TV I see the Pentagon, and my roommate freaks since his dad worked at Treasury. They day then becomes a blur of catching footage, saying "Oh My God" constantly, being told to stop that, trying to contact my bestie at the time who went to NYU and whose bus went past the WTC right before the planes hit and trying to focus on class.
Yes sadly, even if I'm not American, I was on summer holidays at home with my sister, I remember when they interrupted all the tv programs to show what was going on, it was unbelievable.
I remember that afternoon and evening every shop and restaurant had a tv open that was showing the shocking images and all the people were staring at it, it was shocking.
Oh nothing I just always thought everybody here was like 15. I'm 28 and I always felt like there weren't members close to my age here.Then I found you!