Originally posted by blm07
To me, there are still no words to describe it, 2 huge buildings and 4 planes completly destroyed within hours, much more damage and lives. I was actually at Disney the day it happened, and I hardly ever get to go, I had no idea how huge this was till I got home a couple hours later. It was a strange day, every channel on TV had coverage, all airports shut down.
May I ask where at Disney you were, and you heard? My understanding on that day was that the MK and all other parks simply closed without notice. Did they tell you why they were closing?
As for me, I was home from work that morning with The Today Show (NBC) on while some workmen worked on my sink. One of the workmen walked by the TV and said, "Hey, the Sears Tower is on fire."
Of course it turned out to be the World Trade Center and not the Sears tower, but I started watching; and I was watching when the second plane hit. At that point Matt Lauer said something like, "Was that another plane? Oh, my God; that was another plane." He turned to Katie and said something like, "Well, I guess there is no question now, that this is a terrorist."
I will never forget it. I had a blank videotape, and put it in at that point, and taped most of the day. I watched it recently, and what is most striking is the actual anchors' comments, filled with emotion, uncertainty, and the rawness of the time, just like this thread.
The network feeds at the time were able to get out of New York, but my understanding was that many New Yorkers could not see initial coverage because of the station broadcast towers and other transmitters being located on top of the WTC. But I do know that the anchors could not always see what we were watching, and on ABC the first building fell in front of our viewer's eyes while Peter Jennings still tried to get a report from the street as to what was happening. After a street reporter told him that the "whole building" was gone and that it had collapsed, you heard him ghasp as he realized what he called "massive casualties." There were long pauses as he tried to remain composed. It was moving, but also telling of our electronic age that sometimes edits the editors themselves. Very moving.
Still a moment to remember.
Whatever happens with the wars and combat, we must let freedom ring, let everyone see what simple freedom really means.....
