I wasn’t supposed to be working that day, slept in to 8:45. Watched the whole thing live on FoxNews in my pajamas.
After the first impact, I summoned my Korean-War-era father and we watched as the second plane hit.
I turned to him and said “This is war,” and he said through clenched teeth “yes.”
Watched television non-stop that day, barely blinking, for six hours straight.
I was sleeping in, got up late, turned on the Weather Channel, and they were talking about buildings collapsing. Didn’t believe it, turned on FOX, and watched the world turn into a horror movie. I was stunned for hours, until my anger hardened into a burning resolve to kill those who had done this, and destroy anyone or any movement that had aided or would in the future aid them. This resolve will die when I die.