25 years ago today

[u/reddot_comic]

[u/peachesfordinner]

My mom woke me up with the "you need to come see this. It's like some King Kong stuff" then the 2nd plane hit and we both just watched in silence

[u/holderofthebees → u/peachesfordinner]

Some King Kong stuff is crazy 😭 I can’t imagine my mom telling me there was some Godzilla stuff goin on and turning on the news to thousands of my countrymen very realistically dead

[u/peachesfordinner → u/holderofthebees]

Well this was before the second plane had hit and the news wasn't really clear what was going on. Also yeah she's kind of weird and has lived through some pretty horrible things so is a bit jaded

[u/Aliendood → u/peachesfordinner]

Most people thought it may have been some freak accident until the second plane hit. I was in the east coast in middle school and we switched periods in between. I remember the whole mood shifting immediately once everyone realized it was an intentional attack. Even then, I don't believe anyone thought they would collapse the way they did

[u/peachesfordinner → u/Aliendood]

You described it entirely. It was very much a "wow what a freak accident" until it wasn't moment. Like a bridge collapsing

[u/thundershaft → u/peachesfordinner]

Is there a reason you or OP weren't in school? It was a Tuesday at 9-10am

[u/peachesfordinner → u/thundershaft]

West Coast. It was 6-7 am

[u/peachesfordinner → u/peachesfordinner]

And I still ended up going to school that day

[u/thundershaft → u/peachesfordinner]

Can't believe I didn't think of time zones lmao. My b

[u/peachesfordinner → u/thundershaft]

Np. I was relating with OP because she was also a West coaster who woke up to it

[u/Unicron_Gundam → u/thundershaft]

I woke up around the time the South Tower fell, I was eating Foot Loops when mom screamed at what she heard from the radio in the kitchen and dad ran to turn on the TV in the living room as we watched the North Tower collapse live.