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I was 19. I woke up when my aunt called and my grandfather picked it up. It was a little before 6am here. I had some college class that I can't even remember later that day. But I heard him saying like "An explosion? In which building? That's the really tall one." So on that cue it was like oh sounds big so I flipped on my bedroom tv while still laying in bed. Everyone was still debating if it was a plane or gas explosion. He came in to tell me but by this time I had it on.
So I was just there watching and I could hear his bedroom tv on the same channel. We saw the second plane hit live. Couldn't even tell you what channel it was but it was that thing where you have a hundred thoughts going through your head at once but it's in the span of just seconds. Because I remember seeing the second plane come into view in the corner of the screen and thinking "Is that a helicopter? No. A small plane or maybe a big plane far away going to the airport and I'm just seeing it from a weird angle?" And then seeing it come real close and then the explosion and just realizing what it was now.
Jumped up and I could hear my grandfather come walking down from his room at the same time. I can't even remember what we said to each other. But I put on the big tv in the living room and we stood there and watched the rest.

I remember watching the jumpers with him. The camera had a close up of this guy hanging out a window trying to climb down and then slipping. And idk why but I thought it was close to street level. But then it paned out quick and follows him down and you realize it was like the 100th floor. Seeing that, then all these other people falling and the the first tower collapsing. Never been so horrified at seeing something in my life or since. And seeing my grandfather react the same.

People are right. If you grew up in the post 9-11 world or remember it but not really grasping it. Then it's all just this historical event now. Like Pearl Harbor or the JFK assassination. I remember older family and people always saying how shocking those were and how you remember exactly where your were and what you were doing when you heard. And not being able to grasp what that would be like. 9-11 is that. I will never forget that day, where i was standing seeing those buildings fall. Even if you weren't there, even if you didn't know anyone directly involved. It felt like you were directly involved. The horror, shock, hate, rage, pain, and flurry of other emotions that seem impossible to have all at the same time. And knowing every single other american felt them too that day and in the following weeks. No matter the color or sex or whatever. It is completely indescribable in words.
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