Tony was off work that day, and we were just hanging out on the bed with Benjamin, who just turned 1 the week before. We had the radio on, and they said that a plane had hit the WTC. We went downstairs and turned on CNN, because we knew they'd have something on, and just a few minutes later, we saw the second plane hit. It was then we knew it was no accident the first time. I think we had CNN on for days following. I am in Canada, and I was still incredibly saddened.
However, my hometown, is just 40 minutes from Gander, NL, where many, many of the diverted planes landed. They housed and fed many of the stranded passengers, setting up places in schools, people took strangers into their homes to provide shelter and meals. I was not living home at the time, but I was so proud of my community for stepping up and providing for these people. Many of those passengers travel back every year, some have set up scholarships for my hometown schools, some set up a fully equpped computer lab for the middle school there. Delta Airlines also matched some of the scholarship funds as well.
To me 9/11 was the worst in humanity. But I also saw the best in it too. I found a link to one passengers story, there was a story on CNN but I can't find the video for it now. I can't believe it was so long ago.
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