09-11-2015, 12:53 PM
I was in court. Heard that a plane had hit the tower, but thought it was just a small plane and an accident. Later a clerk came in and told the judge what was happening. We had a TV behind the judges bench to watch videos of arrests and other evidence. We took a break and watched for a while. By then both towers had been hit and it was clearly no accident.
After a while the judge said that we would address all the cases of the people in jail, but everyone else was dismissed to a later date. The judge turned down the sound but left the tv on behind him in case something big happened. I will never forget trying to make arguments about my clients being in jail of minor stuff like missing an appointment with a probation officer while over the over the judges shoulder I was seeing people leap to their death from the burning towers.
At the time I was dating a flight attendant with US Air. She was actually flying into New York City that day and got diverted to Syracuse instead. She was stuck there for about a week until they started flying again.
After a while the judge said that we would address all the cases of the people in jail, but everyone else was dismissed to a later date. The judge turned down the sound but left the tv on behind him in case something big happened. I will never forget trying to make arguments about my clients being in jail of minor stuff like missing an appointment with a probation officer while over the over the judges shoulder I was seeing people leap to their death from the burning towers.
At the time I was dating a flight attendant with US Air. She was actually flying into New York City that day and got diverted to Syracuse instead. She was stuck there for about a week until they started flying again.
