Where were you on 9/11?

[*jason*]

(09-11-2015, 12:53 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 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.

Ever hear the story about how a producer for Jim Rome " saved" John Thompson's life on 9/11?  It's a crazy story.  I heard it live on the 10th anniversary.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/john-thompson-bruce-boudreau-share-harrowing-sept-11-memories/2011/09/08/gIQA40HEDK_story.html