Where were you on 9/11?

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I was in elementary school in Queens, NYC. All the kids were getting picked up by their parents beginning early morning, and it seemed like over 75% of students were already home when school was done. There was chatter outside the building, all around me when I was dismissed, about The World Trade Center being hit by planes in Manhattan.

I also live on the northwest side of Queens, and of course you could see the massive smoke cloud from there.