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i was in my highschool's media center doing research for a term paper when the librarian started running around turning on every TV in the room. she had been listening to the radio when the first plane hit. we picked up the situation 2 minutes or so after the first plane hit. everyone in the room was talking about what a terrible accident it was etc. then we all watched the second plane hit live and there was one of the most sickening silences i've ever heard. at my next class the teacher never came in, we found out later that her nephew worked in the south tower.

about 3 hours after the attack i got a call on my cell from a friend in north jersey. they didn't have any tv's in her school and her principle tried to keep the peace by not mentioning anything about the tragedy. highschool was located on the top of a ridge and the smoke from the towers had set off her school's fire alarms.