I remember waking up and getting ready for work. I was listening to lite 96. They said there was an accident in New York but didn't know much. They tried to move on with the morning program, talking about a plane that hit a building. In my mind, it was a little 2 seater into an office tower. Vividly, I remember them cutting to the financial person in New York. Everyday they had a guy in NYC at some building do the financial reports, exhanges, price of gold etc. He was shaken up, but doing his report, all of a sudden you could hear a bang, like a car crashed behind him. They cut away and went on with the rest of the Calgary news. I didn't quite get it yet.
As I drove to work, every single radio station had the news moment by moment. I knew this was a big deal now because it was on every station. I remember driving and at every intersection looking to the cars beside me. We all made eye contact, everyone, in total disbelief. Sometimes we'd shrug our shoulders, other times, shake our heads. That was so surreal, connecting with people like that.
It wasn't until I came home that I saw the actual impact. It was so incredible, I went the entire day, knowing how massive and profound this was, without ever actually seeing the incident.
What's interesting, is that 9-11 was the start of the everyday "ticker" on the bottom of the tv's. Before that it was used rarely, and for stocks, sports updates, and gambling. Now they run commercials on the damn things.
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