Can't believe it's already been 17 years. That was my first day at the U of C, and I skipped it to watch the CNN coverage. Seeing the 2nd plane hit on live TV was surreal. I had stood on top of those towers only a short time before that. It's amazing that there's a generation that now exists that never experienced or remember the horror of that day. I always make sure to reflect and remember on September 11, even if just for a brief moment.
I remember a Korean Air flight being diverted to Whitehorse that day, as people thought that was an incoming hijacked plane.
Also, I can't remember, but where there military jets in the sky around Calgary that day? I remember hearing the city could be a target because of the oil wealth, however remote that possibility would have been.
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