Obligatory "September 11th" post

[mattp]

What were you doing when you heard, and what are you doing now?

Today I am at work.

In 2001 I was in bed, dozing when I heard, having just worked the night shift before. I got a text message from my ex saying "Have you heard the news?". I thought nothing of it (assuming it was related to someone in our social circle) and went back to bed, only to receive another text 20 minutes later from someone in another social group. At that point I saw my computer screen and had left it logged in to a talker. The message posting rate had skyrocketed, so I started reading and found out that way.

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[littlemsmortis.livejournal.com]

I was at work when the news came through. There were emails flying about and glances being thrown around the room. People had dealings with people working in the towers (I worked in electronic banking). Someone in the department lost a relative, too. There were pictures flying about almost immediately.

Now, I'm sitting online at home and getting ready to go along to the local store for provisions.