i remember hearing about it before getting into class and laughing. me and my friends were saying "what idiot would fly into the world trade center?"
of course the thought that popped into our heads was a small cessna plane or some kind of small personal aircraft. so when i got into my economics class my teacher sort of ran in and turned the tv on and said nothing to us. everyone in the class was talking about it and some were laughing at the same sort of stuff i was with my friends. when the picture finally came up on the tv my teacher instantly changed the station to CNN. when we saw both buildings burning everyone in the classroom just froze. we couldnt believe what we were seeing. some jackass students continued to laugh and were told to leave the classroom. she was disgusted at the lack of respect at such a given point in time. i'd never seen her so mad before.
i was sitting in the front row and remember looking into my teachers eyes as she watched the tv without ever blinking. she had her mouth covered with her hand as if studying the situation. this was the first time in my life that i was actually kinda worried to see an adult with such concern on their face. as time went on the entire class just sat there glued to the tv. finally the first tower began to collapse. i remember my jaw dropping looking around at everyone else to see if what i was seeing was indeed for real. i had no clue what to do or say. i looked to my teacher for some sort of reassurance that things would be alright. her eyes were full of tears, but she kept them from coming out. i remember the principal coming on the PA system and telling us that school would be cancelled for the day. and as the classroom slowly emptied my teacher said nothing to any of us, but continued to watch the events on CNN. i wanted to say something to her, as we had always had a close relationship and got along rather well. but i just walked out of the room with my head down.
ill never forget that day or the atmosphere of that room when the first tower began to collapse.