Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I realized that there would be a war that instant. It was Pearl Harbor all over again.

Same here. I was working in a hospital at the time and one of the doctors learnt about the first plane hitting from his wife on the phone and told the rest of us. We all assumed it was an accident, and the plane was small. My shift ended and I drove home in time to catch the second plane hitting. Like Chaltab, I knew this meant war, and I was just waiting the rest of the day for the announcement from the president. That evening I went to my best friend's house and we watched TV all night then at dawn went out to get the first edition of the national newspaper. I remember everyone saying how much it was like a hollywood movie. Aliens blowing up the white house would have been no more shocking or unreal.