I am an student at Stevens Tech in Hoboken, New Jersey, which is just across the Hudson River overlooking Manhatten. I was on my way to class and saw a huge billow of smoke coming from the upper stories of the WTC. At that point I was thinking it was some fire that started in the WTC. Just seconds later, I saw a commercial airliner flying very low and banking very hard go directly into the other building with a enormous explosion. I just said "CHRIST!" and the woman next to me yelled "NO!" and immediately got out her cell phone. From her panic, I assume she knew someone involved in the attack. I stood in awe, forgetting I even had a class to go to and watched the debris fly across blocks of Manhatten. Needless to say, I get to class late and find out it is cancelled and join the onlookers to what had just happened.
We then watch as the two tallets buildings just collapse like they were made of sand. F-14's and F-16's buzz over our campus and circling over Manhatten. I could see the smoke and debris billow out as far as a few hundred yards into the Hudson.
The entire event was just out of a movie and I still can't believe I actually saw any of it happen. I am looking out of my dorm window which has a few of the Manhatten skyline and it just looks sad. Smoke still covers the lower part of the borough and there are flashing emergency lights everwhere.
My throughts and feelings go out to those in anyway involved in the senseless acts of terrorism.
I was looking at gazanews.com and apparently they may have found out who is responsible:
http://news.24.com/News24/World/Americas/0,1113,2- 10-33_1078258,00.html
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I am an student at Stevens Tech in Hoboken, New Jersey, which is just across the Hudson River overlooking Manhatten. I was on my way to class and saw a huge billow of smoke coming from the upper stories of the WTC. At that point I was thinking it was some fire that started in the WTC. Just seconds later, I saw a commercial airliner flying very low and banking very hard go directly into the other building with a enormous explosion. I just said "CHRIST!" and the woman next to me yelled "NO!" and immediately got out her cell phone. From her panic, I assume she knew someone involved in the attack. I stood in awe, forgetting I even had a class to go to and watched the debris fly across blocks of Manhatten. Needless to say, I get to class late and find out it is cancelled and join the onlookers to what had just happened. We then watch as the two tallets buildings just collapse like they were made of sand. F-14's and F-16's buzz over our campus and circling over Manhatten. I could see the smoke and debris billow out as far as a few hundred yards into the Hudson. The entire event was just out of a movie and I still can't believe I actually saw any of it happen. I am looking out of my dorm window which has a few of the Manhatten skyline and it just looks sad. Smoke still covers the lower part of the borough and there are flashing emergency lights everwhere. My throughts and feelings go out to those in anyway involved in the senseless acts of terrorism. I was looking at gazanews.com and apparently they may have found out who is responsible: http://news.24.com/News24/World/Americas/0,1113,2- 10-33_1078258,00.html