5/17/2023 0 Comments Lisa beamer todayReporter: The whole building just fell down. It will be tragic and everything, but they'll just put the fire out, and then we'll read about it in the newspapers."īut what happened after that was just horrific, and it was very, very frightening, to say the least. I thought it was one of those small planes that circle around New York and, frankly, it wasn't until the second explosion that we're sitting there looking at that with amazement, like, "Wow, the World Trade Center is on fire. Some people in the crowd said, "No, a plane hit it," and, again, I don't know it's a terrorist plane. Man: What you saw on TV, the hole in the tower and the flames coming out and, again, there's no CNN right by you, so you don't know what happened. It didn't seem like it was anything particularly extraordinary until we got out of the coffee shop and looked at the World Trade Center, saw the first explosion, and it was just incredible. That's New York City, and anything can happen in New York City. Around 8:30 met another man there and had a cup of coffee before we were to go up in that building which was just five blocks from there, and we heard an explosion. I was showing one of my associates where I used to work up a little bit from Wall Street, and we were a little early for the meeting and just thought we'd saunter around and check out the Wall Street area. Man: I was at 200 yards in front of the World Trade Center. We live out in the country, and she'd actually driven down to where I jog, and on the way home I began to filter through the facts with her and found out that our nation had been attacked, and I'm just amazed how quickly life can turn and everything be, in terms of values, instantly redefined, and we can be challenged in what we're living for.īob: There's a lot of clarity that comes in moments like what happened five years ago today, and we thought it was important for us and for our listeners to spend some time remembering not just the facts of what happened that day but remembering the feelings that were a part of that day as well. I had no idea until I was home a few minutes later and turned on the television what was actually happening.ĭennis: I'd been out jogging, and Barbara came and got me. I will never forget at the specific intersection where I was when I heard on the news that an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center, and I remember trying to imagine it, thinking a small private plane had maybe clipped an antenna at the top of the Trade Center tower. You know, I think every generation has its markers. Today we look back so that we might never forget.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today, thanks for joining us on the Monday edition. Our host is the president of FamilyLife, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. Somebody's got mace or something.īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, September 11, 2006. Woman: We're in the cockpit of Flight 93 on the phone, and there's somebody stabbed in business class, and there's – we can't free the business class. Bob: The events of five years ago today took all of us – took the whole world – by surprise.Īnnouncer: Your attention please – American Airlines Flight 11 departing for Los Angeles is now boarding.
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