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Aftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945 (i.redd.it)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

On the morning of 9/11, after the first plane had hit the first tower, my dad, a news junkie, called me to tell me a plane hit the WTC, but I was busy with work and I told him I couldn't talk but I hoped it wasn't too bad. I assumed it was some sort of accident like this (which I already knew about).

Then he called a little while later to tell me that a second plane had hit the other tower...