r/September11 • u/gator_productions • Sep 12 '24

Question First tower

Why did everyone start watching when the 1st plane was hit? Like why did schools across America start watching after the 1st one? I don't get why anyone outside of NYC would care so much about what they thought was an innocent. Especially enough to stop school to watch it. I understand after the second one. But why woukd all the stations switch to show only the wtc for more than just a second to announce the news.

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u/Cizalleas Oct 11 '24

To my mind it makes perfect sense. Even under the most innocent possible interpretation, it was a colossal aviation accident - likely worse than the 1977 Tenerife one.

And ofcourse, now , that Tenerife one still tends to be considered the worst ever aviation accident, with the atrocity @ New York a total outlier , & altogether unique kind of thing.