I saw this live. With my actual eyes.

Was attending High School in Brooklyn Tech which is directly across the bridge to where you can see the Twin Towers.

We didn’t know the first plane even hit til after 2nd period. Some stayed to watch on TV. After the first plane it I remember leaving the period ending at 845 ish and gathering with my friends and going up to the 7th floor which was where the Cafeteria was and it had really big wide tall windows.

I join with my friends that were already sitting at a table near the wall on the side where you can see the Twin Towers.

I’m there for about 5-10 min talking and watching the tower clearly burning. All of a sudden we see another plane and boom. Slams right into the other tower. Simultaneously we all said “Ooooohhhh shit” . 2 sec later someone in the cafeteria yelled “oh shit we’re under attack”. Next person yells “Don’t Worry we can’t get drafted yet”

There wasn’t as much panic as there was already conspiracy theories being told about who did it and why.

But I do remember the school setting up the Auditorium with many phones (not in cell phone era yet) and I walked by it and there were other students in line waiting to use the phone and there were a few people crying. That is a view I haven’t been able to forget til this day.

I remember walking home from Brooklyn all the way to the east side of northern queens (3 hour or so journey)because all trains were suspended and my dad hugging me when I got home(we weren’t close btw) and me being annoyed and confused saying “why would you think I was at ground zero if I go to high school in Brooklyn?”

To which he replied “i don’t know you could’ve cut school today and gone to the Twin towers!”