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Real-time reaction to the 9/11 attacks on MetaFilter, one of the web's earliest public blogs (www.metafilter.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4850144

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This is going to be a big turning point in the history and character of this country, I think. posted by Doug at 8:51 AM on September 11, 2001 [207 favorites +] [!]

my greatest fear is how our government is going to respond. more erosion of freedom in the name of security. mark my words. posted by rebeccablood at 12:10 PM on September 11, 2001 [311 favorites +] [!]

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[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

We were asleep. Phone (landline!) kept ringing, finally answered it to hear a friend shouting at us to turn on the TV. I think that was just after the second plane hit.

Same friend was calling everyone they knew saying they heard that every plane was remote controlled and that there would be "hundreds" more attacks. That was a very, very confusing time.