Thread: Remembering 9/11 - 20 years later - your story
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Old 09-09-2021, 11:12 AM   #7
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Default Re: Remembering 9/11 - 20 years later - your story
As I was living only 25 miles from Ground Zero, I could relate 9/11 stories all day long. But for now I shall limit myself to the SECOND most shocking thing I witnessed that day.

Once I got home from work I turned on my TV to get the news updates, yet as I had only broadcast signals at that time I had no TV - the network antennas went down with the Towers. So, feeling lost, I went outside and stood on the sidewalk outside my apartment building, located within 100 yards of the commuter railroad station in town, as I wanted to witness people returning safely home. However there were few trains and as few people to see. But as I waited I saw a big fancy car drive up and park, and a well-dressed older man and three women of various ages got out. As they walked past me in a group, presumably on their way to dinner somewhere in town, I heard the man say words to the effect that "Well, on the bright side, tomorrow will be a good day to buy stocks." I was, as you can imagine, slack-jawed speechless.

It takes a special type of scumbag to see tragedy as an opportunity to benefit themselves.
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