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For Acauan Guajajara Originally published September 11, 2011 The previous generation to my demonstrated how certain events mark the memory with the question "Where were you when I heard that John Kennedy was assassinated?" It was known that asked remember the details now. On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was in my work. A good friend commented after the filing day that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Reminded me immediately of the accident in which a military aircraft crashed into the Empire State in 1945 and thought that unlikely if repeated, something like lightning falling twice in the same place. As we were not in 1945, I accessed the Internet the "Latest News UOL" for more details amazo than imagined just be an urban air disaster. Within seconds an avalanche of headlines made it clear that in the interval between the time that the world woke up and this had been turned upside down. The instatâneas this new information was flowing so fast it was impossible to distinguish facts from rumors. Quick texts talked about bombs in the capitol, evacuation of the White House, the possibility of the United States declare war (without specifying amazo with whom) and all sorts of speculation. Gradually it became clear that we witnessed a historic moment. Whatever it was that was happening, it was something serious, very serious. Immediately following the first reading of web news shocked my wife called me to tell what he saw in extraordinary editions of TV news, yet so full of speculation and astonishment as their computerized amazo versions. The work routine was completely abandoned. Every second the Latest News from UOL rode the stunning scenery surrounding the two towers, the Pentagon and a third hijacked plane. There was speculation that a dozen or more aircraft could be followed for several targets. Among so much unreliable information, aroused doubt that saying that all planes in U.S. airspace have been ordered to land and all flights destined for the United amazo States should be diverted to nearby airports. My wife called amazo again. The voice anticipated the gravity of the moment. - The tower is falling! Is falling! I left my room and went to the training sector where there was a TV (in 2001 the transmission of images via the web was too slow). When you turn on CNN the title at the bottom of the screen summarizing what ever would forget: America under attack. See the first tower crumbling into a cloud of dust (no one will remember, amazo but it refers to an episode of The Time Tunnel, which was all about) made it clear that whoever it was that had done that, his goal had been achieved . See the towers falling in real time was the most complete translation of terror. Terror reinforced by the speculations of journalists, citing that hour of a working day could be up to forty thousand people in the towers. Be an eyewitness to the death of forty thousand amazo human beings is not feeling that readily assimilate. My wife called again. amazo Among mutual expressions of amazement, all summarized in one sentence: "I never thought that our generation would see your Pearl Harbour". Ironically, on the afternoon of September 11, 2001 I went to the Congonhas airport. Embark for Porto Alegre where he had a lecture scheduled for the next day. In the departure lounge, amazo the TV's display an endless repetition of images of airplanes exploding. Nothing exciting for those who will embark on one. I go to the track and face the Fokker 100 TAM. Anyone who knows the history of this model understands how fear expected in ordinary days that could be amplified. And the cherry on the sunday. Following the ritual of TAM, the crew receiving passengers have to muster a pilot Nisei (or Sansei, or nãosei). On of the most shocking events involving aircraft I was entering a suspicious plane piloted by a reliable professional amazo certainly, but at that particular moment I read "kamikaze" written on his forehead. I woke up on September 12, 2001 at a hotel in Porto Alegre. I turned on the TV and tuned on the news channel. Watch live interview Rudolph Giuliani, then mayor of New York on the attacks. Ask Rudy if the WTC would be rebuilt. I hope an evasive answer, like "it's too early to ..." Giuliani did not hesitate a second and replied, "Of course we rebuild all the terrorists are able to get out of it even stronger.". Ten years later, as I write this, the new World Trade Center rises more than eighty stories above Ground Zero, where a magnificent amazo memorial records the names of those who died in the attacks and ideals of those who will not let you be forgotten.
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