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September 11th10:40:10 AMR.I.P. WTC 🙁10:06:15 AMLooks like most of the news sites have been /.d. Guess no one has learned their bandwidth lessons.10:05:26 AMa0551 —–
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AP-PENTAGON EXPLOSION, 1ST ADD
“I saw the tail of a large airliner. … It plowed right into the Pentagon,” said an Associated Press Radio reporter. “There is billowing black smoke.”09:12:02 AMA plane just crashed into the World Trade Center. Picture on www.cnn.com
Many people started writing that day.