I was a Sophomore at UT when it happened. Saw the 2nd plane hit the building live on TV with my roommate. I remember hearing them scramble the fighter jets from MacDill AFB. There was a girl sitting in the hallway of our dorm just sobbing uncontrollably by herself, turns out she lost a family member in the towers. She left a few days later and she never came back. Her dorm was never cleaned out either.
And then a few months later, that kid flew his parent's plane into the BOA building downtown. Do you remember that? I think it happened over Thanksgiving or Christmas of that year.
2001, much like the last 1.5 years, has been a lot to process. I think we're all still a little traumatized by it.
