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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duckslayer100" data-source="post: 230390" data-attributes="member: 1485">I think it's the order of things. The towers were first. It was where ALL EYES were at the time. Remember this is just as technology was getting going. Facebook wasn't a thing. We had cell phones and text messaging, but it was still on my old Nokia. Not even a flip phone! It was a different time. The Pentagon was almost an afterthought at that point. I remember there was some confusion because a plan had crashed in a field. And then they said they thought the Pentagon was hit, but couldn't be confirmed. There was so much unconfirmed information that the only thing that was real -- what stuck -- were the Twin Towers. The plans hitting. Bodies falling. Burning. Crumbling. Dust. Smoke. Tears. It happened. Right. There. Nobody saw the Pentagon get hit. We saw the crater. It was a blow, sure. But we'd already seen the sucker punch. At that point, it felt like another kick to the ribs after we were down. But we weren't down. Far from it. They just really pissed off a lot of people. For the first time in a long time, we were united against a common enemy. What a surreal thing to happen. The worst attack by an enemy on our soil, and we rally. We don't cower. It's what we do. It's what America stands for. As divided as we may be. As many opinions as they are. As ugly as it can get among our own people, you DO NOT. FUCK. WITH. US.</blockquote>