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‘Like an apocalyptic movie’: How Americans remember the 9/11 attacks - NBC News

By Michelle Garcia

‘Like an apocalyptic movie’: How Americans remember the 9/11 attacks - NBC News

From an 11-year-old watching the towers fall on a classroom TV to a doctor treating victims in a conference room, NBC News readers share their searing memories from Sept. 11, 2001.

9:30 a.m., Tacoma, Wash.: I was on a business trip to Tacoma, Washington, from Rhode Island, for a week of training. I was watching the Today show and I vividly remember seeing the first tower fall I… [+1294 chars]

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