For some reason, you're sent back to 9/11. What would you do?
By Marty
@marty3888 (2355)
Acme, Michigan
September 24, 2016 11:00am CST
You wake up and the first thing you notice is, you're not in your house or apartment. You get out of bed trying to figure out what's going on. You look out the window.
You see the twin towers. Still standing.
You hear a radio or maybe a TV. "Good morning everyone, it's 8:00 on a beautiful Tuesday morning..." within minutes you realize it's September 11th, 2001. YOU KNOW WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN! You walk out to tell someone but of course, they don't believe you. someone's in that house and THEY don't beleive you. Now what?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
25 Sep 16
Well I knew on September 10th, 2001 that a lot of people were going to die somewhere (because I was super hyper and literally bouncing off walls) only I had no idea where. By the time I got to sleep all I really thought about was that I had class in the morning. I woke up before my alarm went off, and I was annoyed, but it was the time when the first plane hit.
I don't think knowing in advance would change much unless you had a line directly through to the military and had them scramble jets.
@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
25 Sep 16
Wow! I never thought about that. I bet there were a number of people that had that feeling. Do you live around that area? I can't help but wonder what you thought when you woke up and learned about that first plane. Did you tell anyone something's going to happen?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
25 Sep 16
@marty3888 At the time I was at college and my college was only an hour away from it.
I told friends that since I was hyper a lot of people were going to die somewhere, but I didn't know anything other than that. I think they disregarded everything I said as coincidence. Even a time when I told them where, when, and the details of a sinkhole opening in town and it happening exactly like that...
Anyway, I went to class and there was something scrambled on a television but it looked like a war zone but I couldn't see what it was because of the static. The professor canceled class when we got there and said "I just can't teach today." which made us wonder what was going on. So we decided to check our mail. People were crying and looking upset in the community building and when we went downstairs we saw the live images on the movie screen. They were using the campus movie theater to show everyone what was going on. It was on that screen that I saw the first tower crumble. And then I was there when the second one fell as well.
It was at that time I thought 'ah...' and that was what I had sensed.
@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
24 Sep 16
If you could even be there 24 hours, I believe could prevent the whole thing. The thing about this scenario that I pictured, you really have no idea how this happened. I really believe in 30 or 45 minutes I could save a few lives. Just plkead with some people not to go to work today. Most people would think your nuts but I think if people saw the fear on your face, they might think twice.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
This is good for a time machine story. Could you avert a tragic event or affect the past given that back in the time not everyone would believe you. Some didn't believe it when it was actually happening. Plus if you did convince someone you knew they were coming would be considered part of it.
