Reply #13: There was a lot of this going on during 9/11

[cynatnite]

I stayed pretty close to the TV and flipped through the channels to see where I could get the best coverage. I would switch in hopes I would get new information.

People were in panic mode at this point. Rumors were flying everywhere. At one point I remember it being reported on the news there was a car bomb at the state department and an explosion at the UN. There were evacuations all over the place.

It wasn't until calm had settled in that we started getting more facts. It was two planes in NY, one at the pentagon and the other in PA.

This morning when the bombs were going off I saw reports of several bombs going off and even here at DU that's what was being said. We never really knew the full extent until things started settling down.

The passing of information during a time of crisis is not very reliable until the crisis has started to pass.