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story8965.xml

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2003-01-16

i had just got indoors from the local DIY centre where i had brought some paint and brushes to decorate the bathroom. i turned on the t.v expecting to find the usual mundane daytime programmes when there was a BBC news special on how there had been and 'incident' in New York. not really taking much notice i turned to ITV, the same thing was on. it was then that the seriousness dawned on me. the 2nd tower had just collapsed and they were showing re-runs of earlier footage of the planes etc. i was shocked and realised what i was seeing would go down in history. for the reat of the day and long into the morning of the next i was watching the news and coming to terms with one of the most devestating events of all time. that was hard to take in, it still is.