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43. Yes It Was

Reply to Skittles (Reply #42)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 06:28 AM

Jan 2025

I was in the middle of the snow storm in downtown DC when Flight 90 crashed. Someone in the office offered to attempt to take us home. It was really rough, but we finally made it - only to find out about the plane crash and the subway crash as well. Someone I knew was on the bridge when the plane crashed in front of him. I flew out of National to Florida a couple of weeks later and was terrified. I will never forget that awful day.

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