I was 19 and 2 weeks into bootcamp when the planes hit. We were getting ready to do a march for some veterans that where visiting ft. Jackson. When all of a sudden my drill sergeant orders us out of formation and directs us back to the barracks. Once at the barracks he says " all recruits from new york or those who have relatives in new york come with us" mind you they havent told us shit at all. So the recruits go with the drill sergeant for about an hour slowly they start trickling in. The only thing eAch of them said was there was a terrorist attack in new york.
That was it for the next couple of hours. No one said shit cuz no one new shit. That night they huddled us in a room and told us simply the same shit the recruits did. Theres been a terrorist attack in new york city and alot of people have died. Thats it. Only other thing they tallked to us about is going to war and the possibility of us being the first wave of troops to go if that did happen. I went through boot came never knowing how horrible the attack was. i didnt even know planes hit and the towers went down until i came home 6 months later.
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