Time passed by as they waited.
Everyone thought today was just another ordinary day. None would have thought that such an ordinary day would be written into history.
Tommy was a backpack traveler. In the year 2001, all he had was his traveling backpack on him. He got his clothes and camping tent, some electronic devices in his backpack, and a portable DV camera. That was all the equipment he got.
Tommy made a living by recording down the beautiful sceneries and his travel stories in different countries all around the world with his DV camera and uploaded it to the internet.
Today, Tommy came to the World Trade Center. It was New York City’s landmark in the US, not only it was the pride of the nation, it was one of the icons that represented the World’s Economy Center.
Tommy stood on top of another skyscraper which was opposite to it, facing the camera, the Twin Towers of World Trade Center stood tall behind him.
“Hello everyone, it’s me, your old friend Tommy. I’m currently in New York City, one of the greatest and the most modern cities on this planet.
“Behind me, that’s the famous Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the pride of New York City and the might of US.”
Tommy was busy introducing the building behind him. Before uploading the video, he would need to edit the video after he finished recording.
When he was recording halfway, all of a sudden Tommy heard the tourists beside him were in panic and screaming loudly.
Tommy was startled, he turned around and saw something he could never forget in his whole life.
An aircraft appeared in the sky, it was diving through the clouds. The aircraft was moving fast, at first it was a tiny black shadow, then in a blink of an eye, it was clear enough to see its outline.
At this moment, all the witnesses did not realize how serious it would be, including Tommy. Tommy sensed something was wrong at the first moment.
“Why is this plane flying at such low altitude?”
Other than backpacking, he was an aircraft enthusiast. Although he was not a professional flyer, he knew that in New York City, where tall buildings were everywhere, the flight routes across the airspace were highly restricted.
It was obvious that the aircraft was flying so much lower than the altitude required.
For some bizarre reason, Tommy focused on the aircraft with his DV camera. At the same time, he shouted to the voice recording equipment, and said, “Friends, look what I’m seeing. An aircraft flying low…”
It was more than ten seconds after the aircraft appeared.
It continued to fly at low levels with increased speed, the aircraft became clearer and bigger as it in their eyes.
“Oh my God, this plane is flying way too low. It’s dangerous, I can even see the windows and emblazoned design on the plane clearly, it’s a US aircraft!”
“Oh God, it’s flying toward the Twin Towers, what’s going on!?”
As the distance got closer, the stronger the impact flying in full throttle.
At this moment, countless witnesses including Tommy were able to hear the roaring engine of the plane approaching.
Along with the humming of the machines, neither did the aircraft slow down nor fly up. With countless people’s dumbfounded and disbelieving gazes, it crashed into one of the Twin Towers!
Boom!!!
A loud roar with a massive explosion, followed by a strong trembling of the ground as if there was an earthquake.
The unseen impact from the crash on the tower spread out, Tom fell and sat on the floor, the DV camera was dropped from his hands.
Without hesitation, Tommy picked up the DV and focused on the crashed tower as if he was possessed, even if he felt that tingling in his scalp which made his hair stand on end.
