i would have sat there and stared at the TV screen in a stupor for a week if i started watching it
a friend was there for business that day, bribed a car out of a rental agency and got back to Toronto a few days later
he was shortly thereafter in Milan when another plane hit a building, but it wasn't serious, but for a few hours it was a concern for him...
read about the man, died recently, who survived both atomic blasts on Japan, i guess he thought "not again" on the second one.
Stern showing up on site with a live show the next day was a tonic for me as well