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9/11: In Their Own Voices: Mayor Joe Jaskiewicz

'The first thought was that the plane had hit by accident.'

Mayor Joe Jaskiewicz

I can remember plain as day. I was working at the Norwich Inn & Spa; I had just retired from Electric Boat in 2000.  I had a little part time job being the doorman.

I actually watched it on television. It was unbelievable. When you saw it, you couldn’t believe it. It looked like the plane went right through it. I was totally dumbfounded. My God, I thought “wowwee.”

The first thought was the plane had hit it by accident. Then the second plane came in. What a shame, what a sin. When you first look, you can’t believe it was real. Then you start to think about it, you feel like crying.

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To do that, to take it out on innocent people. For what?

It’s something you never forget.

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