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And, the planes hit at 9 in the morning, it’s not like he had time to bowl and then the planes hit. This guy was playing while the rest of the country was glued to their televisions.
The alley was probably nice and quiet, he could focus on his game.
It isn't impossible that he didn't know.
Many people don't listen to the radio or watch TV. No smart phones.
edit = I saw the story [comment above] and the guy was just trying to be normal. I can respect his choice.
Yeah, but I feel like if you interacted with anyone you'd know something was up, if they don't just tell you. Hell, if the bowling alley had TVs they were probably all on the news. Maybe if he was at home I'd believe he didn't know, but not out somewhere where you have to interact with other people.
This. If you were in public, you knew. Everyone was talking about it. This was before certain news media fully splintered off into exclusively covering alternate realities, so most people at the time were on the same page information-wise, regardless of where they got their news from.
gotta get catharsis while you're processing tragedy somehow. in a lot of ways this guy had it figured out
He was in a league and the games weren't cancelled
My man
My entire school knew within minutes of the second plane. There’s no fucking way he left the house that day and didn’t know.