I walked into the precinct to drop off a report and the desk officer was looking at the TV strangely.
I asked what was up and she said a plane had crashed into a building in NYC.
I looked at the TV and saw a ground camera showing the smoke and flame. The caption read "Possible small plane crash into the WTC."
I said "That's no small plane". Just then then camera swerved and caught the second airplane fly into the second tower.
"That's a terrorist attack" I was sick and angry but not astonished until the next day.
I came into work and the same (black) female was on the desk. I asked her casually was there any new information...this was less than 24 hours later.
She looked me in the eye "You mean the attack that your president ordered?" I was struck speechless.
So it was that fast.