BBC World reported at 4:57 PM that WTC7 had collapsed, 23 minutes before it did.

[J. J.]

Um, I thought that 9/11 was a gigantic conspiracy by the American government.  Why would they let the BBC in on it?  Were they just dying to tell someone?

Put down the bong.

LOL, literally.

[J. J.]

There were numerous inaccurate reports on 9/11, including a bombing near the State Department.  I was actually listening for explosions.

[J. J.]

There were numerous inaccurate reports on 9/11, including a bombing near the State Department.  I was actually listening for explosions.

I didn't realise that that didn't happen until now.

At these times, mistakes are made. People thought initially there were seven bombings on 7/7. Turned out that people had reported the same explosion from multiple stations.

I heard this report while driving in western Alexandria, VA and then heard a low rumbling just after.  I thought it was a bomb and then said to myself, "J. J. you are just being paranoid."

The rumbling was the Pentagon wall collapsing.  I wasn't being that paranoid after all.

[J. J.]

I was at work, so I missed most of that.  However, the radio was no better.  My music station turned into the DJ trying to relay the news as he received it.  He wasn't qualified and/or ready for such a news event, so he was constantly having to update/correct his prior statements.

I was listening to that hip hop station in DC (the top rated one).  There no special report, but the newsreader came in as said, said, on air to the dejays, "A plane hit the World Trade Center."  I'm thinking a Piper Cub. 

DJ:  Was it a private plane?

Reader:  No it was a passenger plane.

I'm thinking it's a commuter flight.

The dejay asks about the weather in NYC or something, and the Reader says, "Another plane just hit the other tower."

The start talking terrorist.  I say, out loud, "We are under attack."  The Dejay, say maybe it's a deranged air traffic controller, and I turn the radio to DC's Channel Six.