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Students watch as national tragedy unfolds

Over and over again the reaction was the same.

Disbelief mingled with horror and… Over and over again the reaction was the same.

Disbelief mingled with horror and occasionally tears on the faces of those who gathered on the main floor of the William Pitt Union to watch coverage of the attacks on New York City, Washington, D. C., and of a related crash in Somerset, Pa.

It seemed, at times, like some students were having a difficult time grasping everything that had happened.

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