Top 10 Initial Reactions To 9/11 Head Editor Jamie founded Listverse due to an insatiable desire to share fascinating, obscure, and bizarre facts. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations and is a five time published author.More About Us “This seems to be on purpose.” That simple phrase, uttered seconds after the second airplane impacted the South Tower on 9/11, was among the day’s most direct, sober journalistic assessments. Its source? A morning show in Dallas, Texas, of all places. In those first chaotic moments, media, world leaders and everyday citizens – all various levels of stunned and confused – scrambled to understand what was going on and what it meant. Let’s look at ten initial reactions to the worst terrorist attack in US history.