I would be interested in a more detailed description of what you saw. Could you be more specific. Time, place, description of the people. I'm interested.
I was working from home. I tuned in to see the 2nd plane flying and then hitting the 2nd tower and at first I was confused wondering if this was a replay. While watching the footage over the next few hours, the camera cut away to show Middle Eastern Men in Middle Eastern wardrobe standing on a rooftop watching an event on the horizon. They were all watching solemnly. When they saw the cameramen, they started cheering. Some pumped their arms and others were clapping. The men were all squeezed together on the rooftop. . I had to leave the room and I couldn't watch any more. The picture is as clear as if I saw it yesterday.
I didn't count them, but I doubt there were thousands. However, they may have shown others or they may have repeated the tape, so the President thought there were more and he could be right. When the President described it, he was 100% right exactly how I remembered it with the exception being that I doubt there were not thousands on that specific roof.
My point is I sell to small businesses. A few years ago, small business had no money for marketing and many tried to do it themselves. When I went to sympathize with them, some (and I presume Democrats) would say what the media said, but the economy is doing much better now. I would be shocked, because they believe the media and not what they can actually see with their own eyes.
I am flabbergasted that college graduates don't believe someone who saw something with his own eyes or worst things they have seen with their own eyes and would rather believe what the media tells them. Growing up I never could process how the Germans could live near the Concentration Camps and not realize what was going on. Propaganda is a huge influence. I know understand lemmings.