How would Seinfeld have dealt with 9/11 if it had still been on the airwaves in 2001? Exactly the same way it handled everything else, according to comedian Billy Domineau, a contributor to SNL's "Weekend Update" and sometime member of the Onion News Network, who wrote the spec script just for fun. Kramer tries to get his boxcutter replaced (yeah), George wants to feel like a hero, and Elaine's stuck with a survivor. You can read the full script below or here. This is TV about horrible people done right, and it's fantastic. Lili Loofbourow
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