where were you on 9-11-01?

[LarryD]

how did you hear the news?

me? i was right here in this chair. charlotte.com beat the world with the news on the internet. i was watching cnn when all they had was a shot of the smoke coming out of wt1. i immediately posted a bulletin that said, "BREAKING NEWS: World Trade Center building in New York City is on fire. Details to follow."

That was all we knew in the first few minutes. We beat everyone: cnn.com, usatoday.com, nytimes.com -- everyone. (and i checked.)

I stayed with the story all through the morning, manually updating every minute with the latest details, putting together slideshows, posting stories. unfortunately, it was the kind of day that news people live for: a story of worldwide importance with local impact -- something that everyone is interested in. my job is to sift through the growing mountain of information and best deliver it to you guys. i know i did my job well that day.

for me, it helped to be at work. i didn't have to really process the story until a week or so later. it was so overwhelming emotionally. if i wasn't in this business and accustomed to dealing with tragedy and big stories, i doubt i would have been able to hold it together.

i did allow myself one bathroom break that day. i went into the stall and cried. i still can't believe the horror that those people felt and watching 9/11 last night was chilling. the sound of the bodies thudding to the ground was morbid, but incredibly real. i'm proud of cbs airing the documentary, as raw as it was.

i'm even more proud of the firemen.

[BearBryant]

sitting in the same exact chair, doing same exat thing I am doing now.

[celyn]

here at school when I heard about it, then spent the rest of the schoolday glued to the tv trying not to cry:( :(

[LarryD]

Originally posted by BearBryant
sitting in the same exact chair, doing same exat thing I am doing now.


how did you first find out?

[Captain Morgan]

I'd flown in from a business trip to Philly. We got home at 1am on the 11th complaining about cancelled flights and delays. When I got to work at 9:15 and heard what was going on all of a sudden cancels and delays didn't seem so bad.

[BearBryant]

Originally posted by LarryD



how did you first find out?

Putt..posted a thread "A plane had hit The World Trade Center" Went to cnn.com and saw the picture and then all Hell broke lose.

[HPCatFan]

I'll never forget that, I was at work but I remember Puttingoods post "a plane has just hit the WTC" . Then the internet froze up. Later I drove to Best Buy to see the TV.

[HPCatFan]

Actually, LarryD, isn't it amazing how many of us heard about 9/11 initially from this board ? (I'm sure you're proud of that, and damn well should be).

[kshead]

I saw the thread here first too. :)

About 5 minutes later (if that), I get a phone call from the SO about it. She saw the second plane hit, freaked out, and then she called me to ask me to come home. I stuck around until we heard the plane hit the Pentagon, then it was a mad dash to get the hell out of D.C.

[mathmajors]

Here at the CMS Ed Center trying to help my colleague figure out why our internet proxy server usage suddenly went throught the roof.

Then our office called and told us to get to a TV.....News web sites were slammed.

[Lainey]

I open the office every morning at 9. My co-worker came in at 9:15 and said, "We're under attack!". I tried all the major news sites - to no avail. I then logged into charlotte.com and kept up with the story throughout the day along with checking the TV upstairs. I walked in to see the second tower fall.

Larry, you did amazing work that day. I think I mentioned that to you back then.

[magnus]

I didn't have class that morning. Slept till one of my roommates woke me about it. not the way to start a day, but you know it sure beats the alternative.

[BigMark]

Like a lot of you, I read it first on R&R, then turned on the tube. I turned it on right after the first tower fell, so I was a little behind the times.

[meatpile]

I was watching cnbc the whole time - from the moment they switched to the fire. Mark Haines was the anchor.

The thing I remember most was the confusion, rumors, and innaccurate reporting - it was an explosion, not a plane that hit tower 2, then another plane had hit when the tower collapsed.

I remember Maria Bartiromo calling from a phone - she saw the second plane hit and said it wasn't commercial.

That was a very bad day.

[needawindow]

Larry, I guess I heard about it from you. I have charlotte.com as my home page, and I saw the headline you placed there charlotte.com. (I think it was just prior to 9:00 am), I immediately turned on NBC, and caught the 2nd plane hitting the 2nd tower live.

[magnus]

that's probably the only good thing about coming to the table late...everyone knew most everything by then.
I called some of my family once I knew everything was straight and narrow, just to remind myself they were fine.

[The Masked Marauder]

I was at home with my family, just finishing up the last day of a two week vacation after the birth of our fourth child. She was 12 days old and we were all getting ready to go out and do some visiting. As we were walking out the door, my mom called and told me to turn on the TV. We wound up watching Fox News for about an hour and a half or so, I think. We saw the Towers fall before we left the house and prayed for all of those involved. I remember two things clearly. One - After the plane hit the pentagon, I had an overwhelming sense of helplessness and wonder aloud "What is going on here?!!!" Two - the sense of awe mingled with fear in the faces of my two middle children, ages 9 and 6, and the questions they began asking. It was really an experience I don't think any of us, children included will ever forget. The police and firemen of NYC have given this generation a visual definition of heroism.

[wossa]

I was sitting right here at my desk. Somebody came in and said "my husband called and said a plane hit the WTC" - I checked MSNBC - nothing, CNN - nothing.

I figured it was just a small plane, horrible accident but I had a some work to finish. She came back in and said - another one just hit.

I pulled up Charlotte.com and remember Larry had something up - but i turned on the board and that was where the real info was. Putt and a few others posting on what they were seeing on TV.

we ran upstairs and tried picking up a chanel with decent reception. It was real grainy to tell what we were seeing.

I kept coming back to my pc to check this board.

Dumfounded - I watched for 30-45 minutes??

I finally wandered back to my office when they called and said the towers collapsed.

I went home at lunch and stayed there 2 1/2 hours just watching all the shit.

sad,sad day

[SandMan]

Sitting here at my office desk crunching some numbers... In laws called said to turn on the TV, shortly there after while we were speculating what happened to the first building, we saw the live shot of the second plane.

For me it was especially nerve racking - my best friend is a first officer for American - I knew he flew out of Boston and when the announced the intended flight path, I knew he flew it. As it turns out he had just flown with the pilot that died in the crash the day before - for some reason they had removed my friends name from the flight and put him on another one on Sept. 11. It took until 10pm that night before I was able to confirm his saftey...

[barracuda]

I was working at Microsoft on the phone with a customer when we heard what was happing over msn.com and then they setup TV’s in the conference rooms so we could also see that coverage.:mad:

[The Brain]

I was sitting here running back and forth to the TV and trying to post what I'd heard on Charlotte.com The whole day just sorta ate away at the pit of my stomach... that I can remember... that constant sour feeling almost like I was sick... what gets me even more... I STILL don't think we've gotten anything done in the way of revenge.

[SilverSurfer]

I was in a meeting, and somebody came in and interrupted it and told us - this was just when the FIRST plane hit - everybody thought it was weird, but an accident. Then somebody came in again when the second one hit and said they were both jets.

They adjourned the meeting and the rest of the day was spent in front of the TV's.:(

I don't know why they didn't send us home, nobody could work the rest of the day.

[slydevl]

I was at work. I saw that the first plane hit at NBC6.com. I thought what a terrible accident. Then I heard the second plane hit. We sat around a radio for a while then a guy went home a brought his TV back. We sat around it. I work at a web development/ISP company. People were calling us all morning complaining that they couldn't get to CNN/MSNBC etc. We were like "No Shit! We can't either". Anyway about lunch time my boss sent us all home.

[Turbo]

I was visiting in-laws in California, so I missed all the "live" action due to the 3 hr time difference.

I remember my wife waking me up telling me NYC was under attack by mad terrorists - I sprang from my bed, and in boxers and all made a mad dash to the TV. My in-laws were watching TV.

I sat down, watched all the replays of the planes hitting the WTC. I was dumbfounded! I felt like I was still in bed dreaming!

Then, the TV went immediately to live action - and to my horror, watched the towers start to crumble.

I'll never forget that day.

I have family in the Bronx. Not close enough to be affected physically - but psychologically, they're devasted. As we all were - and are.

Funny thing, I never hang up on the firemen who call up for the fundraisers anymore.

[WYDD]

i was working out in gastonia at a remote internet site. My co-workers brother called on the nextel and said a plane hit the wtc. Well we turned it on i think maybe just seconds after the second plane hit. Had to finish working on that stuff, but not really paying attention. Still don't know if what i did on that site was right or not. But, listening to the radio, it sounded as if the world was gonna end. They had stories coming in left and right. Scary day, sad day. Since i didn't get to see exactly how things happened i went and looked for any kind of broadcast as it happend, just to get a feel i guess for what normally reserved anchors were like when this happened. Found a good site if anybody wants to go look.



television archives (http://tvnews3.televisionarchive.org/tvarchive/html/index.html)

[Sportsgirl]

I remember that day as if it were yesterday. I had slept in that morning since I didn't have to start work until noon. I retrieved a phone message from my sister, who had called when I was asleep. She said, "I guess you heard the news." That was it. I didn't know what was going on, so I turned on the TV to CNN. I saw what looked like rising smoke or steam with the caption on the bottom of the screen saying "Both WTC Towers have collapsed." I sat straight up in the bed, my jaw dropping in shock. What!!! I couldn't believe it. I was so upset. Needless to say, I was glued to the tube the whole day. I still feel numb from the whole thing.

[Imonlyhuman]

I dont turn my tv until the afternoon. I turned on my computer that day and was in another disscussion forum. I kept reading something about the wtc and planes and cnn. I desided to turn on my tv and I stood there with my mouth wide open and I couldnt say a word. The first words I did manage to mutter was "You have got to be kidding and what the fuck is going on?"

[dukeyhaterunc1baby]

selpting in my bad in plam bay fl my dad call me and say shaked wake up pot on fox or msnbc and i ask him why he talld me a plane just hit the World Trade Center building and i talled him you are jokeing with me rite and he say no then i satr pot on fox and msnbc and satr talking to you guys when i sow the first

[T_Schroll]

At home on vacation getting ready to walk out of the house to do some work (funny how that always happens) putting up some siding. Flipped on the TV to get a weather update when I saw them talking about the first plane hitting, then sat there and watched the second one hit.

Pretty much knew the odds of that happening twice meant it was no accident. Got on the 'net ASAP and kept the tv on.

[p2k1f]

checking my email and saw headlines on my homepage. spent the rest of the day in utter somethingness, can't really put a label on it.

[reb]

Watching the Today show. They went live . I saw the second plane hit. As it came into the picture, an instant before it hit the second tower I thought Bin Laden.

[QueenCityHillbilly]

Another late entry:

I was dead ass asleep. I was working nights so I rarely went to bed before 5 a.m. So around 11 the phone would not quit ringing. Finally I got up and answered, it was a friend of mine who is a producer at channel 9. She told me, I got on the board, and there it was. Putt's post kept me up to date. Since I was working for NBC news at the time, I emailed my boss and within 30 seconds she called and told me to get my ass into work. She was hot, so I showered quickly, watched the news for about 2 minutes to brief myself before getting to work. Then I hopped in the Hondooter and off I went. I stopped at the Circle K to grab 3 packs of smokes for myself, and 5 packs of Marlboro's for the rest of the building. Everyone was much appreciative of those. I got to work and was there for 24 hours straight. I saw so much disturbing raw footage that day. I really don't even remember it. But the worst I saw was from those bastards in Palestine who were celebrating the news. That honestly hurt the most. Like Larry said, this is the kind of story that media dreams of to cover, but we never really enjoy it. I just hope we kept you folks at work and at home well informed with what was going on. And I know everybody reported some things incorrectly, but with all the shit that was going down, everyone was frantic. As soon as we got information, it was reported. One of the most crazy things from a media standpoint was when all of the network execs got together and decided to share video. It was at that point that I realized that the career I've chosen does have some very good people. It was good to see competitors working together.

[Y2Buddy]

I was umemployed at home, getting online with my morning coffee. My pregnant wife was at work. The headline news on my home page said something about a plane crash, but I read my e-mail and went back to it like 5 minutes later, and it said 2 planes. As I read, I began this empty hollow feeling. I didn't want to turn on the TV. I watched the whole rest of the days to follow. I thought I couldn't feel any worse until I watched the building collapse live. Not to make light of it, but the first thing I thought of was when Obi Won felt a sudden cry for help and was suddendly silenced. I spent most of the day talking to my Grandmother on the phone. I didn't watch the show on TV recently. Why should I? I've seen it already.

My daughter was born 2 months later, 11/11/01. She came as a suprise 3 weeks early Sunday morning.

[ezy ryder]

I was still working at Wachovia Securites as a sell-side equity research analyst. Spent the morning looking over our client lists trying to find out which of our clients were working in those buildings. Also trying to locate our Research Director who had checked out of the Marriott that was below the WTC that morning. the Marriott was destroyed. Also trying to locate our sales people who may have had meetings in those buildings that day. Luckily everyone I knew was ok, but some of the people I work with knew some of the victims.

We got evacuated from Uptown Charlotte around 11:00AM and I went home and watched the news all day.

[Honeygirl]

I had slept in - and turned the TV on to catch the news...I remember just standing there - watching CNN - with my mouth open going WTF? I didn't comprehend it for about five minutes - I actually thought that I was watching a promo for some movie. I just could not believe it. I woke my SO - and he immediately said "I bet it's that prick Bin Laden". The rest of the day was a blur - I didn't get much work done - came home early and watched CNN for the rest of the day - and felt totally shocked - then bloody angry. The worst part was watching the footage from Palestine with those bastards celebrating. No one should forget that...

I was in class and someone called my friend's cell phone and told him that a jet crashed into the World Trade Center. We thought it was an accident at first. After class we walked into the Hawk's Nest here on campus to get some food and saw the terrible truth on the TVs all over the place.

[boo-urns]

I was at work...a maintence worker walked by my cube and told me a plane had crashed into the WTC..I didn't think "passenger jumbo jet"..i thought it would be a one engine puddle jumper. evidently, most people in the company had already heard because the internet was clogged...I couldn't get a page up. Eventually I got cnn.com up and they had a picture of a passenger plane hitting. I then turned on the radio..the only station I get is National Public Radio...I just sat their and listened...then about 11 am we were sent home. I went to the cenral Y, I was the only one there...that's when the people working there told me about the Pennsylvania crash...from there i just went home and watched tv the rest of the day and night.

[wolverine]

In the back yard in the shed. The wife had taken the kids to school. I was dressing out two deer from the night before hunting trip. She came out out screaming did you hear what happened. And jokinginly I said no the deer have been dead since last night!!!!!!!!

I then sat there the rest of the day watching tv.:(

[cltbuilder]

Unfortunately, I get constant reminders. I was just doing a search for skyscrapers and every site seems to have something about the twin towers and their destruction. It's gonna be a long time before I can look at the world around me and wonder just how safe we are.

[Y2Buddy]

Just to add...
That morning, I was catching up on e-mail because we were out of town for the week-end. We flew home Monday morning from Atlantic City, NJ back to Tampa on a 10am flight. September 10th. Friend of mind named his band "September 10th".

I still can't get over watching the live broadcast of of the collapse.

[Y2Buddy]

We're less than 2 months away. Any thoughts? Anyone thinking of taking a personal day off Sept 11th? I am.

[Tiorted Snoil]

Originally posted by Y2Buddy
We're less than 2 months away. Any thoughts? Anyone thinking of taking a personal day off Sept 11th? I am.

I'm going to be in NYC and enjoying myself.

[voyergirl]

taken on 8-6-02. still a feeling of loss. i think there always will be

[voyergirl]

less than a month away and still it is a mess :(

[voyergirl]

:( a peek through the fence at the lookout. my nephew took this shot

[voyergirl]

and atlast our flag. the same one they hung there in sept last year. i have old pictures of the same flag this past winter:(

[voyergirl]

i reread through this thread and i realized that i never did say where i actually was on that day. that terrible terrible day, i was at work as well as most of you. it was a weird day we had two extra employees in the room with the other teacher and myself and nurse. the morning was already tense the one woman drove me nuts and as i was about in the middle of telling her to get out of my classroom a regular ed. student stuck her head in our door. she gave me her headphones and she was crying. i didn't know what to think. as i listened tears filled my eyes i remember uttering "God help us" and i told them to get the TV. on. i am the nurse in the room said a quick prayer, now it seems like we should have said a longer one.

now i teach in Timbuktu so we had no cable and the reception sucked. our channel 10 came in just enough to make out what was happening. we left the door open and as our class filled with anyone who was walking by the 2nd tower fell. the principle watched the terror in the kids’ eyes as more came into the room. he asked if he should call all of the kids to the gym. myself and the others in the conversation agreed the children were all old enough to watch this. and they should. we let them use our phone (an outside line) to call home and if parents could come the children were released to them only. no one was allowed to leave unless someone spoke to parents first.

i remember thinking i wanted to call our buses and get all of these kids home. to make it worse they were saying a 3rd plane was somewhere over PA and it took off from Newark NJ. that meant over us. (it later crashed just 4 miles from mike's aunt, uncle and grandparents house) i wanted to be home. i called my mother who is an assistant in another district. we rarely watch TV. and i wanted to make sure she knew. i called my sister and even though we don't talk i made arrangements to pick my nephew up. her husband is in the air force and was ALREADY gone by that point. she was on her way to McGuire (SP) air force base to try to say good-bye to him. she was not allowed to know where he was going or for how long. i called my sitter and had her go get my kids out of school. i worried about more things to come.

the school my kids attend was not answering the phones due to the flux of calls. i was pissed i wasn't sure they would release my kids to the sitter. the principle there knows me and knows my sitter, her son is in my son's class. he let them go. cindy, the sitter (my friend) called and told me she had the kids, i felt they were safe. i still couldn't find mike. my father was stuck in Philly and he wasn't sure if he'd be home that night. the annoying woman from the morning became increasingly more irritating as it progressed. she was uttering nonsense about mighty mouse should be here, he'd save the day. no mind you she is a 50 some yr. old woman. when she said it serves us right we think we are all high and might i damn near hit her dave(the principle) , then asked her to leave the building. she said she'd rather not. he looked at me and told he she had no choice.

anyway from there i drove to willowgrove in NO traffic and got my nephew from daycare and FINALLY drove home in silence i could not bear to listen to more. i got to my kids. a quick prayer with cindy and her son and daughter and home to find mike. as i got out of my truck i remember looking up. seeing and hearing nothing. it was scary, very scary. then right as we got to the house about 8 huge fighter plane zoomed overhead. my son burst out in tears and ran for the house screaming they are here to kill us. my heart broke. i for the first time ever wasn't sure what to say to them about all of this. i hadn't thought of what they did or did not understand. my son was just days before turning 10 when this happened. my nephew had just turned 10. he just clung to me and cried.

mike was home within a few mins. and we packed all the kids up and went to my mom and dad's house. we needed to get out of town and just be with family. my sister met us there still with no idea where joe(her husband) was. she never got to see him. later that night we saw him on the news boarding a plane bound for an undisclosed location. i think that is the clearest memory in my mind and the haziest one at the same time. it was all so real, yet seemed like a dream. when the towers fell i cried for the United States, not for the lives lost there in. that was wrong. the lives of those lost is not what i thought of. i still think about that till today.

this is a day none of us will ever forget and none of us should ever take our freedom for granted anymore. i have a book with a photo in it where everyone emerging was gray, not black or white or any other persuasion. they were just gray. no matter what we all stood as one in that moment of terror. all of us were one.



it is so close to the one year mark.

[gladhatter]

I was sound asleep when I received a phone call from my wife who was in Tokyo at the time. She said some terrorists had attacked....(still basically asleep my mind interrupted her and I thought she was being attacked in Tokyo). When she finally got me awake enough to comprehend I immediately left the house and drove 30 minutes to the base where I work to watch on live TV. At the time we had no tv at home. I watched tv news from about midnight until 6:00 am. I then went back home and when my son got up for school I told him what had happened and we jumped back into the car to go back to my classroom to watch more news. By this time the base had closed down and they were no longer letting civilians on. So we turned around and went back toward home. We stopped at a tv and appliance store near our house and watched the news on CNNAsia in the store show room.

We now have a satelite dish. Until then I never really felt the need except during basketball season. This kind of put a lot of things in perspective for a lot of folks huh.

[gladhatter]

....also...
My daughter was in Charlotte at the time and scheduled to return to Japan on Sept 14. Needless to say her flight was cancelled and it took until late October for her to #1 get up the nerve to fly, and #2 get a new flight.

My wife and I were frantic to get the family all under the same roof again. My #1 son didn't come until Christmas time.

[hasbeens99]

It's tragic to me that so often we only remember our greatest sorrows in life with such vividness.

I was listening to the radio and just pulling into the parking lot at work when they announced the first plane crashing into the WTC. At that point, they were calling it an accident, and because it was a Christian radio station, they started praying on the air, which I thought was very cool.

I parked my truck and opened up the office, and turned on the radio to see if they were talking about it on the local news station. By that time, the second plane had hit, and they announced it was an act of terrorism.

It was one of those things that just take over your mind and everything else just goes away. My first thought when I heard that was, "We're going to war."

I was the only one in the office (it was just after 7am, pdt), and I had to open up the campus switchboard. As soon as I put my headset on and flipped the 'on' switch, my console lit up like Macy's at Christmas. People were bombarding the campus with calls. Most wanted to know if we had heard, and what we were going to do. But some...many...just wanted someone to talk to. Why they called Fresno City College at 7am is still somewhat of a mystery to me. But at the risk of sounding a little spiritual, I felt like God had said, "Tag! You're it, Eric. Help these people."

I had no clue of what the campus was going to do, as the administrators didn't come in until 8:00. In time, the word came down that we were staying open and holding classes as normal. That's when the calls started getting nasty. People couldn't believe we would stay open, and many accused us of endangering our students, as they believed Fresno was a legitimate target.

I didn't even get to see a video image or read the news until my lunch break, which was at 11am pdt. I checked CNN.com and they had video streams of the second plane hitting the towers. The funny thing is that even though I knew what had already happened, when I watched it my mind wouldn't accept it. I replayed it half a dozen times, and every time I believed the plane would miss the tower.

I suppose it was a blessing of sorts that I was so busy I didn't have time to process any feelings. But when I saw the news footage that night, sitting with my wife, the thing that broke my heart most, I think, was watching the people leaping to their deaths off the top of the buildings before they fell.

Someone mentioned the networks sharing video feeds and actually working together to cover everything that was happening. Another thing that struck me, and I didn't even notice it until late that night, is the lack of commercials. That most of the major networks suspended commercials for several days may have been the biggest statement of all to their collective integrity.

[voyergirl]

~I felt like God had said, "Tag! You're it, Eric. Help these people."~

He made a good choice in you. i have a feeling you help many people that day. thank you

[LarryD]

MOVING THIS OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME FOR 9-11-2: THIS IS WHERE WE WERE 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

[LarryD]

i know it says im on your ignore list in the first post...

This person is on your Ignore List. To view this post click [here]

but jut ignore that.

that was the OLD larryd account that had to get killed out because of "ali" -- pre-teen faux cyber terrorist.

[Nytdreamer]

i knew there was a reason for seeing u on "ignore" when reading an old post

[Patti]

I know I'm being picky but can you change this thread title to where were you 9/11/01?

I think this is a thread we will go back to from now on.

[Puttingood]

Putt..posted a thread "A plane had hit The World Trade Center" Went to cnn.com and saw the picture and then all Hell broke lose. posted by Bear

Guess that tells you where I was.:(

[Nytdreamer]

I was sleeping in being my classes hadn't started yet, i turned on MTV to see tribute to what was happening, and the first words out of my mouth were "...son of a bitch" then i proceeded to call my sister and say "happy birthday"

[Puttingood]

It don't seem like a year has gone by.:(

[johndeerebrave]

My roommate at the time told me about 9/11 as soon as I woke up.

Now it's January 2, 2003.

Six months ago today, I might have been asleep, but who knows?

[johndeerebrave]

Originally posted by LarryD
i know it says im on your ignore list in the first post...

This person is on your Ignore List. To view this post click [here]

but jut ignore that.

that was the OLD larryd account that had to get killed out because of "ali" -- pre-teen faux cyber terrorist.

I wondered why the hell you were on my ignore list. I knew I hadn't put you there.

[Fred]

It's hard to imagine it's almost been 2 years now.

I was working the night shift in Black Mtn and was still living in Morganton. I had picked out a house in Asheville and the closing date was Sept 16th. I had worked the night before, came home, turned on the TV to keep me awake and was packing up boxes for the move. I remember seeing Good Morning America being cut for a special report. I stared at the TV for the longest time with cold chills running up my spine. Then I called Dad and we both just sat there staring at the tube with the phone to our ear as the 2nd plane hit. All I remember him saying was "This is it son, this is it!"

[TimTam]

Don't think i ever saw this thread.

I woke up for French class about the time the first plane hit. I was getting dressed and MSN messenger alerted me I had an email I checked it. CNN Breaking News that a plane had hit the WTC. I figured it was a Cessna or something no big thing. Right before I went to class my mom called to tell me about it but we always do that when news breaks. On the way to class I saw a lot of people on their cell phones but still thought nothing of it. My teacher didnt mention it. After that I went to Media Writing and my co-director told me the news. I ran to my car and went to Citgo and filled up with gas and bought a god awful amount of Aquafina (not that 12 gallons of gas and an equal amount of water will do much good but it seemed like a good idea). I then like everyone else in the world went and turned on the TV.

[FreakOnA_Leash]

I was at work, evaluating one of my trainers at the time when i was told that my wife was on the phone. She told me something hit the first building but they weren't sure what it was yet. Then they finally said it was a plane. We were talking about how/why that could have happened etc. then she was watching live clips when the second plane went through the other building. She kept saying they were showing live shots of stuff flying out the buildings, which ended up being people jumping. We both got all freaked out. I got off the phone and went to my GM and told him about it. We interupted the classes going on to let then know what happened then went and glued ourselves into the tv at the office space next door. I remember continously going outside to have a cigarette that day looking up at the sky waiting for something to happen here. Every siren that went off just had my mind racing with all kinds of messed up thoughts. Went home shortly after and glued myself to the tv along with my wife.

[twentybelow0]

I was at work and the wife called. She was hysterical about a plane flying our way. She explained what happened and I told her to calm down I'd be home soon. Every radio in the warehouse was on CNN. Everyone was stunned and shocked.

[LarryD]

as we go through the day, please read through these posts and add your thoughts.

thanks.

really hard to believe that it's been two years. that was still the most memorable day that i've had as a journalist. i hope that it always is.

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[Inamorata]

I was asleep. :sleep:

[lex]

i was at home getting ready for work that morning. i got a phone call from work. i was not to come in that morning. we were shut down. emergency recalls like that are upsetting....and one wonders why...

i turned the tv on and there it was. some foreign looking street scene...people rejoicing in the streets. after i realized what was happening...i was so shocked....then later, i was hella pissed!

i hated that day...

my work environment changed that day. life in general changed that awful day!


two years later and it is still very fresh in our minds...
:(

[UNCfever]

I was at work. We have TV's on all over the place since I work in a call center for a cable company.

I remember so many of us just standing there watching and how we couldn't believe it was really true. So many of us had such a sick feeling!

I remember in our department, we weren't doing much for the entire day. Out on the floor, there were hardly any calls coming in, except for a few that couldn't get to certain websites like CNN due to the traffic.


Thoughts and Prayers go out again to everybody that had family and friends involved.

[SilverSurfer]

I was at work in a meeting. I heard about the first plane, and thought it was a hoax, or a small plane. BY the time the meeting was over, the 2nd plane had hit. We spent the rest of the day watching TV or listening to the radio.

The saddest day of all. :(

[NCBBallFan]

I was at work that morning .... I had gotten an Instant Message from my son who was at sea on the carrier USS George Washington. The connections to the carrier were severed and the sessions ended.

I spent the rest of the day in front of the TV. He spent the rest of his day on the way to NYC so the carrier could fly protective coverage over NYC.

[gonzo]

I was at work, second day of a new job. A friend of mine called me crying, as they had just heard the news flash on the radio. By the time I got off the phone with her, the phones all over the department were ringing. Spent the rest of the day on the internet or in front of one of the buildings TVs.

Always remember, never forget.

[LadyJane]

I was in the car on the way home from taking my older daughter to preschool :(

I cried watching 60 minutes last night, and I'm sure I'll always cry through any other 9/11 shows/segments I see.

[mathmajors]

I remember getting on the phone to call my wife immediately after hearing, mostly because, at the time, none of us knew what ELSE was going to happen, or had happened. Just wanted to make sure she was OK.

Then I called the daycare to check on the boy.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

I was getting ready for work and just happened to turn the tv on in time to see the second plane hit. My mom was at the state fair (like she is again today) and was expected back that night. I was scheduled to babysit and backed out of that. A little girl in my class was having a birthday party that night - not very many people made it. Mom was able to come home safely and I spent that evening with family.

[uncc86]

The most serreal part to me was after the Trade Centers & the Pentagon were hit...........as reports of a 4th hijacked plane started to materialize.

At that point, I was trying to comprehend not only what just happened but was left wondering how much more was going to happen.

[kakia]

i have never seen this thread, but at the time of 9-11-01, I was going through a rough period. Eel had broken up with me two weeks prior and had gotten engaged to this girl forever known as "psycho bitch" in the previous week. I had tried to call him that day and only got his voicemail.

I was working the front desk that day at my previous employer. My boss had come in and casually mentioned about a plane flying into the Pentagon. He said it in a way that was no big deal. I'm not sure how i found out what happened...probably through MSNBC.com. I knew that an office in the building next door had a tv, so i would sneak over there for long periods of time to watch the news. I didn't see the 1st tower go down, but did see the 2nd. My heart just fell into my stomach. I couldn't believe what i was witnessing. I really wanted to go home.

My boss was such an ass. He complained about business meetings and conference calls being cancelled. He even had a big call scheduled to folks in NY. He was highly irritated that he couldn't get much done and couldn't understand why people were closing up for the day.

[barracuda]

Working at Microsoft on the phone when a customer told me about it. I watched what was going on over the internet and a TV that was setup for us.

May the victims rest in peace and the families find peace.

[twin$]

I was in a class that my job had sent me to for Cisco training. I was goofing off on the www when I saw that the Pentagon had been hit. I informed the instructor and she threatened to kick me out of class for disturbing her class. I told her I was serious and she asked me to leave. Then college students started running down the halls crying/screaming so she closed the door. then another guy got a call from his sons school that was a few miles from the Pentagon and he got up to leave. The instructor told him if he left she would give him a "0" for the day, and the guy cursed her out.

Later I called my job and they told me to stay put until they figured out what to do, since I worked in DC. Then they called back and said something about the city was being evacuated. Man, it was a bad feeling 4 sure. I rode around, not being able to call my family in NC. When I stopped to get something to eat, I got a lot of funny stares from people.

Later that day, my supervisor called me again and told me NOT to wear my badge on the metro if I came to work the next morning b/c I have an Arabic name and some Arabs/Muslims were being attacked.

[plutosgirl]

I was driving to work, thinking this day couldn't be any more beautiful. As I was approaching the 77S exit off 85, 10 or so UPS trucks were coming off the ramp all in a row... I remember thinking how for some reason, it gave me a little chill.... for no apparent reason, seeing all of them like that bothered me, although the planes hadn't even hit at that time or it was JUST happening- I actually was thinking they were stolen and were headed out with bombs in them.... it was very odd looking back on it.

About 15 more minutes into my drive as I was on 485 exit ramp, my phone rang and it was my niece who was living with me at the time. She goes... a plane hit the WTC. I said wow.... how bad is it? She goes, OH MY GOD I"M WATCHING IT NOW, ANOTHER ONE JUST HIT. I went all to hell, knowing what this meant. As I got to work, my co-worker met me at the door crying, she had been home to get her portable radio so we could listen. She just said to me, through tears.... the towers just fell! We both stood and cried for it seemed like hours listening to the news-calling loved ones, trying to figure out if we should close for the day.

We continued work as usual and I was so pissed that we couldn't see it in our coorporate hearts to close for the day. People just kept showing up, and I was so astonished that people weren't home safe and with their families if they had the option.

At one point, I was humbled beyond belief. I had cried all day, I was in a bear of a mood. I go to the waiting room to call a young guy in for his test.... He was a tall, lanky black boy- jeans below his underwear, one of those rags on his head and just sauntered up the hallway, no purpose in his walk. His eyes were red and I was thinking.... He's high. He's taking up my time today when I could be at home, he doesn't even realize what's going on and I have to be of service to him and he's high! I was so pissed! As we were getting on the elevator, I said to him.... today's a hell of a day isn't it? He goes, 'yeah', with his head bent down. We walked on in silence for a few seconds, and he goes...... 'My dad works at the pentagon, I haven't heard from him yet'. I realized then his eyes were red from crying and that I was nothing but a cold hearted bitch. It was good enough for me and taught me a valuable lesson. I never did hear if his dad was ok, but I've thought about him many times. I hope he was.

[DaveW]

sitting right here in the same spot I am today. Thank you, God.

[solarte1969]

I was sitting at my computer at 850 the Buzz in Raleigh, prepping my 10-Noon talk show, and watching Sportscenter when the channel began to change in another room, affecting my TV. I asked why it was being changed, when someone told me a plane hit the WTC. My first thought--a Cessna that someone had a heart attack while piloting. I watched in amazement as the tower burned, and then saw the second plane approaching. It disappeared, and never reappeared. I was waiting for it to come around the building, but it never did. It was at that point, I knew this was no accident. It was at this point, I began to wonder what tomorrow would bring for my daughter.

As the day unfolded, the Pentagon, and the farm country of Pennsylvania became forever worn into the minds of us all, but the image of the WTC coming down will never vanish from my memory. I am one of the fortunate ones...I had no family or friends in the WTC, the Pentagon, or aboard Flight 93. The tragedy didn't affect my family. It did however affect my home. It changed the way we all go about our day to day. The innocent victims in those towers, and the bravest of the brave, our police and fire department personnel who went in because the bell rang, didn't ask questions, just simply did their jobs, and died for it, are the people we mourn today. We should, however remember them everyday. They should still be among us today.

God Bless all of you, and the USA.

[bigfhsfan03]

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was on my way back from the dentist office when I heard the news on 95.1 fm. When I returned back to school, I told my teacher and we watched the second plane hit. We watched the news all day, trying not to cry hoping and praying that it was all just a bad dream. Those sites that I say that day will be with me for the rest of my life.

[Italia72]

I was sleeping at the time, when my Mother In Law called me up. Soon there after, I saw people running in the streets; many narrowly missing death...

Extremely fucked up day...

[Stat Boy]

Where was I when the world stopped turning that September day? I was sitting in my US History class at high school...coincedence???.....A teacher came down the hall and hollered the news in our classroom and we turned on the TV right after the 2nd plane. :(

[Malapoo]

I was at home with one of the worst upset stomachs ever. I had HBO on tv so no news and then when I sat down at the computer when I finally was able to venture that far from the bathroom, I saw the intro screen and changed channels. Being sick and a little "dopey" due to weakness etc, I kept thinking for a long time "this is some sort of dream that I'll wake up from". I'm terribly disturbed that some are trying to say the passengers on Flight 93 "may not" have been heroes. We KNOW they were trying to over power the terrorists so whether the passengers crashed the plane or the terrorists did in response to what the passengers did, what does it matter? They DID something - they ARE HEROES and shame on any who try to paint them otherwise. I hope that all the surviving families have some peaceful memory of their loved ones today.

[McFly41]

I had just gotten laid off the Friday before. I was sitting in my PJ's in my reliner, thumbing through the employment section and listening to Bob & Tom on the radio. They mentioned something about the first plane and to turn your TV's on.
I turned the TV on and watched for about 5 sec., then the second plane hit.
I sat in that chair with the paper opened on my lap for 6 hours...time stood still.

[Prepster]

I was in a meeting in downtown Atlanta. As in other, major metropolitan areas, the word came quickly to evacuate the downtown section. Having driven from Charlotte, and finding the streets and highways gridlocked, I retreated to my hotel room...which was on the 70th floor of North America's tallest hotel.

As you might imagine, it was quite eerie, sitting there...70 stories up...watching downtown Atlanta empty at mid-day...contemplating what it must have been like to have been that high up in Manhattan.

[Savio]

I was actually on my way to class and I head to the normal study room in the cone center (where the television was) and the place was crowded...which it usually never is.....but I was watching what everyone else was watching on TV and thought it was some type of stunt....then the more I listened to it and watched it....the more I realized this was real....blew my mind....then I have java class :mad:

[VA49er]

I had just recently started a training program for a NC bank. We were in a conference room when an instructor walked up and said a plane had hit the WTC. I immediately thought it was an accident until the next plane hit. I'll never forget that day. A friend of mine with whom I went to grad school with was working for a Japanese bank in the WTC. After about two days after 9/11 and many calls, I found out he made it our safely. I recently went to NYC and ground zero to pay my respects. If you haven't been, I'd recommend it, it makes all that's happen since make much more sence. God Bless America and God bless our troops.

[Hockeygirl44]

I was the first one to arrive at work (satellite campus of the local community college), except for our custodian who had already been there for a few hours. When I came in, he told me that a plane just hit the WTC, and I told him to shut up... he's always joking around and I was just waiting for the punchline. He finally convinced me he was serious.

We took a large screen TV from one of the classrooms and hooked it up in the lobby. Like many of you, we didn't get any work done that day, really, just all stood around watching the news along with the students and teachers that were coming and going. I was pretty numb most of the day, until I got home that night and turned on the TV with Hasbeen. Then I cried and cried and cried.

We kept the TV on in the lobby at work all week. One of the few times I haven't felt guilty about not working at work.

[Austinniner]

I was meeting a plumber at a rental property, and the plumber told me about a plane flying into the WTC. I said "It's just a little plane, right? The towers are still standing?" I got home just in time to watch them fall down on live TV much to my horror. Unlike a lot of terrorists, I am a HUGE fan of skyscrapers, not to mention people.

My wife's story is much more interesting. She is a meeting planner and travels a lot for work to exciting places like Fargo and Des Moines. She was in an airplane headed to one of those places when the pilot announced over the speaker exactly what was happening and why they were being forced to land in Kansas. I think he's the only pilot in the air that day that actually let the passengers know exactly what was happening.

[C49er]

My roommates and I had a morning class, 9 or 9:30 that day. My roommate woke me up and said to come watch the news. One plane had hit one of the towers. At the time, it just seemed to be a small couple-person plane.

We went to class. While we were in class, we heard that another plan had hit the Pentagon, and on the walk back we learned that both towers had been his and that the towers had fallen.

I probably sat beside my computer and tv for about 10 hours straight after that.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

Originally posted by Stat Boy
Where was I when the world stopped turning that September day? I was sitting in my US History class at high school...coincedence???.....A teacher came down the hall and hollered the news in our classroom and we turned on the TV right after the 2nd plane. :(

WHere was I when the world stopped turning that September day? Teaching a class full of innocent children.......And yes I called up my mother and told her I loved her!!! (BTW, I still can't listen to that song the whole way through without tearing up!)

[mailman]

I was at work, they were talking about it but I didn't listen much because all I cared about was getting the mail up and getting off for the day. I walked over and watched the tape of the planes hitting the building after loading my car, then I left and carried the route. I called Windy to tell her about it since she was at work and her best friend at the time flew for American Airlines so she she could check on her. When I got off for the day I went home and got on TBR.

[Pigskinchick]

I was teaching a room full of 4th grade students. A teacher, who just happened to be a parent in my room, came in and asked me if I knew. I told her no and she began to tell me about it - at this point it was 11:00 or so and not many details were out. I started to cry and told her I didn't know how I would tell my class. She stayed with me while I talked to them and I just remember feeling numb the rest of the day. We didn't watch TV because as a parent I knew that I would want the opportunity to tell my own child in my own way so I wanted to give other parents that same opportunity. It was very mixed up day at school. We had open house that evening and it was cancelled. I called my husband, who had watched the whole thing unfold on TV and he told me to get our son and hurry home because he wanted to hug us. My dad works at a nuclear power plant and could not call out to tell us he was OK and my sister was overseas so there were some tense moments until we heard from everyone. And then I had to face a 6 year old and explain to her what was going on.

[Meow]

Driving down i-85 on my way to work, listening to the radio. When I got to work no one had heard about it yet. The only known was that A plane, maybe two had crashed into the World Trade Center. The rest of the day we spent at work in front of the television. All I could think was how bad I wanted to be home with ALL of my family around me.

[PostalDB42]

english class in 2nd period bout pissed all over my desk, never been hit so hard by anything i was ever told

[sigepmike]

In class at the Univ. of Florida. The dean came in and told us after class was over (by then both of the buildings had come down). I guess corporate tax was more important than an attack on our country.

[Marie_K]

I had just started my new job, and I was in a training class. The Human Resources person came into the room and announced the news to all of us. All I could think about was wanting to leave to go home and be with my children. The day seemed like it would never end.

[Chief Tony]

I don't know how I missed this one.I was attending a meeting at Dobbins ARB.The base was locked down for the remainder of the day.We watched the news at the NCO club until they began allowing people to leave the base at around 4pm that day.

[Playa]

Searching the internet for pictures of people jumping out of windows

[LarryD]

Searching the internet for pictures of people jumping out of windows


i just got through reading a story in esquire about that subject -- about the jumpers and how people are trying to erase that image of 9-11 from history.

[MikeNinerHunt]

i just got through reading a story in esquire about that subject -- about the jumpers and how people are trying to erase that image of 9-11 from history.


Farenheit 451. Ray Bradbury would not be happy.

[y2b]

my daughter will be 3 Nov 11th, my wife was pregnant Sept 10 with her that year we flew back from Atlantic City on a 9am flight...it still just seems so unreal.

[voyergirl]

it still just seems so unreal.
this 9/11 i will be with a lot of friends as we raise a glass to all the lives lost that day as well as all the men and women who put their lives on the line everyday to defend our country.


*nothing from that day should be erased from our memories

[NOGA87]

I worked the 3rd the night before, so I slept through it all...but once I woke up around 4pm or so, I grabbed the remote, clicked on the tv...and all they kept saying, "America Under Attack"...you talk about panick...I was scared to look out the window....ironically it was during that time they took a lull from showing what had actually happened...I bet it was 15minutes or so before they finally showed it. Anyway, I did finally look out the window to see if anything was going on...it was all clear...standing there peaking thru the blinds, then turning to look at the tv again...that's when I saw the jet fly into the building...first reaction was a sigh of relief that, that's all it was, and not the world coming to an end...then it hit me at the magnitude, thinking of all the people...I sunk, and crawled back in to bed and just sat in amazement...then just started getting so pissed.

[Thelt]

I was in a job interview when it happened. The guy who was interviewing me's wife called and told him. He told me that a plane had hit the world trade center. We were both thinking accident. I did not really realize what it was. When I left to go home I had about an hour drive. I had been listening to CDs before the interview so I still had my changer going when I got back in the car. It was about 45 minutes later before I flipped it to the radio station and by then both towers had fallen.

[Southern_Yankee]

I was in the boss' office as a witness to a firing of a slack ass. When that was over one of the employees stuck his head in the office and told us a plane had just hit the WTC. I called my usual bullshit and headed to the break room to have a look. I couldnt believe what I was seeing and thought WWIII was beginning. I called the wife and told her to get her ass home. I left work and went to the ATM to get as much cash as I could, topped off the gas tank and headed to the store. Luckily I was able to do all of this before the mass' flooded the banks and grocery store. A high school friend was trapped in Orangeburg, SC and was supposed to fly out that day. He came up to my place for the night and we sat around drinking beer and re-living the old days and contemplated what had happend to the world and realized it would NEVER be the same.


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[Franchise]

I woke up when the 2nd plane just hit. I woke up to my alarm, and hit snooze the first time. But when I hit snooze, the radio said something to the affect of, "oh my God, I can't believe this, and sirens were in the background". I didn't think anything of it. But when the alarm went off again, the same screaming and crying w/ sirens in the background. I jumped out of bed, turned on the tv and saw what was going on. I was supposed to be off that day, but Ive worked with my company since I was 15, so my coworkers are like close family, so I went to hang out with them while it was going on. We huddled around a black and white tv watching for a while when our CEO sent a fax around that we were closing at 2pm. The only time in our history that we closed early besides weather.
After that I went home and sat in a 3 story, 5 bedroom house, old house I rented, by myself, sat there for hours.

[sdplusbeauty]

I lived in Atlanta and I was at work. One of my co-workers walked in and asked me if I knew a plane crashed into the World Trade Center in NY.. and I didn't think anything of it really.. thought it was a random he say/ she say thing.. then all the sudden everyone starts scurrying around talking about it going to the cnn.com website and crying, etc. So I call my mom in San Diego to ask her if she heard and she was crying and watching the news live on TV.. it was 5am her time or so.. then all the sudden she screams and says "oh my God I just saw another one crash into the building now and people are jumping out etc.. " LIVE.

It was really scarry, they let us off early and me and my roomate went home and watched the news, prayed, etc. I still can't believe it..

[Foxman]

I will always remember it being on a Tuesday because I was off work and was able to watch the events all day.

I found out when I was listening to a radio station on the way home after droping off my youngest at pre school. The guy on the radio said the reports were that a small aircraft had struck one of the world trade towers and to pray for the situation but at that time they didnt have any other information. When I got home I decided to try CNN in case they happened to be covering it and imediatly you knew it was much more than a small aircraft. I watched all day thinking world war III was starting.

[solarte1969]

and I woke up sad, like I do every 9-11, but I felt an overwhelming sense of good today.

I am an assistant coach on my step-son's tee-ball team. It felt good teaching BASEBALL to the kids. The game that is tabbed as our national pasttime--nothing more American than that. They were hitting, circling the bases, dropping pop-ups...all the things that kids playing baseball do.

Sorry OBL. You and your band of terrorist friends didn't weaken America. You strengthened us.

I wish you an eternal hell rotting after our boys in uniform turn you off like a switch....and that day is coming.

[chuckrichey]

and I woke up sad, like I do every 9-11, but I felt an overwhelming sense of good today.

I am an assistant coach on my step-son's tee-ball team. It felt good teaching BASEBALL to the kids. The game that is tabbed as our national pasttime--nothing more American than that. They were hitting, circling the bases, dropping pop-ups...all the things that kids playing baseball do.

Sorry OBL. You and your band of terrorist friends didn't weaken America. You strengthened us.

I wish you an eternal hell rotting after our boys in uniform turn you off like a switch....and that day is coming. :applause:

[two-six]

wow, can't believe i've never seen this thread.


i remember it like it was yesterday. we had just started a foundation in a small un-developed subdivsion in concord. i work for my dad, and my brother didn't have tuesday classes that semester and was working with us that day, so at least i was with some family. we always listen to the radio, and our normal country music was interrupted with reports of the first plane crashing into one of the towers. at the time, it was considered an accident. we continued working. when they announced that the 2nd tower had been hit, we all just sorta raised up and stared at one another, with a look that can best be described as a "holy shit, something just went down" kinda feeling. it wasn't much longer till the other 2 planes were down. the most eerie thing of it all, was seeing an empty sky, where usually you could look up and see a plane every few minutes.

i went home that night, and after dark went out in the backyard. even tho i lived way out in the country at the time, on any given night, you would usually be able to spot a plane or 2 all the time heading into or out of charlotte. seeing nothing all night long, that was almost unreal.

[y2b]

wow, can't believe i've never seen this thread.

it's been in HOF. I moved it to R&R for the weekend

[turfman23]

I was just leaving for work and turned on the tube and see one of the towers smoking then the next thing I know a plane it the other tower.

[Justabum]

I was working in my office with the radio on and heard it on John Boy and Billy. Left the office to find a TV and followed it from there.

[MikeNinerHunt]

In between class and work. My buddy called me immediately, cause he is in the Marine reservers. I fuckied him in the moujth before he wen5t off to declare war on "terrorism".

[Redcoat]

I remember the day well
I was on Charlotte.com
Read Putts thread then switched to SKY NEWS
Then the office TV was switched on
When I got home that night I spent all night in front of the TV, it was on every channel.

[vpkozel]

and yet there are still Arabs in the world?
cmon..who's slacking?

Obviously your brother is.

[Patti]

bump

[smashmouth5]

Hard to believe it's been 4 years. Never forget.

[Puttingood]

Putt..posted a thread "A plane had hit The World Trade Center" Went to cnn.com and saw the picture and then all Hell broke lose.BearBryant
BearBryant

I can still remember typing it and thinking about Mike Pira and all the mean yankee things I had said to him the day before.

[Patti]

I thought some of the newbies would post. Come on youngins.

[mathmajors]

I thought some of the newbies would post. Come on youngins.
Good bump. :xyzthumbs

[Ace13]

I was at work when the radio personality came on the air and said that a plane hit the WTC. I thought it was a joke causethey were making fun of the pilot for it. Then when they announced the second one hit, they got real serious (which was odd for these guys). That's when I knew something was up.

[articulatekitten]

Even now, 4 years later, it seems surreal. Just as it did when I was watching it happen.

Strangely, my memories of that have fed both my cynicism about the human race & my hopes for the best in us.

I'd like to think the hopeful part of me will survive as long as I live.

[Ace13]

I'd like to think the hopeful part of me will survive as long as I live.Me too :D I think the odds are in our favor!

[Intimidator Coach]

I was just getting in the car when i heard the news of a plane possibly hitting one of the towers... I didnt think alot of it thinking it was just maybe a traffic plane or helicopter.. then i heard another report of it being a regular passenger plane so i stopped in a Wal-Mart in Concord and went straight to the electronics section to see on television and just a few minutes later the second plane flew right into the other tower....I watched in shock for awhile then headed to work... about the time i got there and started working i went into the office and one of the towers just collapsed right there...

Later on in the day i went and stocked up on non perishable food and bottled water.. Figuring trade and stuff was going to get bad...
To this very day i work near the airport right in the take off flight zone and when i'm outside i always look up to make sure the planes clear our parking lot...just habit i guess...

[voyergirl]

I was at work when the radio personality came on the air and said that a plane hit the WTC. I thought it was a joke causethey were making fun of the pilot for it. Then when they announced the second one hit, they got real serious (which was odd for these guys). That's when I knew something was up.
you were up here back then right?

[Ace13]

you were up here back then right?Yeah... Do you get WZZO where you're at (95.1)? I was listening to Bearman and Keith.

[y2b]

can't belive I forgot to sticky this thread this year

:(

[Bunky]

at work.

[jazzbluescat]

Running some scales & stuff in my living room.

[The Warden]

At the time I was working for the NC Dept of Corrections (Hence, the name "The Warden") and had just finished up PERT (Prison Emergency Response Team) training the day before. I had Tuesday off and was resting comfortably in my recliner, watching ESPNews until the news broke that the WTC was hit, and then saw the second plane hit. I didnt have time to react until the phone rang and it was my PERT commander telling me to report to the PERT HQ. Apparently, the DOC feared the 5%ers (Aka Black Muslims...aka The Nation of Islam) were going to start a holy war in the major institutions. Luckily, nothing happened except for me and the rest of the team glued to the TV watching the world change forever.

[Malapoo]

I was late finding out - was home sick with HORRIBLE stomach flu that phenigren didn't phase. I was lying in the recliner when I could finally get any distance from the bathroom and wasn't really very alert, so the news is rolling by and I'm sort of oblivious. At some point I got focused enough to realize there was something horrible going on and then I was glued. Followed it pretty closely since the flu lasted several days and I could barely walk for days.

[Fan, Attic]

I had flown back home from a business trip to London the afternoon of 9/10, and so got up a little late on the 11th. Went out to my car to go to work and found it had a flat tire. While I was changing the tire, my next door neighbor drove up: "You hear the news?" No, what? "A plane hit the World Trade Center."

I assumed it was an accident involving a small plane. I turned on the car radio and found a report on NPR. At that point, not many details were available. Then the second plane hit, and everyone knew this was no accident. I ran inside. "Turn on the TV!" My wife and I watched for a while and then I finished with the tire and went to work to see how and what my coworkers were doing. At that time I worked in an office across the street from Barley's Taproom in Asheville, and a bunch of us went over there to watch on the TV they have above the bar. That's where we saw the towers come down, and heard more about the Pentagon and Flight 93. A totally surreal day.

My kids were in school and the administrators decided not to inform the students during the day, feeling that parents would know better how to tell their kids about what had happened. I don't remember a lot of details about the rest of that day. Checking news on the Internet, the TV on all day, all of us stunned.

[y2b]

hard to believe it's been 5 years...

i haven't flown since 9/10 when it happen, i take off again this saturday

[chris]

hard to believe it's been 5 years...

i haven't flown since 9/10 when it happen, i take off again this saturday

Really???

Unfortunately, I've flown over 10 times in the last 8 months. I hate flying.

I gotta fly to NYC Sunday and will be there for two weeks. It will be weird being in NYC on 9/11.

[VA49er]

hard to believe it's been 5 years...

i haven't flown since 9/10 when it happen, i take off again this saturday

I've flown many, many times since 9/11. Flying this weekend will probably be the safest time, in my opinion, just giving the remembrance of 5 years ago.

[y2b]

actually, I will be in NYC again on 9/10

[Wonder Woman]

I was in the dentist's chair. They didn't have Satellite radio, so we were listening to lite music or some shit. I think it was when I was getting a crown. I can't remember exactly, but I had been put in a dental dam, so I couldn't close my mouth. Well, my dentist was from NYC. We got news that the first plane hit. He paused and talked about the family he has working in the WTC. Then the 2nd plane hit. We looked at each other and knew, we just had to get through my visit. I felt awful for him, and he was trying so hard. Then I left the dentist, and went home. I called into work, and everyone was still there, but no one was doing anything. I had to go in. So, I get there, and the Pentagon is hit. Well, I'd just hired a girl a few months before who had both parents working in the pentagon. Obviously, she was a basket case, and I sent her home. Then came the news that Boston was the city where the flights and plots were originating. Somehow, I was able to get through to my best friend there when I couldn't even get in touch with my Mom in SC. Amy was walking home from work because all the mass transit was not running. She described how quiet and surreal it all was on the walk. No one was panicking, running, screaming, or talking on the phone (most cells didn't work). It was erie quiet, and everyone had tears streaming down their faces. No one could reach any of their loved ones, and somehow I reached her. Like everyone else, I will never forget the day.

[Patti]

I thought some of the newbies would post. Come on youngins.

bump

[Wp28]

sitting in my office when an email came over our local network, we conveined in the conference room to watch the events unfold. growing up (for 30 years) about 40 miles west of NYC I became some what of the "local perspective" for all of those gathered.

my wife had two relitives (her cousin and his wife) who both worked in the trade center or really near by it. we spent most of the day worrying about them only to find out that they were on vacation in the bahamas that week.

I also heard through a classmates.com post that I had a couple of classmates who were killed, not sure who but no one that I was particularly close to.

I have not been back to NYC since, on my last trip to NJ to see the inlaws I started to drive to the overlook, where you could see the skyline, stopped about a mile away and turned around. just wasn't ready I guess?

[THE GUTTER]

Sitting in the office and I overheard our secretary talking with her husband. She screamed out when he told her. We turned on a small tv just about the time the second one hit. We watched them both fall live. Marsh was there installing new software. They had an office in the WTC, but they had flown up from Atlanta. They walked around our office like zombies as they communicated with the New York office frequently. Not sure how many employees but a ton I am sure.

I spent the rest of the day here as usual listening to you guys rage about ragheads. Everyone was mad and wanted to go to war that day. I think even reb would have supported it. We all were worried about Mike Pira and he finally buzzed in that day I believe. It was complete chaos and I watched CNN for like 7 straight days.

[WndMillR]

On I-85, listening to Imus, when he broke in with the news....
He gave live updates, commenting on the smoke, etc.
I'll never forget it...

[outofstate]

I was working for a company that supplied the television industry so we had TVs everyone watching it live. I watched both towers fall....concerned the entire time because I had a niece there. Found out mid-afternoon that she was fine and she decided that was the time to let us all know she was pregnant!

I don't think I will ever forget seeing what I later found out were people jumping from the towers to their death vs. facing the environment inside the buildings.

[Eagles 1313]

My mom and I were returning to school after an orthodontist appointment I had. We were listening to 107.5 kzl's Murphy in the Morning show and heard the news that the twin towers had been hit....My mom and I both thought it was a joke they were playing but when they came across and said this wasnt any kind of joke we were both shocked. As we returned to school (my mom taught at the same school I was at) I dont think anyone really knew about it. The rest of the day in all of my classes all we did was talk about what had happened or watched it on tv

[Alleycat]

I was in the Command Briefing Room giving a presentation when the Senior Managers were told to report the ECC. I will never forget sitting in the Emergency Command Center at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard as we watched the second plane plow into the second building. Then, both buildings came crashing down. I have never watched the reruns. I saw all I ever want to see the first time. There are some really sick bastards in the world today.

[articulatekitten]

I was living in my grandmother's house at that time, with my mom & my aunt, sharing in taking care of my grandmother in the latest stages of Alzheimer's. I heard Mom say, "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!" I rushed to her bedroom, where she was watching the TV news about the first tower being hit. We saw the second tower being hit live. We were so deeply in shock that even though we were watching it unfold, we still couldn't believe it was happening. It was much later before I was able to even consider what it meant, what the ramifications were.

I remember being glued to the TV for hours. The rest of the day, whatever occurred in my personal world, have been wiped from my memory. I don't remember if I had to work later that day. I don't remember who I saw or talked with. Nothing but those TV images that were seared into my brain, & sitting beside Mom, both of us horrified & crying. Shock after shock as more details came out.

[Puttingood]

yep, sitting right here when they said a small plane hit the WTC and I posted a thread about it and then all hell broke loose. First thought it was a piper cub or something and then the second one hit. We all were in shock.
I believe Mike Pira was caught on the bridge and we all worried about him.

[EastOfRaleigh]

I was sitting at my desk in my office at Wilson, NC.

[HighPoint49er]

I can't believe I've not posted in this thread. The ex had just moved out of the house on the 7th, so I was quite fragile emotionally already. The receptionist in our office got a call from one of our reps who told her that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I immediately thought terrorism and grabbed the keys to our conference room was and hit the TV switch. That was about 2 minutes before the second plane hit, which we saw live. THe rest of the day was awful, we all wanted to leave. That night my 2 sons wanted to watch all the events over and over. We did a lot of hugging and praying that night.

[The_professor]

an apartment in raleigh, blue steele and i saw it all on TV.


i had a test that day...



fucker made us take it.

[twin$]

I was in class surfing the www. I saw the report on CNN.com and I announced it out loud. The professor told me to be quiet, and if I disturbed her class again I would get kicked out. Then my superviser paged me and told me not to try to come into DC b/c they were evacuating the city.

About 5 mins later, students started running down the halls screaming/crying. My professor still didn't beleive anything had happened.

2 days later you could still smell the burning material when the metro went by the Pentagon.

[CometFan]

I was watching the Today Show on NBC when they reported that some type of plane had hit the WTC. They went to a live shot and in a few minutes, the second plane hit. I will never forget that day!

[cddc]

I was getting an invoice signed by a customer near Clt Douglas Airport listening to Bob & Tom in her office. They commented on possibly a small plane hitting the WTC. I remember telling my customer what a horrible accident and turned to leave. As I was shutting the door on the truck I was in, she came running on the dock yelling that another plane had crashed into the buildings. I called my wife, who was at home with our 11 day old son, and told her to go pick up the kids at school and stay home until whatever was happening stopped. I remember saying to the guys on the dock that we'd be declaring war on somebody within 24 hrs. My company called in all the trucks, spent the rest of the day in the office watching CNN. I found out a week later that a friend was killed at the Pentagon. No body was ever recovered.

[Angie]

Watching CNBC and the shrs of QQQ that I had just bought in pre-market trade tumble down with the buildings. As the hours and days passed that did seem like a small thing compared to the lives that were lost.

[twentybelow0]

I have never watched the reruns.Your probably the only one.

[Redsnapper]

I was eating breakfast in Wilmington at Alfie's on Market Street when I saw it on the news, didn't know what to think. When we got to the job site, off 17th by the hospital, nobody was there, all the construction workers were sent home to be with there families. I think we lit up, and laid carpet.

[dig-it]

I was servicing a copier at an Allen Tate Realty office in Concord(NC). Some of the agents normally had a tv on and I watched it there. I find I still go by and service their machines whenever 9-11 rolls around, even if they don`t call for service.

[Village Idiot]

i was out on the massey, bush-hogging, and went inside for a drink. one of the engineers told me some nut flew a plane into the side of one the twin towers. i went up stairs where everyone was watching it on the tv in the control room.

[homerun]

We were in Lancaster PA. riding around the Amish farming community. About 11am we stopped a gift shop and heard the news. We were on vacation and was heading for Newfoundland and Labrador. We debated on returning to NC or going on.
When we got to the Canadian border on Monday we expected the US to check us out but were not even stopped. The Canadian post did stop us and after the usual questions they asked if we had anything we were going to leave. I told them some money and they said go on.

[ville4life]

I was in bed with my girlfriend, debating whether to go to class...flipped on the TV to wake up. We ended up staying there in my room for a few more hours just watching news and being together. It was nice having someone to hold throughout it all. The day the world pretty much stopped...unfortunately one of the few times many of us realized what we truly have and should appreciate.

[solarte1969]

Never forget.

[CometFan]

I was home watching the Today Show on NBC when they cut in and said some type of plane had hit the world trade center. They switched to a live view just before the 2nd plane hit. I never will forget that day.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

Never forget.

exactly....I have the red, white, & blue on today.

[hasbeen99]

exactly....I have the red, white, & blue on today.

Me too.

[LarryD]

i was going to link to this thread in an announcement. for all the new members.

seems like longer than six years, doesn't it?

[slydevl]

Nine your eleventh, two double aught one.

There I am standing in line at Logan International, waiting to check in for my flight to Los Angeles to see Great Aunt Bessey get married for the fourth time.

A dark, sqirrely looking fellow taps me on my shoulder and says something about needing to find 72 virgins. Thinking he has become separated from the cheerleading squad he is chaperoning I kindly give up my boarding pass so that he can go assist those helpless young girls before some creep takes advantage of them.

I felt good about doing my part to help society that day. Yes, I did.

[Black&Blue]

good man!


:cheesy:

[VA49er]

Have we forgotten?

[The Warden]

Have we forgotten?

I've not...Seems slydevl has, thus he makes jokes.

Tuesday was Employee Appreciation Day at the prison facility I work at, we took a moment of silence for those lives lost. We honored them with a small red, white, & blue ribbon we wore above our badges. May it never be forgotten and that we prevent it from ever happening again.

[slydevl]

I've not...Seems slydevl has, thus he makes jokes.

Tuesday was Employee Appreciation Day at the prison facility I work at, we took a moment of silence for those lives lost. We honored them with a small red, white, & blue ribbon we wore above our badges. May it never be forgotten and that we prevent it from ever happening again.

Who was joking?

:patriot:

[gridfaniker]

I read somewhere recently where there was a poll taken and more than 30 percent of respondents didn't know what year 9-11 took place.

that's insane.

On a drive to Rochester yesterday, I'm listening to a morning show and they play clips of some guy who went around asking people (mostly what sounded like teenage/early 20s girls) what year 9-11 happened.

most of the answers they played were 2000, 2002, 2005 (wtf). One asked, "What is 9-11?" Another said, "I don't know. Does it really matter." The DJ was fuming.

[The Warden]

Who was joking?

:patriot:

You.

Nine your eleventh, two double aught one.

There I am standing in line at Logan International, waiting to check in for my flight to Los Angeles to see Great Aunt Bessey get married for the fourth time.

A dark, sqirrely looking fellow taps me on my shoulder and says something about needing to find 72 virgins. Thinking he has become separated from the cheerleading squad he is chaperoning I kindly give up my boarding pass so that he can go assist those helpless young girls before some creep takes advantage of them.

I felt good about doing my part to help society that day. Yes, I did.

Any other questions, Rat (Face) Bastard?

[LarryD]

I read somewhere recently where there was a poll taken and more than 30 percent of respondents didn't know what year 9-11 took place.

that's insane.

On a drive to Rochester yesterday, I'm listening to a morning show and they play clips of some guy who went around asking people (mostly what sounded like teenage/early 20s girls) what year 9-11 happened.

most of the answers they played were 2000, 2002, 2005 (wtf). One asked, "What is 9-11?" Another said, "I don't know. Does it really matter." The DJ was fuming.


well, you see how that girl from south carolina answered her question. i don't put much stock in a bunch of 'kids' -- it was for radio/entertainment sake. go ask it on a college campus and if the answers are the same, then i'd think we'd have a problem.

but, dang. to not even know what 9-11 is? or to ask if it matters?

:(

[voyergirl]

this thread is beautiful while sad at the same time. we at tbr are decent group of people.


we'll not let those around us forget.

[gridfaniker]

go ask it on a college campus and if the answers are the same, then i'd think we'd have a problem.
:(



I did. only six kids. two didn't know (one said 2002; the other 2003).


incidentally, according to a poll published a year ago in the Washington Post, three in 10 americans don't know. I'm assuming a year later, that figure is a little higher. Granted, most of the dummies were ages 55 or older, but I'd bet pesos to eclairs that high school kids ages 15-18, who wouldn't be a huge percentage of the polled group, are pretty ignorant about it too

Clarence Williams III (http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/2006/08/americans-unaware-of-when-911-occurred.html)

you can't be so naive as to discount the notion that a significant number of americans wouldn't know 9-11 happed in 2001, not when there is a shitheap of young people out there who think there are 51 or 48 states and can't find Cananda on a world map.

[gridfaniker]

this thread is beautiful while sad at the same time. we at tbr are decent group of people.


we'll not let those around us forget.

when's the last time you flicked your bean?

[LarryD]

at least the reason they don't know isn't because we've had so many worse things happen since then that they've become desensitized...or is it?

[gridfaniker]

at least the reason they don't know isn't because we've had so many worse things happen since then that they've become desensitized...or is it?

has to be some apathy in there. people think, oh well, this kind of shit happens everywhere else in the world, why shouldn't it happen here. Would you be shocked if a ninth grade class at some random school was polled on this question and half couldn't get the year right? I know I wouldn't. If it weren't referred to as 9-11, a lot of people wouldn't remember the date either. Ask those same kids if they know the names of Brad and Angelina's kids and, well, no problem there.

[slydevl]

You.



Any other questions, Rat (Face) Bastard?

Are you saying that didn't really happen? You calling me a liar?

[The Warden]

Are you saying that didn't really happen? You calling me a liar?

No, Im calling you a rat faced bastard for making fun of a day when America lost alot of lives. I bet if you had a family member or a loved one that died in 9/11 attacks you wouldn't be poking fun. You might want to think twice before you open your trap.

[Black&Blue]

Magnus was being a slut.

[slydevl]

No, Im calling you a rat faced bastard for making fun of a day when America lost alot of lives. I bet if you had a family member or a loved one that died in 9/11 attacks you wouldn't be poking fun. You might want to think twice before you open your trap.

I really wish you had died during 9/11. Any questions?

[The Warden]

I really wish you had died during 9/11. Any questions?

Yeah...Why couldnt you have died during 9/11?

Liberals: People that profess to be wise, yet they become fools (Romans 1:22)

[slydevl]

Yeah...Why couldnt you have died during 9/11?

Liberals: People that profess to be wise, yet they become fools (Romans 1:22)

Read above dipshit. I gave up my seat to a man in need.

[The Warden]

Read above dipshit. I gave up my seat to a man in need.

Funny. Whatcha gonna joke about next? Columbine? Virginia Tech? Katrina? :hamer::hamer::hamer:

[slydevl]

Funny. Whatcha gonna joke about next? Columbine? Virginia Tech? Katrina? :hamer::hamer::hamer:

I was thinking the Holocaust with a side of Bataan Death March

[THE GUTTER]

We made fun of Katrina a long time ago. And VATECH. I don't recall Columbine jokes.

[slydevl]

We made fun of Katrina a long time ago. And VATECH. I don't recall Columbine jokes.

There was the....How many Columbine students does it take to change a light bulb? None, they're all dead........joke

[slydevl]

How do you babysit a Columbine student?

Wet his lips and shoot him.

[THE GUTTER]

damn

[NC Baseball Fan]

If you are not doing your little part to help make the world a better place to live then you are pretty much worthless. Lots of innocent people Have died so you can absurdly ridicule other innocent peoples deaths. Have some respect and use your FREE freedom wisely. Those people were Moms, Dads, Brothers, Sisters, KIDS FOR CHRIST SAKE!!! You, Slydevl are about to piss me off!!!:001_9898:

[slydevl]

If you are not doing your little part to help make the world a better place to live then you are pretty much worthless. Lots of innocent people Have died so you can absurdly ridicule other innocent peoples deaths. Have some respect and use your FREE freedom wisely. Those people were Moms, Dads, Brothers, Sisters, KIDS FOR CHRIST SAKE!!! You, Slydevl are about to piss me off!!!:001_9898:

I make the world better by making people laugh....I can't help that morons like you and the Warden are so sensitive.

Have a nice day!

[The Warden]

I make the world better by making people laugh....I can't help that morons like you and the Warden are so sensitive.

Sly, joking about 9/11, Columbine, Virginia Tech, etc.. are things that arent funny to begin with. There is tragedy inbedded in all of those things. Lives were lost, fear was instilled in alot of minds, and NO ONE will forget these horrible incidents.

It would be the same if someone broke into your house, abducted your wife and kids, sexually assaulted them, and then shot & killed them; And then I turned right around and got on here and joked around at you and your family's expense. When you joke about 9/11, Virginia Tech, and Columbine, you're joking at the expense of the people that perished.

This isn't an issue about sensitivity, this is an issue about finding OTHER things to make light of.

[slydevl]

Sly, joking about 9/11, Columbine, Virginia Tech, etc.. are things that arent funny to begin with. There is tragedy inbedded in all of those things. Lives were lost, fear was instilled in alot of minds, and NO ONE will forget these horrible incidents.

It would be the same if someone broke into your house, abducted your wife and kids, sexually assaulted them, and then shot & killed them; And then I turned right around and got on here and joked around at you and your family's expense. When you joke about 9/11, Virginia Tech, and Columbine, you're joking at the expense of the people that perished.

This isn't an issue about sensitivity, this is an issue about finding OTHER things to make light of.

Every comedian at sometime or another has joked at the expense of another person and yes, that includes death....from Anna Nicole to JFK. If you have never heard Tim Wilson's uncle BS jokes then I feel sorry for you. There is a time for reverence and a time to move on. Humor is just one of the ways to get past things.

Hell there was a whole series of best selling books entitled Truly Tasteless Jokes that just about everyone has read at one point or another.

[THE GUTTER]

Sly would break into his own home and kill his wife and then take out his kid with a Chris Benoit crippler crossface. Apparently, you don't know sly at all because he doesn't have a kid, or a wife at this point.

[slydevl]

Apparently, you don't know sly at all because he doesn't have a kid, or a wife at this point.

Two shallow graves

[THE GUTTER]

Two shallow graves

And they wouldn't be too deep as well.

[slydevl]

And they wouldn't be too deep as well.

Took me a minute....but I got it :4:

[THE GUTTER]

Took me a minute....but I got it :4:


BLAMMO. That was a shot at your ex-wife and her unborn child by another man.

[lushboobs]

sleeping when I got a call from someone i had not spoken to in years, telling me to turn on the tv - i didn't believe him, and thought it was simply an excuse to talk to me... it wasn't. I woke my roomate up and we sat stunned - watching on the couch. I had only gone to bed around 4:30am LA time so by then most of the people who were going to the wtc that day were well on their way. It was sucky, to say the least.

I wish it had never happened, but I suppose wishes don't come true...

[THE GUTTER]

sleeping when I got a call from someone i had not spoken to in years, telling me to turn on the tv - i didn't believe him, and thought it was simply an excuse to talk to me... it wasn't. I woke my roomate up and we sat stunned - watching on the couch. I had only gone to bed around 4:30am LA time so by then most of the people who were going to the wtc that day were well on their way. It was sucky, to say the least.

I wish it had never happened, but I suppose wishes don't come true...


were you boobs overflowing a very tight bra at the time or were they just hanging out there like the good lord intended.

[sheltiesrockmysocks]

I was in gym class. Then we watched everything on the news in geometry class. It's all kind of a blur.

[Apeman]

I-85 at exit 23 northbound....Listening to NPR.

[A German]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8885/oliverwtcnewgg6.jpg

^^ Me

[LRBaseballer]

I was in weight-lifting and coach asked me to go pick up something for him in the office. When I got in there they had it on the tv and asked me to be quiet until they could make an announcement. When I went to some stupid math class I asked my teacher if we could watch the coverage, and she said that it wasn't important and that the world will continue to turn. I wanted to punch her in the face.

[reb]

...

I spent the rest of the day here as usual listening to you guys rage about ragheads. Everyone was mad and wanted to go to war that day. I think even reb would have supported it...



Still do, just need to kill the right ragheads.

Where is Osama six years and trillions later....can you even believe it.

disgusting

[Squeak Squad]

Well I"m going to revive this post from the dead...
I was stationed in 29 Palms California with the Marines when I got the news. I was waking up to go to another day of sitting behind a computer. Instead I was given a loaded weapon and night vision goggles and told to go sit by a water tower 20 miles out in the middle of the desert of California to make sure no one messed with it. It was a sad day. It was a day I felt like I, and the rest of my comrades in arms failed to do our job and protect this country.

[wordsworth]

Well I"m going to revive this post from the dead...
I was stationed in 29 Palms California with the Marines when I got the news. I was waking up to go to another day of sitting behind a computer. Instead I was given a loaded weapon and night vision goggles and told to go sit by a water tower 20 miles out in the middle of the desert of California to make sure no one messed with it. It was a sad day. It was a day I felt like I, and the rest of my comrades in arms failed to do our job and protect this country.

I can't believe any of you guys felt guilty about"failing to do your job" that's one of the saddest 9/11 stories I've heard.

[Squeak Squad]

A lot of ppl felt/feel that way. We swore on our lives to defend this country and thousands of people lost their lives on our watch.

[wordsworth]

A lot of ppl felt/feel that way. We swore on our lives to defend this country and thousands of people lost their lives on our watch.

That wasn't on you guys. I don't think America feels that way about you'all.
I KNOW I don't.

[Squeak Squad]

I know America doesn't feel that way about us, it's just one of those things where you feel like maybe if you did this better or that faster things COULD have been different. I"m sure it's silly to feel that way but thats how it is.

[Black&Blue]

D3ZprUQNWEA

[Edwina Brown]

:usa:

[solarte1969]

I can't beleive it's 4:20 pm and this thread wasn't bumped.

[St. Jude]

N9jLse3kTgc

[slydevl]

I'm still proud of my contribution to this thread :yamyam:

[St. Jude]

_9mHvZ5mse8

[Mac]

In the bed. I had worked the night before. Momma called and woke me to turn on the news. The Pa sight was only 40 miles from their home. My biggest problem with the whole thing today is that too many people have forgotten. Have you?

[VA49er]

In the bed. I had worked the night before. Momma called and woke me to turn on the news. The Pa sight was only 40 miles from their home. My biggest problem with the whole thing today is that too many people have forgotten. Have you?

Unfortunately, today it's called fearmongering if you bring up 9/11.

[LarryD]

bump for 8-year anniversary.

[fastlane22]

I was sitting in the rainbow cafe on Craighead and Graham eating breakfast and they had a small tv on the counter. About 8 of us gathered and sat in awe as the next hour unfolded.

[bigdan]

I was up late the night before watching Monday Night Football... got up next morning about 9 am, went straight to weather.com because there was a storm developing in the Gulf at that time. I started looking at their message board for weather info and all I saw was stuff like "Nuke'em" and "We're Under Attack". I honestly thought it was some trolls getting on a message board.

After a couple minutes I left the computer and went into the living room and was walked in to see mom glued to the TV and the sight of smoke at The Twin Towers and the Pentagon. I did see the towers collapse live on TV and when they fell it was just jaw-dropping...a dead silence. Initally the networks kept replaying over and over the planes flying into the towers. Those images stuck to me the entire week, infact there were a couple nights that I found it hard to sleep because mentally I kept thinking about what I saw on the TV.


The other aspect was the initial sense of the unknown about this...Was there going to be another attack? I hear planes fly over the area frequently, so when I start hearing sounds that were like that of planes flying over after the FAA had shut down all commercial traffic, it got my attention.

[hasbeen99]

The worst part was watching the footage from Palestine with those bastards celebrating. No one should forget that...

I had forgotten about that.

:veryangry2:

[Ignatowski]

I was at work when we heard about the first plane hitting, thinking it was an accident. We heard about the second plane hitting and the bosses gathered us together and sent us home for the day. I watched the rest at my sisters house.

Eight years has gone by in a flash.

[Fred]

Being an American in a part of the country that was not physically effected by 9/11, it's still hard to control my hate for those responsible; and for Arabs in general (even though I know in my mind it was a radical group that did this and not 'normal' Arabs.) I can only imagine what it would be like for those that lost loved ones in one of the attacks.

The randomness of the deaths and survivors still amazes me.... which tower was hit first, which tower fell first, what part of the Pentagon was hit, what planes were selected for the attacks etc... I still find myself surfing You-Tube for 9/11 videos and wondering. One has to believe that there is a purpose in life and a reason and time for everything. The event has brought me spiritually closer to my Higher Power and ensured my faith in the same.

It has also made me realize that as an American, I am still vulnerable to terrorism. I was brought up in one of the strongest nations in the world and along with that, a sense that I am immune from the awful things I see on the Evening News. Being an American no longer ensures safety. In many cases it puts a red bullseye on your back.

9/11 has also helped me define the meaning of the word 'courage.' I honestly don't know if I would have been able to go up in those towers to help people knowing the possibility that I may die. Ernest Hemingway defined "courage" as 'grace under pressure.' Those heros that were just doing their everyday job that died because of it truly defined the meaning of the word 'courage' in my mind forever.

As much as we have wrong with this country... as much as we fight among our selves... as much as I hated George Fuckin' W Bush... as much as I bitch about having to pay $527 a month for health insurance... as much as I loved Honeygirl's New Zealand, there is no place in the world I would rather live.


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May we never forget.

[ECILAM]

Just realized I've never posted here.

That morning I had just worked an 8-hour mids watch at Fort Meade, Maryland. Only days before, I had separated from my former wife and moved back into the Airmen's dorms on base. My loveless sham of a marriage was finally over. So that morning after changing clothes I drove across the base to the legal office to pick up paperwork for my divorce.

The first plane probably would have hit at about the time I left the legal office to drive back to the dorm. I got back to my room and my buddy knocked on my door. "Hey man, come here and look at this."

He had the news on in his room across the hall. By this time the first tower had fallen; I read the caption across the bottom of the screen but somehow it didn't really sink in at first. Then they showed a replay of the second plane hitting. I was so used to movies that at first it looked fake, but it was on the real news so I was like "Whoa." But still it didn't quite sink in; I remember wondering if they'd been able to get the people out before the collapses. The shots were so far away it was hard to tell.

I was still a smoker in those days, so I went outside to the little gazebo next to the basketball hoops and took a breather. At the time I'd never set foot in New York City, but I knew this was going to be a big deal and everybody on base was going to get spun up. The few people I saw were quiet and rushed; I saw a couple of people running.

I went the the dorm CQ to see if I could help with anything. The Noncommissioned Officer In Charge had me suit up and report back to help with security details. Turns out I saved myself the trouble of getting my ass rudely awoken because they ended up booting everyone in the Airmen's dorms out of bed, shift workers be damned.

I ended up patrolling the area around the dorms with a walkie-talkie in my hand, occasionally paired off with someone else. It was a little goofy; we'd run into other security patrollers from other dorms and ask to see each other's IDs... all of us wearing the same fucking uniform, mind you. None of us really were sure what we were looking for, or what we'd do if we somehow did find a bad guy, other than clock his jaw with a walkie-talkie.

Granted, no one had woken up that day planning to deal with such a crazy situation. I remember there were F-15s from a nearby Air Force base that would pass by overhead periodically. I wondered what was going through the pilot's mind, or what he thought he was looking for. For all I know he felt the same way I did.

As the day went on the security posture on base stabilized to a degree and I was asked to help with the flag retreat. I felt a little rusty from practice during Tech School and just hoped we didn't screw it up too much.

Finally in the late afternoon I grabbed some food at the chow hall, and as I was eating the President went on TV. In those days I pretty much liked President Bush and was pleased with what he said at the time. I had only been in the Armed Forces for a couple of years, but found myself glad - under the circumstances - that I was in a position to at least somewhat be a part of helping to hopefully set things right again, to the extent such a thing was even possible.

I happened to be scheduled to be off that night, and when I was done with supper I crashed pretty hard, not because I wasn't bothered, but just because I was worn out.

[LarryD]

wow. thanks, ecilam.

[Jaz]

I was a freshman in college. First I heard was at the end of my chemistry class. Someone on the internet announced rumors about bombs going off in NYC and DC. When I got back to the dorm we turned on the television and watched all day. My sister was in DC at the time and it was crazy trying to get in touch. What a day

[Abackat09]

Hey Basom, can you re-post that shot from No-Name about once a month this summer? Thanks.