9-11
 

Does anyone remember what they were doing when they heard about the terrorist acts of 9/11?

I was in class. I felt kinda stupid, because I had been in classes all morning and had no idea what people where talking about. When a classmate told me, I couldn't believe it. It was like a scene from a movie, something that couldn't actually happen in reality.:(

I literally was just rolling out of bed, when I overheard an NPR reporter say "... where the World Trade Center used to be....". I couldn't believe my ears, so I turned on the TV and saw the replay of the second plane.

I'm on the west coast, so by the time I woke up at 7:30 AM, the attacks had only taken place about an hour ror so earlier.

I was watching the "Today show" after hurting myself at the gym, and I watched most things live, it was really like a bad dream

:eek:

I was at work on the 20th floor....3 blocks East from The Trade Center. My office shook when both planes hit the towers. My coworker and I saw the papers flying outside of our windows and thought there was a ticket tape parade....but knew that none of the NY teams had one anything. After the second plane hit is when we left our building and about 15 minutes later is when the first building collapsed.

:eek:

We all (the four of us that are in the office) made it to our various homes safely...THANK YOU GOD!!! :) Just remembering makes me tear up all the time.

An experience that I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET!!!

Fortunately to my Knowledge the Sorors and Frat that worked in the Towers and the immediate areas are all safe.

My mom woke me up and told me to turn on the TV. I saw the second plane hit but I think I was too sleepy to truly understand what was happening.

i'm such a bonehead
 

when i woke up that morning, i, like i do every morning, turned on my radio. i heard a bunch of talking on the radio so i changed the dial--same thing. so i decided i would get ready for class and listen to some jazz, but that radio station had talking. then it clicked that all the talking sounded the same, so if something important was going on, i preferred to see it than to hear it.

i turned on the t.v. and saw it, but it really didn't sink in so i turned off the t.v. and listened to a c.d.

i went outside my campus apartments to wait for the shuttle when this girl i didn't know came up to me and the other people and said that classes had been cancelled and that they were ringing the fire alarms on campus. i called her a liar because i was thinking "i practically stay on campus. if they rang the alarms across the street, they would ring these too," so i went on to class.

i had two classes on that day and the first one let out early because the teacher was upset about what happened and was upset that they hadn't closed campus. so, i was sitting around waiting for my second class and i called up one of my friends from back home who told me that she was going to donate blood. then it hit!! WE JUST GOT ATTACKED!! THEY THINK IT WAS BIN LADEN!! MY SECOND CLASS IS THE STUDY OF ISLAM!!! THERE ARE A LOT OF PAKISTANS, INDIANS, AFGHANISTANS IN THAT CLASS!!! I'M NOT GOING TO CLASS!!

so i walked my stupid and ignant tail on back to my place. stupid because it took so long for me to realize that our country had just been attacked and ignant because i was acting as if my classmates were the guilty ones!

that class ended up being cancelled but the chancellor of our university system came under heavy scrutiny for not closing the campuses. and, all that day, my eyes were glued to the news coverage

I was sleeping. My sister had a class that morning so she woke me up and told me when she got back. She heard it on the radio and I thought the DJs had been joking til I saw it on tv.

I was asleep at home in Cali. My mother called me talking about "plane and WTC." She knows my bf works in the WTC because I was out there three weeks before visiting him. I wasn't clear until I turned on the TV. I was in shock at the devestation, but not particularly concerned about him because I knew he worked in WTC #7, not the Towers. So I hung up and called his home in NJ: nothing, cell phone: got some other guy. Called his office: no incoming calls. So then I got nervous. Called his cousin, who conferenced his mother: she was stressed and hadn't heard from him. Then I started to freak out a bit.

To make a long story short, he called me safe and sound two hours later, and I had to call his family. It was the most "on the ground praying" two hours I've had. My heart and prayers truly go out to the families of the victims, because for a few moments, I didn't know what the status was of my loved one, and I have a taste of what they must be going through.

September 11, 2001
 

I was in a staff meeting when an administrative assistant interrupted the meeting to tell us a plane hit one of the WTC Towers. Because I work in the aviation industry anything involving a plane gets my attention. So we quickly went to my office and turned on the television. While the broadcaster was talking about the first plane, we watched the second plane hit. Then we realized it was NOT an accident.

Later the Pentagon tragedy and the frantic search to account for a co-worker's son and a Marine with whom I had served 12 years ago. Thankfully one was PTing (doing physical training outside the building) and the other works on the other side and was not harmed in any way.

The events of the day hit the city of Fort Myers and Lee County in a big way. Cee Cee Lyle (the flight attendant on Flight 93) was married to a Fort Myers Police Officer and three or four other people killing in the attacks had roots in the area.

The entire day was one of grief, anxiety, and anger.

I had just gotten up to get ready for choir rehearsal...I turned on the TV like I usually do and saw the footage of planes hitting the towers and all I could do was pray...needless to say, I did no go any classes that day...

I was in the public llibrary working on a project. One of the patrons had mentioned something about, "The world is coming to an end" "Terrorist has just killed thousands of people in New York City" "Someone has just bombed the Pentagon in Washington D.C." things of that nature. I didn't believe what I was hearing. I really didn't pay it any attention. I didn't think it was serious as it was until I got home and looked at television. It was really true.:( I felt so sorry for all the lives that were lost and all the families of the l ost ones. All we can dos is PRAY PRAY PRAY....

I was in the public llibrary working on a project. One of the patrons had mentioned something about, "The world is coming to an end" "Terrorist has just killed thousands of people in New York City" "Someone has just bombed the Pentagon in Washington D.C." things of that nature. I didn't believe what I was hearing. I really didn't pay it any attention. I didn't think it was serious as it was until I got home and looked at television. It was really true.:( I felt so sorry for all the lives that were lost and all the families of the lost ones. All we can do is PRAY PRAY PRAY....

I was on my way to class and I turned my radio on to listen to the Doug Banks morning Show...They were discussing the first plane crash into the WTC ...Words can't describe how I felt at that moment...It is indeed a day that WE will always remember... :(

i will never forget
 

i was sleep like many of yall but then my mom came running up the stairs screaming that we were getting bombed. she ran in my room and turned on the tv. and at that exact moment, i raised my head and watched the second plane hit the WTC. i was just in shock. she sat on my bed and we didnt move for like two hours. she and i just watched the cnn for what seemed like forever.

I just finished my 8:00 class and then a classmate said that the a plane crashed into WTC...i drove home in between classes to see what he was talking about. I was shocked as I watched the news. I had to leave to go back to class, because word hadn't gotten around campus yet, nor were classes cancelled for the day. We had a prayer vigil outside the student center on campus. That's when it hit that my godfather works for the Pentagon. All of a sudden i got overwhelmed with grief so I went home to contact my parents, my godparents, my family and friends in the DC/NY area. So I spent most of my day in class, on the phone, and at home.

I was just walking out of the house to drive into the city to court. (I'm a lawyer). I saw the first tower on the news flash, but I left before the second plane hit. All I had was news reports on the radio.

I called my peeps in ATL and CHI to see if they heard the news. One of my friends was on a business trip in Dallas, and they had to take a Greyhound bus back to Atlanta after the meeting. By the time I got to the court house, all of the courts were closed. (The area where court is is surrounded by city hall, state and federal buildings.)

There were people everywhere, all just walking around (everyone was dismissed for the day) The busses were packed but I finally got back to my girlfriends house, where I left my car.

She finally got home and we turned on the news at about 11:30 a.m. I hadn't realized the towers fell until I saw the replays on the news. I was shocked. Every time I see the Sears Tower now, I just can't believe those two buildings crumbled like that, and I could imagine the pandimonium if that happened in Chicago.

I ended up running into a Soror in a chat room whose husband escaped from the 68th floor of tower 1. She said words could not express his experience (He is getting counseling). But the gist of it was he is alive because he broke out of there immediately. Alot of people died because they lingered around, wrapping up work. If you didn't hit the stairwell immediately, people got caught in the crowds.

I couldn't even bear to go to the top of the courthouse building (30 floors) for a couple of weeks and I seriously contemplated keeping my gym shoes and flashlight handy in my briefcase.

I still haven't flown anywhere yet, definitely this summer though.

On 9/11...
 

I woke up and checked the email like I usually do (I try to stay away from television news) and there were over 100 emails in my box to and from sorors to see if they were okay and stuff (I am in the Pacific Time Zone, so it had already happened by 7:00am).

Then I checked out the CNN site, first and there was a photo of the towers falling. I watched the news, and the whole thing was unreal.

One of my sorors was lost in the WTC. Several business associates and their relatives were also lost in plane crashes and in the tower. One of my business associates is in physical therapy, learning to walk all over again because she was trapped in the rubble.

Through it all, though, God is still good.

-TRSimon

I remember
 

I had run out of toothpaste and I couldn't go to class w/ my breath smelling like last night's dinner, so I went to a nearby drugstore before going to class and heard all the chaos on the radio they were playing. My first thought was oh Lord, the world is coming to an end! Everyone in Kerr Drug was freaking out....it was crazy. I skipped class and went right back to my dorm (I forgot to buy the toothpaste) to call home and watch the news.

I was in Denver that week attending a conference. I got up, got dressed, and went to the lobby of the hotel I was staying in to get some breakfast.

And there must have been about 20 people around the TV. I'm in the military, so I was in uniform, and they all kinda looked at me as I rushed to see what was going on. I caught it just as the Pentagon explosion was being reported. I was in total shock.... and that doesn't really do justice to how I felt.

Then, I got a phone call telling me to return to San Diego (where I was living at thetime) by any means possible ASAP. No need to tell you that I was fired up to get back and get into action.

Roooo

I was at work
 

It was business as usual in the call center where I work. My only "real" contact with the outside world was AIM. About 9:50, my screen lit up with IMs telling me a plane crashed into the WTC. I tried to go to the CNN site but, of course, couldn't get to it because of traffic.

I continued on, not fully aware of what had happened. True, the call volume dropped but I didn't think anything of it (maybe folks had decided to read the manual). Then I got a call from a customer in the NY area who asked if I had heard. I told him I had but didn't know any details. He filled me in. By that time, the 2nd plane had crashed & the 1st tower had collapsed. I IMed a friend who works for VH1 checking to see if he's ok & trying to find out when he was going home. His building was evacuated & they were ultimately sent home.

Shortly after that, we received an e-mail from the president of the company saying we were closing early as a result of the WTC attacks & the unsure condition of the financial markets (we're an accounting software company). The drive home was eerie. The streets were packed like it was 5:30pm instead of 11:30am and there was this creepy stillness in the air. All the government & state buildings had closed and there were already reports of bomb threats in and around Atlanta. Hartsfield was closed with no word of when it would be open again. I got home & parked myself in front of the computer with CNN on in the background.

What I was doing on 9/11....
 

Oops....sorry. Did a search and I thought this was in the Chit Chat forum... my bad :)

On 9/11, I took the #4 train to fulton street and walked to the WTC. I went into building one to mail my rent check. (Two months earlier I was working in the WTC on the 21st floor. My company was closing and I was let go on June 30.) Anywho...I happened to see my old boss. We were talking and I said "I need to come up and see you guys before the company officially closes but it is already 8:40 so let me catch the path train to New Jersey." (For those of you that do not know you can catch a train to Jersey City, NJ in the WTC. The train ride is about 5 minutes and when you come out on the other side you are looking at the New York Sky Line.) My boyfriend recently told me that I neede to check my tardiness for events and I said to myself let me just go straight to work. I won't even stop for breakfast. I got on the path train and when I came out on the other side I was looking across the water at Manhattan and was really enjoying the weather. That is when the first plane hit. It was unbelieveable to see that happen with your own eyes. I ran upstairs to my office and called my mom.

It just so happens that my office had huge windows facing the WTC. When the second plane hit I was numb and when the third plane hit in D.C. that is when I left the building. I missed the first building falling but the second building fallingwas....I am sorry but there are no words to express all the feelings and the emotions that went through my mind and body. I was stuck in Jersey and spent the night out there at a co-workers house.

My boyfriend works as an EMT and was sent to the site and he said the worst thing was watching an HEARING the people that jumped.

God works in mysterious ways. I was upset that I lost my job in June but if I didn't there is no telling if I would be here to write about this.

Everyday before I go to work or step out my door I tell my boyfriend to be safe and I love him. when I call my parents and or family I always end of saying that I love you. Please remember that nothing is promised and all can be loss in a blink of an eye.:eek:

I remember I was just getting up to go to class when my roommate called me from his job. I thought he was kidding at first til I got online to see it on every webpage. This was when it first happened and they thought it was an accident. Then the second plane hit, and I must say I was in shock. I live in a capitol city so basically the whole city was shut down. Also, 9/11 is my roommate's birthday :eek: so as planned, I took him out to dinner that night. Needless to say it was very somber. There might have been 4 other people in the restaurant (whic is normally packed), and the WTC was on every TV.

9-11 - remembering