September 11th, 2001 – where were you?

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  • maureenkhilde
    maureenkhilde Posts: 849 Member
    I had just arrived for work, when one of my employees stopped me and said a really odd report on the radio. A plane had hit one of the WTC buildings and we were like what, how? Then less than 20 minutes later the next one hits. And we realize this is no accident. Then I am on the phone trying to reach employees who were there for a big meeting, that was held in home office, instead of NJ where we normally held meetings. Then one of my supervisors is in tears and needing to go home as her dad works in the WTC. Luck was on his side that day. He spilled coffee on his uniform, and went home to change, missed his subway train so went in later. And therefore was not in the WTC when the plane hit. Meanwhile we were getting updates all morning, and TV's in conference rooms and Cafeteria were all running about that day. Every year this is such a sad day.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    I was around 7 at the time and had done a round of schoolwork and scooted over to be with my family, play and watch some TV. As usual, we had it tuned in to the news and I saw what appeared to be two skyscrapers, equal in dignity. Out of the cloudless blue sky came a plane and a bunch of smoke/fire resulting from collision with the first tower. Before I could wrap my young brain around that, in came a similar plane from the opposite direction, which created yet more smoke and fire. Before I could blink, the towers' remains lay in a pile of rubble and plumes of smoke while news of the many injuries/casualties began pouring in. It was a sad day but that memory leaves me feeling eternally grateful for the love of (our choices of Higher Power) and the service of our first responders, paramedics, firefighters, soldiers and police officers that put their lives on the line for ours.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    Driving to work. Heard it on the radio. They thought it was an accident at first.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I was in school.

    Was at a really bad point in life and 'out if it', I didn't realize what had happened.

    I remember walking into a common area and everyone fixed on the TV.

    I just went about my day, I was in my own world trying to get by, kinda oblivious.

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