Where were you 11 yrs ago today 9-11

luv_lea

I was in high school second period by the time the news broke. The rest of the day there were tvs on in every classroom displaying the latest news coverage.

MiloBloom83

Where were you? i was at work, listening to the radio, when the DJ broke in to say a plane had hit World Trade. Not a jet, a plane. How weird, i thought, but didn't think twice about it. Then, seemingly just minutes later, he came back on to say a second plane had hit. WTF? was my reaction. What was going on? Shortly thereafter, news of the collapse. I was numb. I couldn't believe this was happening. I drove to a job site later, near the Quad Cities Airport, to the deafening roar of jet after jet making landing after landing as the were ordered from the skies. It seemed so impossible. I remember the weather was incredibly nice that day, not a cloud in the sky. The only thing up there were the contrails of Air Force One, when it flew over earlier. Those lines in the sky lingered forever it seemed. I remembered commenting to a cousin later that day at my son's soccer practice how this was the only day in our lifetimes that the sky didn't have plane after plane streaking across it. It was eerie. My youngest was only 4 months old then. And we've been at war his entire life. Odd to think about.

Captain_RG

Mr. Sanders Geometry class. Freshman year in high school. Spent the entire day trying to get a hold of my best friend and her family in NY.

Shelgirl001

I had dropped my son off at preschool. I got home and my then husband was watching the news on tv. I remember being incredulous about it all, and then the 2nd plane ran into the other tower. I just stood there and wondered what would happen next. I worked at a local paper at the time and had to prepare the pictures they found on the AP wire for the special edition that night. They were awful and just gruesome to see. So very candid.
About 2 weeks later I was laid off from that job because of the economic changes the country experienced from fallout due to this day. I have yet to find a decent job again. What a fateful day.

MariaMariaM

I was supposed to be having a meeting on WTC 1, 64 or 65 floor. It was my lucky day because on my way to the 830 I got a call from my manager telling me that the meeting was moved to the afternoon because the person hosting the meeting was running late.

We were having our usual morning meeting when we heard the first plane hit the tower. We thought it was some random helicopter. When turned on the TV as the second plane hit the other tower. It was a horrible day that I wish I could erase from my memory.

Thanks to all of those and their families that have sacrifice their lives for us.

Rennae9

It was around 4pm in Vuctrii, Kosovo. My husband was working for the United Nations at the time. The electricity had just came back on and I was jumping into the bath since the power had been off for two days. The only English speaking channel we had on satellite was MSNBC. The power came on so naturally my husband was watching TV. He yelled, "Hey come look at this!" We both thought it was an advertisement at first for some action movie. We both were watching the TV when the second plane hit. We turned and looked at each other and said "Oh My God...."

Tracepa98

I was at home, had slept late. Turned on the radio and heard something about Church St and thought they were talking about Orlando FL. So I turned on the tv and was stunned. Watched in shock and cried. Called my (at the time) mother in law and found out that my current boyfriend's Brother in Law was somewhere in Manhattan. His other brother in law was stuck in Jersey. My boyfriends family is from Brooklyn and he lived there for 26 years. I spoke to him and he was crying after i told him about his family's whereabouts.

I called out of work (it was a 4 hour shift) and drove to be with my boyfriend. Was thankful that his family was safe but still we watched the terror unfold on tv.

So very saddened that this great country had to endure that kind of loss.

fatboy235

I was working in a machine shop that manufactured aircraft engines. Shortly after I lost my job because people stopped flying.

dreamsofescaping

I was asleep when my dad woke me up and told me to come watch the news that a plane had crashed into the world trade center. I didn't really know what that meant at the time but as I was watching the news the second tower was hit. We watched it in silence (besides the gasps) of shock we were experiencing. I went to work that day and it was slow (this is one of the busiest 7-11's in north america) but it was eerily slow that day.

gmukris

I was a senior in college in George Mason University in Virginia. I woke up to Howard Stern on my radio, as usual. He was talking about planes hitting the WTC. I thought to myself, "That's a really sick joke, even for you." Then I turned on the TV. School didn't close that day, but I couldn't leave my TV set. The next day, I had to go into DC via metro and when they opened the doors for the Pentagon station to let out essential employees, the smoke smell was overwhelming.

RCS17

I was at home, doing my school work (was homeschooled) and my mom was watching the news. I had no idea what was going on b/c I was only in second grade, but I remember that day so clearly.. I'll never forget 9/11 </3

elimendoza31

I had just arrived to Missouri we had left Goshen New York. It was a sad day and nobody will ever be forgotten...

rocakes

I was living in Jersey City, NJ across the river. My mother called and said we're under attack get home now but I couldn't leave bc the traffic was unbelievable so I went to the bar as I went outside to smoke a cigarette a guy was outside hysterically crying on his phone say" I missed my train I over slept I was suppose to be in the building I missed my train" I can never forget the pain and fear in his voice and seeing all the people coming over from the city covered in dust and crying and screaming.
I'll never forget those who lost their lives today and the years after protecting us!

Im_NotPerfect

I was at a trade show at the McCormick Center in Chicago, IL. I was getting dressed and eating breakfast in my hotel room (10th floor up) when my co-worker called me and told me to turn on the news. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Since it was an international trade show, there were a TON of people from NY there. Walking down to the show floor was very eery as everyone was gathered around every TV in the place. Luckily our booth had a land line phone (as all cell towers were clogged), so I was able to call my fiance (now husband), who worked for the same company, to let him know I was OK. By that time, they were shutting down the Sears Tower, the Hancock Building, the Magnicficient Mile, etc. And since the McCormick Center is the second tallest building in Chicago, we were a tad nervous.

I had driven my own car down, so I was able to drive myself and my co-worker home to GB, WI. There were very few cars on the road and we listened to the radio the entire way. My fiance/husband met me at our home and gave me the biggest hug I've ever gotten, then we watched the news the rest of the night. I'll never forget it.

skinnybearlyndsay

In Kuwait serving my country. That was a long terrible day for me and I'm still serving today at 14 1/2yrs.

Thank you so much for your service and fighting for our freedom.

Thank you to ALL military members. Your sacrifice is the greatest gift to this country, one I think we sometimes overlook.

laurasimmons

I was working for a company right out side of Washington D.C. It was very scary as there were a lot of friends and family members that had friends or family there in the pentagon. It's a day I'll never forget.

Zumbagurl64

I was at work when I heard it on the radio, then switched to the internet for coverage....couldn't believe what I was hearing/seeing. Still weep for the lives lost, wounded, not recovered, and all those who had to personally experience such a horific tragedy.......thanks to all the fireman, police, EMT's, etc. for all they did, they are truly heros in my book! God Bless!

squigglypuff

i've been a new yorker all of my life. i was in eighth grade at the time and my family was living on long island. we found out during second period, it was my art class. there was an announcement followed by mass hysteria. nearly everyone in class had a parent or loved on that worked in manhattan and chaos ensued when children and teachers tried to call their families. i don't remember if they let us out early or if we stayed the full day, but i don't remember proceeding to the next class in my schedule. i think they had us on lock-down, watching the horrifying footage on television. my mother worked in brooklyn and saw the smoke and debris falling from across the river. my best friend's dad worked on wall street and had to walk across the brooklyn bridge to get home because the trains weren't running. this same man now works in the empire state building and somehow avoided the recent shooting.

i later wound up going to college in manhattan, years later. when that retired yankees player crashed his plane into some building on the east side, my mother called me in a panic to make sure i was okay. i strategically cut classes every 9/11 to come home to long island, just in case something were to occur again. the police presence in nyc around this time of year is overwhelming.

my heart goes out to everyone affected by 9/11. i refuse to turn on the tv today because i don't need to be reminded of what happened. i'll never forget.

rooster70460

I had just gotten my kids off to school and woke up my then bf out of a dead sleep when I saw the news. He worked for American Airlines and I remembering him saying " OMG is is NOT good... I got to go!!" He left to report to work with his other fellow employees. Such a sad time... I remember watching tv all day and crying!!!!

FenderGuy

I was driving to work. It was a beautiful morning and the biggest thing in the news was frequent shark attacks. Suddenly, you didn't hear much about the shark attacks any more.

Charmed285

I was 11 years old in elemtary school and I remember my teacher walking out of the class red, puffed eyed, trying to hold back tears when he heard about the news. he was worried about is father being in the building but it turnes out his dad didn't work that day and he was fine. I on the other hand didn't know what was going on or what the tower was; I was young and clueless of what was going on.

now I think about it I STILL to this day haven't seen the footage of what happend (maybe just small glimpses but nothing like the people are talking about here or i just don't remember), so I'm going to take a look at it now.

I was right. I havne't seen it and WOW...OMG I was speechless. I don't know how I haven't seen that before now and I LIVE in the U.S. I do sort of know how but still. wow.

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Babygirl928

I was sitting on the couch (5 months pregnant) wondering where my family in NY was and my brother was working in the pentagon. It was a horrific day. TO ALL SOLDIERS, FIREFIGHTERS, EMT'S & POLICE.......THANK YOU JUST ISN'T ENOUGH. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS THE USA!!!

digitalbill

I was at work at a web hosting company in Boca Raton, Fl.
I heard a plane hit the WTC and I assumed it was a small plane (Like a cesna or something. I tried to go to cnn.com but network traffic was bogged.
I went into the break room and I saw the footage of the first crash. We were talking about it and then suddenly we saw the second plane hit.

wolfpack77

I was at work sitting at my computer. A chat message popped up from a friend and said "a plane just hit the world trade center". Initially I thought it was an accident. But then the second one hit. At that point we realized we were under attack, so my workplace decided to shut down. But none of us could leave. We just sat and watched helplessly as the towers collapsed on the breakroom TV. Never will forget.

rgbink

Was in New York at a meeting I will never forget that day and driving away from the city seeing the smoke rising into the sky. Thank you to all that serve in our military, fire and Police keeping us safe.

katrwal

I was driving to the office in Ann Arbor when I heard on the radio that the first plane hit WTC... saw the 2nd plane hit on the TV in the office... I remember turning to one of my coworkers and saying "I don't think this is done yet"... a few minutes later they said that a plane had hit the Pentagon. I was scheduled to fly back to London at the end of the week - never did end up going back. Lost some friends that day - carrying around my box of Kleenex today. Thank you to all who continue to remember, continue to fight, and continue to live in honor of those who's choice was taken away.

terrappyn

I was at work, 20 years old and just stepped out of a meeting to find everyone crowded around the little 5" tv the HR woman had watching the news. I still can't believe it was that long ago.

♥Amy♥

I was riding to work with my sister and her now ex-husband when the first plane hit (my car was being repaired and they took me to work). Upon arriving at work (a bank), they had the radio on and we listened to it all day long. I remember being SUPER busy that day and actually running out of money because EVERYONE was coming in and withdrawing all their money from their accounts.

vikingchix

I was at work in Dallas TX....I remember it like it was yesterday.

I think I cried every day for two months. Things still hit me hard....I cry every time I hear the national anthem.

ChristineS_51

I am in Western Australia - I can remember walking into the lounge room and seeing those terrible images on TV - could not beleive what we were seeing - we were just stunned. Then I got a call from my (then) 18 yo daughter, who was travelling in Europe, she was in Italy and didn't know what was happening, she thought it was World War Three. I had to tell her that it was not WW3 but still terrible, that many people had been killed, and to stay away from any places that might get attacked.

A tragedy - seeing those images still chills me to my inner core.