Where were you 11 yrs ago today 9-11

I work downtown in Tulsa. I heard about the first attack and we logged on the internet. Then the next plane hit. I remember saying to my supervisor we are being attacked if another plane goes down I am going home - I am not sure what is happening but I refuse to die at work, I'd rather be home with my kids and there is no telling what cities are being hit, especially with OKC recently being bombed. I left when the plane in PA went down. But half of the downtown offices closed that day. I cried all night.

Working in a dental office. As it was 11 years ago, I was manually processing x-rays on the machine that was situated right next to the dentist's office. Everyone had crowded around the door and were watching a little tv he had in there that normally showed how stocks were trading. I shifted my head to see what they were looking at and saw the smoke rising out of the buildings. All I could think was "holy hell! that is not an air-traffic control problem!!!!" (like the news agency was speculating). My shift ended at noon and as I was driving home I just kept looking up at the beautiful blue sky thinking "it seems so quite".

Getting ready to take my 6 month old to the doctor for a checkup. I really didn't want to go after I saw what happened on the tv :sad:

When the event happened I was at work, my children and my now ex-wife were safe at home. I was acting nurse manager at the time. It was one of those crazy mornings in a critical care unit. We had to transfer a number of patients to other floors so that we had open beds available for special cases. Blood and blood products were really being monitored for use. I ended up working 16 plus hrs that day just trying to get things ready. It was the days later when we starting getting some really critical patients from ground zero that were tufter. We had multiple debriefing sessions over the months over it.

Great Topic Tony. Like many others, I was just thinking about this.

I was on the way to a meeting in Michigan in the rental car. I heard about the planes hitting the tower on the radio. The first one was "What a terrible accident!" When the second one hit, I remember thinking "Uh Oh, this can't be an accident." By the time I got to my meeting everybody was watching the TV, not working, and I watched in horror with all the others as the towers fell.

I was supposed to be flying home that afternoon, but I was trapped in Michigan because of the flight cancellations and had to rush to get a hotel room. The hotels were like Rick's in Casablanca A whole bunch of stunned refugees just drinking, talking and watching TV because they were stuck far away from home with not much to do. Had known how long the flights would be grounded I would have driven home, but they kept saying the airports would open the next day - then moving the date back. That went on for several days.

I got the first flight out of Detroit for home and there were 8 people on it. When I got to the Atlanta airport it was like a Twilight Zone episode. It was a ghost town. In the hallways there were only police and military personnel and airline crews trying to get home. The hallways were empty and quiet, which never happens. It was a strange trip.

I was supposed to be in the air that day and my family wasn't sure where I was, so they had some anxious moments until I could call home.

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 for your service and to everyone that was and still is...

my son turned 2 that day and I was at work thinking about my little terror and how we were going to celebrate his birthday when I got home...and all I could do when i got home was to hold him and my 4 year daughter close to me and cry and watched it over and over.....

May God hold all our Military and their families in his hands and protect them as they are protecting us...Thank you...

Sitting in Student Support Services with the rest of the support team at University of St Andrews in Scotland, helping to organise and co-ordinate support for all our newly arrived US Junior Year Abroad students.

Pretty hellish job to do and lots of people very upset and wanting to fly home immediately but townsfolk, staff and fellow students rallied around wonderfully to help every single one of those students.

I was in the 6th grade when the teacher turned the t.v. on and everything seemed to come to a stop.... parents were picking up their children from school. I really didn't understand what was going and why everyone was freaking out because the twin towers were in NEW YORK and we were in FLORIDA. but of coarse, I came to understand why we were all alert!!!!

11 Years later I am in the Army getting ready to get out and has served one tour overseas.

I was in my 9th grade World History class....once it happened, we were all told to turn on the news and we watched it the rest of the day. I remember that day like it was yesterday...

Wow...gives me chills thinking about it

I was just across the river in New Jersey waiting for my truck to be unloaded. Had a clear view of those terrible events.

I was sitting rocking my newborn while my 3 year old daughter played with her toys next to me. I watched with horror on TV. My husband, who is a firefighter here in Wisconsin, was just getting off shift. I could not get a hold of him and was worried about whether there were attacks going on across the country. I called my mother, who was at work, and she told me that the whole office had stopped working and was glued to the TV.

I remember wondering how many more planes were out there heading toward a building. I remember when the first tower fell and thinking about how many people just lost their lives. Then the second tower. And, of course, the attack on the Pentagon and those who died on Flight 93.

God bless all those who went in to those buildings that day to try to save others, probably knowing they would not make it out. 343 of our bravest firefighters and heros were lost that day, 23 New York Police Officers & 37 Port Authority also gave all for others. Not to mention all those citizens who were simply going to work that morning and many of them did what they could to help those in need to.

May God bless them all and also bless those they left behind. I ask God to also bless all of our soldiers currently serving & keep them safe, the veterans who have served this country, and those that made the ultimate sacrafice for the freedoms we all enjoy.

WE MUST NEVER FORGET!

I will never forget that day... I was in Mrs. K. Evans English 4A class at Worthing Senior High School in Houston, Texas. We watched it live in class as it was happening, not the norm because we did not watch television during school. We cried, some thought it was a hoax. It was a life changing moment. It really made me put things in perspective and embrace the Help and Comfort of the Lord and mourn with those who lost. We were a divided nation before, and although very tragic, it helped bring us together as a nation.

I was in 8th grade we just got to 1st period when they made us all go back to homeroom. They announced the school was on lock down and that all after school activities had been canceled. We were all told to sit quiet until we received further direction. My teacher had turned the news on the TV and that is when we saw what was happening. They sent us all home and when I got there, my mom was already home waiting for me and my 3 sisters. Getting home, my sister and I just looked at the sky...it was so empty. No clouds or planes. We spent the rest of the day watching the devestating news and being thankful for everything we had. I will never forget this day.

Forever in our hearts those lost to us in body, but never in spirit. God Bless

11 years ago today, I joined the United States Army, by complete coincidence...

The second tower came down as I was reciting my Oath of Enlistment.

I have never regretted it ONCE!!!

Thank you for your service sdpursley!