Where were you 11 yrs ago today 9-11

I was getting ready for work when my roommate called me in to watch it on tv. Still get chills thinking about it. There is nothing that can prepare you for that. I felt like we were all brothers and sisters that day when sometimes borders, religons & race seem to set us all apart.

on the 12 floor of my office blocks away from the White House. Crazy time. Not sure what was going to happen next. Watched live news footage on a TV set up in one of our conf rooms. Once the plane hit the Pentagon, I was gone!

I was 20 years old...married...very pregnant with my first child. I was at work, and the break room with the tv was downstairs. I remember making several trips down there that day. I remember rubbing my very pregnant belly thinking "Lord what kind of a world am I bringing my child into?"....Today I'm 31, and he'll be 11 next month. And I will never forget that day. I still wonder what kind of a world we're in. May God bless those who have suffered in any way.

11 years ago today I was in 7th grade and it started off like any normal day. I remember a kid next to me saying that there was a terrorist attack on the United States and at the time, being so young, I had no idea what he was talking about. The teacher turned on the news, but we were all so oblivious, we had no idea it was a big deal. I remember finishing my school day as normal, for some reason there wasn't much talk about it. Instead of going straight home, I stopped for pizza with a friend. At the time, I didn't have a cell phone and was expected to go straight home after school but I knew as long as I was home before my mom, it wouldn't be a big deal. I walked into my house around 4:00pm to my mom and sister sitting on the couch crying. My mom was freaking out asking me where I'd be. She explained the situation to me and we sat and watched the coverage on the television. What I failed to realize was that my brother, who had just 2 months prior completed boot camp in the Army, was being sent to war. He called later that day to tell us he loved us, but that we wouldn't be talking for some time. The next time we spoke to him was Mother's Day. Luckily through all of his trips oversees, he is still with us today and I couldn't be more proud of him.

I was 23 a shm to my 13 month old twins was watching E.R. on the t.v and remember it was a new one because for a min i was annoyed that they went to the news until i realized what was happening . Then i can just remember watching for the rest of the day in disbelief and shock. To this day when they run the shows on the anniversary of 9-11 i think about all the people whose lives were changed forever and it saddens me greatly.

On Sept 9th and 10th I had been in NYC. A reunion that I was invited to was organized. Instead of staying one more night in NYC, My ex and I drove home to Massachusetts(10th). We got up late(9:30.a.m.-EST), and then started seeing on the news about the first plane crashing! I was dumb-struck because I was only 10hrs from being right there! I could not believe all that was happening. I am changed from that day in many ways. I wonder why some people can "hate" that much!, but now realize there is that kind of hate in our World.

I was visiting a friend after school. And i flew abroad the following day. security was overwhelming.

I lived in St.Louis and was in high school. I was 15. Iremember my teacher looking at the boys in our class and saying "Some of you will go to war because of this." Sadly, one of the boys in that class was hit by an IED in Afghanistan four years ago. He was a good friend of mine and an army ranger.

My (now) husband had just entered the navy right before this. He was 18. His boat, the George Washington, was sent to NYC that day.

I was sat in my family restaurant in Wales, UK. We decided to close for the day while we watched everything on the news, I was 10 at the time. Me and my best friend were due to go and watch our favorite pop group in concert the following weekend, but my friends mother told us she feared there might be an attack in the UK, so we cancelled the concert and didnt go.

Working in a highschool kitchen in Urbandale, IA when the principal came in and said an air plane crashed into the twin towers. Went into a nearby class room as the second plane hit the second tower and it fell. One of the sadest days of my life. I will never forget.
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11 years ago I was at the tail end of a 24 hour shift at the fire department. We were doing our turnover when someone saw a flash of the footage on the news. We stayed on shift, our replacement shift stayed, and our third shift came in. The region I lived in had more than 20 military bases, and is only a few hours from DC.

5 hours later, one of our shifts was on it's way to DC, another to New York, and a third stayed on duty at our station, with support of volunteers for days. Our families were very supportive, coming to visit at the station, the families of those of us that left town came and just waited at the station.

Many of the firefighters and paramedics in New York were friends of mine, we'd met at conferences and stayed in touch. My then (I'm divorced now) father in law was working at the Pentagon, said he didn't even feel it from the side of the building he works on.

3 years later, during my divorce, I learned that my son, who was four at the time of the attacks was deeply touched by the events. After my move, I went in for an interview with the fire department in a new city, ready to start my new life... My son told me that if an airplane crashed into a building, I shouldn't go in. It hit me then that it's one thing for a 2 parent family to have a paramedic in the mix, its another thing all together to be a paramedic and a single parent. Thus ended my career in emergency medical services, and the beginnings of my work in education.

I live in London UK and when the first plane hit I was just entering my office block from my lunchbreak when I saw 100's people crowded around the TV screens, I said what has happened? they told me one plane at hit the towers. As I stood there watching the second plane hit, we were frozen to the spot with tears falling down our eyes, our mangers let us all go home, it was a sad sad day.

i was in social studys class in eight grade and mrs. pawlak had recieve a phone call and then turned the tv on and it was all over the tv right after the secound plane had hit the secound tower

I was sitting at my computer, playing WoW in Conway, Arkansas. All of a sudden, Trade Channel went wild with people talking about an airplane hitting one of the WTC towers. I couldn't believe it and of course, thought it was a terrible accident. I left the game and went to turn on my TV, just in time to see the second plane hit. It wasn't an accident anymore. I, along with everyone I knew, stayed glued to the TV for quite some time.

I was in shock and really didn't ever think about this type of thing happening on American land, before that day. Now I know it can. I'll never forget it. I hope nobody does.

I was just entering 9th and went to visit some friends over at the middle school a block away. Suddenly, my friend's dad (who is a cop) drove up and pick her up, saying there had been an attack and she was coming home from school. We were all so confused. I didn't know know what the Twin Towers were. My chemistry teacher actually spent the entire class period talking about what this meant for us and our country and it was such an eye opener.