Where were you 11 yrs ago today 9-11

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  • MiaOrange
    MiaOrange Posts: 151 Member
    Homeless with my now ex-husband and our 2 babies and 2 pet birds. Had a check from my bank 2,000 miles away, that no bank would cash, because it had my maiden name on it and it didn't match my drivers license. We'd been camping in the woods and came to town, because it was getting cold and we needed to get the babies a place to live. Couldn't find a hotel that took animals, had no cash and were lucky enough to have friends of friends with a empty room in their house. Watched the news. An hour or so after it 1st happened we were driving in gridlock traffic in the heat. Cars all around had windows down and 100% news, no music. It was weird having skis with no planes. I tried to call back to my hometown and the pay phone kept saying "All circuits are busy" or something along those lines.
  • chubbygirl253
    chubbygirl253 Posts: 1,309 Member
    getting ready for work. I called work where they had little access to news and relayed to them what I was seeing on the news.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    On my way to downtown Farmer's branch to have a traffic ticket dismissed. There were tanks in front of the police station and the courthouse was locked down.
  • tas3980
    tas3980 Posts: 93 Member
    I was living at home in Australia at the time... it was just before midnight our time, I was up, getting ready for work at the hotel I worked at, and had the news on... I remember sitting down on the edge of the bed in disbelief, not being able to move... I have friends in NY but thankfully they were all safe.

    I massive shout out to the emergency services for all their hard work (I've got a friend that is with the NYFD) and my god rest the souls of the people tragically taken from us too soon!
  • jerbear67
    jerbear67 Posts: 247 Member
    That morning I had woken up late for work so I was out of my routine of watching the new before work. I was driving into work that morning jamming to my CD's, so I didn't even have the radio on. As I was walking into work through the main lobby at the hospital I work for, I saw people crying which wasn't unusal to see. However I noticed that the gal who worked the information desk was in tear too. I continued to walk to the unit that I was working on at the time, which happened to be on the 1st floor. I walk into a unit of tears. I said what happened? I got the response of you don't know? they said go into breakroom they are replaying this mornings events at the twin towers. Just as I was walking into the breakroom the second tower was being hit. I will never forget that day as long as I live.
  • NakeshiaB
    NakeshiaB Posts: 250 Member
    I was asleep because I live on the other side of the world! I remember for some reason I turned the news on before school that morning though (something I never usually did) and even in New Zealand the twin towers were all over the TV/radio. My mother didn't believe me at first when I told her what happened, she had to switch the radio on and hear it for herself. A terrible tragedy that has done no good for anyone on earth...
  • trappedreams
    trappedreams Posts: 17 Member
    I read that as were you 11 years ago today 9-11.
    well i was 11 years old, and I remember waking up in the morning seeing the tv with the shocking news.
  • quietlywinning
    quietlywinning Posts: 889 Member
    I was getting my kids to work on their assignments, (homeschooling) and my brother called and said, "Put the math books away, Sis, and turn on the news." I turned on the tv and called the kids in, and asked my brother what I was seeing. He said a plane had hit the WTC and they think it's an accident but it couldn't be. It was a clear day and no pilot could possibly not have seen it. The kids gathered around because it was so unusual for me to turn on the tv, and we watched as the second plane hit, and I knew we were under attack. We put the books away and watched, totally speechless.

    It was the birthday of my oldest and youngest at the time (I h ave another younger one now), and we had planned to go out to lunch at noon. I decided that it was their BIRTHDAY and we were not going to spend the entire day in grief - we would celebrate at least in that little way, and took them to the restaurant of their choice. I couldn't help but listen to the radio in the car, though, and when we got to the restaurant, we found ourselves in the midst of many who needed to be with others, to talk and to watch on tv. Nobody knew anybody, but there were no introductions and no strangers - we were all one family. We were human beings watching other human beings suffer pain, terror, loss, death. We could hardly tear ourselves away to go back home, but as soon as we got to the car, we needed to go home and be in front of the t v again. At some point, we had presents to open, cake and ice cream to eat, neighbor kids in, but all that is a blur.

    I chatted online with a friend whose husband was NYPD. They were on vacation, and he was frantic to get home, to help, but couldn't get back into NYC. He's never recovered from the survivors guilt, and grieves still for his unit that went in and died. My son turned 14 that day, and is now in the Air Force, protecting his mom and sisters the best way he knows how. He was always a patriotic kid, but that day cemented his love for the United States of America. He is so proud to serve, and I am so proud of him, but I do hate how far away from home he is.

    11 years later, it is still shocking to watch the news coverage from that day. All those people........
  • nlwilliamson
    nlwilliamson Posts: 225 Member
    I was at home in Australia at my Dad's house, my Mum was in the USA at an airport about to get on a flight (I don't remember where) and at 9 or 10 years old all I knew was that something horrific was happening and my Mum was about to be on a plane, I called her right away and thank god her flight was cancelled. I will never forget how horrible I felt, that sick feeling in my stomach and the tears that were shed. 9/11 will forever have effects on the world. God bless those who lost their lives, and those who risked their lives saving those who were trapped.
  • Miss_dannii
    Miss_dannii Posts: 1,351 Member
    I was in the back country of utah roughing it for several days.. I didn't learn about anything that happened until September 17th. I was away from phone television etc hiking can camping for several days..

    You must have been one of the only people in the world to not know what was going on!
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    Here it was afternoon, I was at a doctor's office because I guess I was sick, I don't remember what it was. A nurse came in and said that there was a terrorist attack in New York, to which I replied "yeah, right" as while terrorist attacks were almost a daily thing here I wasn't used to hear about it anywhere else. I don't remember if there was any further conversation, but shortly after I came back home to see my mom and brother shocked in front of the TV when the second tower was falling down... And I think only then I realized she was serious.

    The same day it was my grandmother's birthday and her, my grandfather and dad were on their way to Canada to visit the family, and my mom was trying to reach them like crazy. But when she managed to get in contact with them, it turned out that they were held in Heathrow airport in London, and they stayed there until later that night when it was declared safe to fly again.

    It was a very sad and shocking thing, even from the other side of the ocean.
  • Merc71
    Merc71 Posts: 412 Member
    Was the Training NCO for my company at Hunter AAF, Georgia. Was pulling into the front gate, had JohnBoy & Billy radio show on the radio, when they announced the first plane had hit WTC.

    The rest of the day was pretty much a wash. That evening, I packed my bags. Didn't end up going anywhere, but I felt it didn't hurt to at least be ready. I wanted blood that day, so did a lot of my friends.
  • emsicle_o
    emsicle_o Posts: 162 Member
    I was being picked up from school by my mum and an old friend of mine I hadn't seen since I moved house. I was really excited to see her but then the news was broken and I was quite shocked and didn't really understand it all (i was only a young teen). Still remember the exact road I was on when they said about it, the car my mum was driving, everything. I got home in time to see the building collapse. All so sad

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