Do you remember where you were on 9/11/01?

I was at work. someone in the office had just said a 'small' plane had just hit the first tower. it was thought it was an accident. we were confused. then we learned the 'truth'. everyone was in pure and utter shock.

my parents were suppose to fly to florida that day to be here to support me for my surgery the next day, but all flights were cancelled. they did make it the next day.

I'm not American, but I remember. I had just started grade 12, but because of the time zone I'm in, I think it had happened before I was awake. We talked about in class though.

I still remember being at home for lunch, watching the news as the played the footage of the towers collapsing. I don't think I'll ever forget that.

I was at work at a chemical plant in NJ. We were close enough to NYC and had a building high enough that we could see the towers' smoke plume from the roof.

Everyone was so lost and distracted that for safety reasons (and for human reasons), the plant manager shut down the facility and let everyone go home early.

We did A LOT of security upgrades at the facility in the following few years.

i just want to say something

SEP 11 WAS BAD, AND A MARK IN HISTORY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED AND FAMILES SUFFERED.

however; america makes things such a big deal. DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE DIE EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THINGS LIKE THIS. SO IF 9/11 WERE TO HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY THEY WOULDNT HAVE MADE IT AS BIG A DEAL AS THE AMERICANS.

i find it funny because americans are willing to go to war with other countries and **** up their land, but when a minor thing happens to them they all freak out. i guess that is karma.

and yes i am an american born girl but i do not agree with how our people think most times.

thanks.

however; america makes things such a big deal. DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE DIE EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THINGS LIKE THIS. SO IF 9/11 WERE TO HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY THEY WOULDNT HAVE MADE IT AS BIG A DEAL AS THE AMERICANS.

i find it funny because americans are willing to go to war with other countries and **** up their land, but when a minor thing happens to them they all freak out. i guess that is karma.

We can think on it, doesn't mean we agree with what happened afterwards. In fact, every year I'm down right angry with the way in which this event was abused in the media, and by the government who went to war for the wrong reasons and based on lies (or at least faulty information). We had the support of much of the world and squandered it. (Not knocking anyone in the Armed Forces, you go and do what you are told and serve the country in the best capacity and space you are given).

Considering terrorist attacks on our soil is not the norm compared to some other countries, I would say, damn straight I felt it much more strongly.

The genocide in Bosnia, Rwanda & Somalia probably affected me more than it would have otherwise had I not been boots on the ground during those operations. Black Hawk Down is not just a movie to me.

Thank you

i just want to say something

SEP 11 WAS BAD, AND A MARK IN HISTORY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED AND FAMILES SUFFERED.

however; america makes things such a big deal. DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE DIE EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THINGS LIKE THIS. SO IF 9/11 WERE TO HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY THEY WOULDNT HAVE MADE IT AS BIG A DEAL AS THE AMERICANS.

i find it funny because americans are willing to go to war with other countries and **** up their land, but when a minor thing happens to them they all freak out. i guess that is karma.

and yes i am an american born girl but i do not agree with how our people think most times.

thanks.

Got news for you, planes do not get hijacked and slammed into two buildings filled with people causing the deaths of thousands of people in all of about 10 second, everyday.

Yeah, people die everyday. Yeah, terrorists bomb places all the time but nothing like this. You show me the last time 3K people were killed in a bombing or in any matter every day.

Do some research and you'll find that there has never been a terrorist attack on this scale. And you are wrong, if this had happened to England or Europe it would have been a huge deal there as well. Maybe not in places where terrorism is common but most other places it would.

I was in 11th and 12th grade Music class, 2nd period. Then we watched the TV to see what was happening pretty much all that day at school.

I was 21. It was around 1.40pm here when the first plane hit. I was sat in my friend's house with my 7 month old son watching it all unfold. Even now that footage sends a chill down my spine, all those poor people who lost their lives, all those poor families who were affected by this terrible tragedy. A poster above said America makes too big a deal about things but in all honesty I think this affected the world as a whole. We sat and cried for everyone affected that day.

Do you remember what you were doing or where you were on this day 13 years ago?

Out to sea on the USS John F. Kennedy

At home, I have a day off from work and watched TV. Then I checked my emails. Suddenly, my spouse ran across the living room to change the channels to news. The picture of one of towers, spewed out flames and black smokes, engraved into my memories of Sept 11, 2001. As the results after this event few months later, I was laid off from work due to some economical difficulties. I still remembered this day.

I was 24 and was driving to work when our local radio station, KQRS, started talking about the first plane hitting. Then they started yelling that the second plane had hit. The host immediately said it was a terrorist attack and said Bin Laden had to be behind it...sadly he was right. I spent the entire day refreshing website pages (most were crashing), watching news in shock.

It never fails to make my heart sink when I think about it, it's that gut wrenching sadness that never goes away. People leaping to their deaths rather than burning to death is something I can't forget.

I was 16 and in high school at the time. I had shown up late because I wasn't feeling well, and it was eerily silent when I walked into the school.

Everyone was standing on desks in the back of my class and crowded around a TV. I couldn't see it. I hadn't had any media contact for a day and said the stupidest thing to ever come out of my mouth: "Is something exciting happening?"

Everyone turned around to see who let the world's most idiotic phrase slip out of their mouth. When the crowd parted, I saw "the jumpers" live. The reality check of that moment made me physically ill.

I was at my aunt's, we saw it on tv, it was very sad knowing so many families were in agony, God bless them all

I was in London, walking around Picadilly Circus. I saw a crowd of people hanging around a pub, and wanted to be involved. I walked up to the crowd and said, "I'm in, I'm in. What are we doing?" A guy at the front of the line asked, "You're a yank, right, mate?" I said yes, and the crowd parted. I could hear whispers of, "he's a yank...he's a yank....let him through." I was gently pushed through the crowd until I could see the TV in the pub. At that moment, the second plane hit the Twin Towers. I yelled out, "What the **** is going on?!!!" I can't tell you how many people patted me on the back, saying stuff like, "It'll be OK, yank. It'll be OK."

During the first few hours, rumors of other planes hitting things were rampant. The Capitol Dome, The White House, hell even Mt. Rushmore.

I was staying at the Docklands, which just so happens to have the tallest building in all of Europe. They evacuated that building and many others.

My wife at the time locked ourselves in our hotel room and just watched the coverage.

We went to see the Lion King a couple of days later to sort of reemerge into the world. The cast members passed out buckets asking for donations for the American Red Cross.

We were standing outside the gates of the castle as the royal guard played the American National Anthem for the first and only time in British history.

It was a sad, horrible time, but we were well taken care of by our British brethren.

wow, I feel old now. I was in 10th grade at the time.

Wow! Your feel old? I had recently retired from the Navy. The clock-radio woke us up with a report that a plane crashed into the WTC. I thought, "Probably some Cesna pilot out of control." Boy, was I wrong!