Where were you on 9/11?

I was in Durango, CO getting ready for work. I thought it was a made for TV movie at first until I realized that it was the actual news and at that moment I saw the second tower get hit. I had to work all day and was trying to listen to the radio but the *kitten* that I worked with kept turning off the radio cause "it wasn't her problem." I have never felt so terrified and helpless at the same time.

Sitting at my desk, radio said something about the towers, but it didn't make sense....moments later, my daughter who was home sick from school, called..."Mommy, there's people jumping out a building that's on fire, they're jumping Mom!!!"...I just got goosebumps typing that...I got home that day, to find three kids and a roommate, in tears in front of the tv. We're in Canada, somewhat removed from the immediate violence of the day, but we were all touched heavily, just the same. :

Hoboken, NJ-- right across the river from the trade center. got a front row view unfortunately. That cloud of smoke and that awful smell lingered for about 3 months. On 9/13 I went to memorials and ground zero, held up a thank you sign as rescue workers came and went throughout one of the nights. Took video and pictures. Ive been meaning to donate them to a museum. RIP Greg.

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JSurita3 wrote: »

I actually worked at World Trade Center and made some really good friends there. I happened to move out of NY in 97 so thankfully was not there in 2001. A lot of my friends were though. I was frantically trying to call them all that day and couldn't reach anyone of course. I was scared to death...thankfully one of them called me later that week and we sobbed on the phone like babies.

I remember, respect and honor all the heroes involved. Sad sad day.

Yeah, cell phone lines were totally down in the area. I remember standing near the pier and people were standing there with their cars doors open and their radios blasting the news. Total strangers were exchanging cell phones hoping to be able to connect to anyone.. but it was almost impossible. Glad you weren't working there at the time.

I managed a care facility for handicapped adults and we were getting everyone ready in the morning to go to their day program. Flicked on the news and walked past the tv, backed up, looked again, and was like "wtf? This can't be real!" The second I thought that thought, the second plane hit. Talk about chills. Day program got cancelled and the rest of the day was spent glued to the tv and telephone. I can't believe it's been 14 years! It really does seem so vivid like it was just a few years.

These post are so very sad to read, my heart still breaks for the victims and their families & friends, as well as our first responders.

I was teaching 2nd grade at the time. I had just pulled into work when the first tower was hit. Our principal ushered all the staff into the lounge where we watched it unfold on TV. We arrived students, but went on lock down. My teacher assistant's daughter worked in the WTC and she couldn't get a hold of her. My mom worked for the government and even though we are states away they went on high security lock down so I couldn't reach her either. We were not allowed to search the computer, watch TV or even turn on the radio in our classes as we were trying to keep the day as normal as possible. The one thing I remember so vividly from that day is the weird silence around us; our school was located not far from the airport, but all of the planes were grounded so it was eerily silent all day. Normally you could hear the constant rumble of planes, but not on that day. When I finally got into my car at the end of the day, I turned on the radio and just sobbed the whole way home. I still cannot grasp how or why something so evil happened.

I was little, maybe 7 at the time (b. 1994). I was sitting on the floor of our small living room, doing normal little girls' activities and minding my own business. My parents turned on the news as they did every day, showing what looked like the pristine, untouched towers. Then, suddenly, the first plane came in with a loud CRASH! I remember thinking, "What the hay?" Before I had time to process that, along came the other one, and the WTC burst into flames. Even the dog was confused, and my folks were shocked speechless. Finally, after what seemed like slow torture, it was all over but the crying.

My son (5th grade) came home from school today and said they learned about what 9-11 was all about . ( he knew some stuff already because we've talked about terrorism before at home )
He said in past years the school would just say " today is 9-11 and its the anniversary of when the WTC was hit by planes " but they never explained much further ( I'm guessing they thought it wasn't age appropriate to say anymore in previous grades )
But this year they explained more. He said they told him about that it was a terrorist attack by people who don't like freedom and hate the USA because we believe in freedom. He said they also told him that the Pentagon and PA where also attacked that day . and they told him about heroes who came and cleaned up and rebuilt .
When he was done telling me what he had learned today he said, I hope and pray that never happens again so many innocent people died .
I was happy that the school gave a more realistic explanation while still keeping it age appropriate. Because as Americans, we should never forget about what happened that day.

I had woken up after the 1st tower was hit & the 1st thing I did upon waking up each day, was grab my Sony Walkman & listen to my favorite radio stations. I remember being annoyed that every station wasn't playing music, just reporting news but I wasn't at all paying attention, to the content of the news since I was changing the stations, so rapidly; all I made out was the words "plane" & "building". I even checked to make sure that my radio wasn't set to AM instead of FM stations since AM, is mostly news stations.

My Mother overheard me complaining & when I told her what I was complaining about, she instructed me to turn on the news on television because obviously something major, must have happened. It was all thought to be an accident, at the time until the 2nd plane hit, the 2nd WTC building. I was devastated, I spent the rest of the day; in front of the television crying, mainly because of my initial annoyance of not being able to listen to my music. It was a huge punch to the gut because here unbeknownst to me, at the time; people were being murdered & while I was complaining about not being able to listen to music!

I give credit to those whom were able to get through a school and/or work day because if I was young enough to be in school, I would've been sent to the nurse or if I had a job, I would've been fired because of not being able to get any work done.

I reside in South Jersey, about a half hour northwest of Atlantic City & I was shocked that I didn't feel the towers fall because in 1993, after the bombing; I felt the earth beneath me shake/roll. I can't attribute that shaking/rolling, that I felt; to be a result of anything else but that.

I had court that day. (I was a hooligan back then.) On the way there, I heard two local DJs talking about the first plane and I obviously didn't think a whole lot about it. After court, I was on my way home and they were talking about the second plane. I went home and I can remember watching the buildings fall while eating spaghetti...sitting on the end of the bed.

Bremerton, wa. I had just got off working graveyard I think and my roommates daughter was watching cartoons. My boyfriend called and said to turn on the news and that the U.S. Was getting bombed.

He was in the navy and they were on lockdown for several hours before allowed off. I just remember them not knowing for days if they were going to get called out to sea.

Can't believe it's been 14 years now.

We were in our hotel in Florida getting ready to go to Universal studios. Anyway I was watching the news and saw the first plane hit the twin towers. We went down to reception to find out what to do. A shuttle bus took us to Universal Studios and dropped us off. Couldn't believe what had happened. We went for a coffee, then as we sat down we were told to go to the park entrance. Taxis pulled up and staff told us to get into one to take us back to the hotel. Could not believe it the taxi driver told us that he tried to contact his son who worked in the twin towers but got no reply. He told us his son was probably dead. Even now still cannot believe what happened.

I was coming home from school on the bus in the afternoon when I heard on the radio. Never thought much of it at the time until I got home and saw the footage all over the news.

This was in Scotland so the timing was probably about right as it was happening.