Where were you and how did you hear about the events of 9/11?

Question

I was walking into work when a coworker said, "Did you hear? Some idiot flew his plane into the WTC."

I walked into the building and went upstairs. I walked into the breakroom to see people around a TV. There was a shadow behind the WTC and BOOM, the second plane crashed. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was that another plane? A circling helicopter? An explosion inside the tower?

I didn't see them fall, as I was manning phones that day. I heard the screams from the breakroom when they did. We were sent home early, and I remember paying an ungodly amount for gasoline, because we were all worried the price would skyrocket.

Answer 1

I was at home, getting ready for my brother's funeral when I turned my computer on to see the photos of the first tower being hit! The rest of the day was just a blur!

Look at all these memories of that horrible day being stirred, and try to imagine what we COULD HAVE DONE as a nation if the Supreme Court hadn't illegally "anointed" George W. Bush as our president! We had the sympathies of THE ENTIRE WORLD, and now the entire world HATES us! We had a HUGE BUDGET SURPLUS, and now we have RECORD DEFICITS!! We had our nation unified by a desperate, despicable act of cowardice, and now we have done the SAME THING to a sovereign nation who had NOTHING TO DO with 9-11-01!!! We had the chance folks, and look what our American Taliban "leadership" has done with that chance!!! It makes me truly ill!!

Answer 2

I was still in high school in trig class when someone came in and told us to turn the TV on that someone had flown two planes into the WTC. We turned on the TV and it was showing the planes everyone started arguing over who it had done it weird thing is everyone was saying Germany or Russia. We watched the news in all the other classes that whole day.

Answer 3

I was in a truck stop in the north west of england with some fellow truck drivers, and we noticed it on tv, then, as we were stood there watching, we saw the second plane strike.......

I may not be american, but i can imagine the horror that must have been surrounding the towers that day...........

when will this all end, hurry up guys, find bin laden and put him up for trial with saddam, get this over

Answer 4

I was at school. Someone in the building somewhere had been watching the news, and then word spread around the school like wildfire. We didn't do anything the rest of the day except watch the news.

Answer 5

I was at work when I heard. If I remember correctly, my boyfriend at the time called to tell me about it. I then went to Yahoo! News and read about it. Every night after work for a week I came home and was glued to CNN.

Answer 6

I had just gotten up at noon, as usual, and barely had time to pee before the phone was ringing. It was my ex, saying, "Turn on the TV! Turn on the TV!" And I turned it on and we both sat there, in different cities, holding the phone and crying in horror.

Answer 7

i was changing classes at school and the next class i went into i noticed that everyone was crowded around the tv with. everyone was watching it live on tv.

Answer 8

I was teaching and another teacher had the new on for her students. The program was interrupted and we heard it. I want to hold my son, but I had to take care of other people's kids. Thank God, his teacher was taking care of him.

Answer 9

i had dropped my boyfriend at work, and was taking my kids to buy some new shoes, i heard about it on the radio.

Answer 10

i was sitting at work and listening to the radio.