Where were you on September 11,2001?How did you feel?How has it changed your life?

Question

I was home and my t.v. was already on,when the first plane hit,I thought,pilot error,but of course when the second plane hit,I knew better,my first thought wasto go get my 3 kids from 3 different school,we watched the coverage all day and I cried non-stop,especially when the towers fell,I knew no one would come out alive.I felt helpless,scared and enraged all at once,I live only 3 miles from central command of MacDill A.F.B and I was so scared we would be attacked.It has changed my life,I was already a paramedic but I took my job more seriously,and my son signed up with The Marines,Thank God he has not been called up yet.

O.K Pussy cat Doll Take your Wellbutrin or smoke your meth or whatever you need to chill out,obviously people do care except for traitors and cowards.

Hey Charles Thanks for asking!My Mom is over 3/4 Cherokee Nation,sanouke tribe.Our family is in Cherokee N.C

Answer 1

I was at home (in south africa) and watched the whole thing live and i could not believe that an attack like this was possible let alone actually happening. Although i was only 14 at the time i realised that every moment of my life is precious. I have since never done a single thing i regret and am completely fulfilling every second of my life with experience. I still wish every year on 9/11 that i was a time waster as it means it would have never happened. I am not American and it had this much impact on me so i can only imagine those of you who lived through it and are still living with the consequences today.

Answer 2

I was home.At that time I was working midnight until 8am at the time. My wife got home from work around 6am (she worked nights as well). I thought the world had turned upside down. Living in Pa. not too far from the crash site, I watched it all, glued to the TV. I had grown up watching the Viet Nam war every night on the news, but those were soldiers... these were civilians, just working, like me.

We live in a rural area and are fairly well protected by mountains from most bad storms and natural disasters. Since that time we have started keeping about six month's worth of food storage on hand between the freezer and canned and dry goods. We keep several gallons of water also on hand and keep everything rotated so that it stays fresh. We're not survivalists, but we are somewhat prepared for a disaster, whether natural or man-made.

Fortunately neither of us has a chronic condition requiring medication or special supplies. We keep the first-aid kit stocked now where as before it was a hap-hazard thing. It really hasn't been too life-changing, but we are more aware of the possibility and are more prepared.

Answer 3

I was in my home economics's class when my teacher heard that the first plane hit so she turned on the TV and then the whole class watched the 2nd plane go down. The whole room turned really quite then everyone in the school was called to the gym were a principal told everyone it was a terrorist attack. And we sit there in the gym the whole student body glued to the tv a lot of students crying. Then about an hour later principal announced school was dismissed we were to call our parents. I remember leaving school when my mom picked us up there being newspaper stands every block. And it had the pic of the trade center falling down. Then my family and I all gathered at my grandmothers house watching the coverage and praying for N.Y

Answer 4

I started my day off at home watching the footage on TV. I couldn't believe what was happening it did not seem real. Sadly later on that day I still had to go to my dead end job (Back to reality). This being so 9/11 changed my life in a way that I knew I had to go and do something different with my life, so went back to school because although 9/11 was sad and tragic my reality (at that time) was mondane and was not highly impacted by this tragic event.

Answer 5

I was home - watching tv and watched what was happening - it was a tragedy that shouldn't happen in any country.
And not that this has changed my life but it has left me with some feelings about the US. I'm from Canada - in particular, eastern Canada. Throughout the whole 9/11 tragedy Canada in many ways was aiding the US on many levels - we were having planes land here (many many planes) and housing US and other foreign citizens in our homes, feeding them or whatever was needed. We sent food, clothing, search and rescue teams, firemen and even did toy drives and such for the children of NY. Maybe not all realize that your government took forever to mention or even say thanks to Canada for its help and support thru that time. They said thanks to just about every other country but left us out. I would listen to the news casts as they spoke and was amazed. I know it was a hectic time but kinda hard to miss your neighbours to the north.

Answer 6

I was teaching 7th grade that year, in a Fairfield County (Connecticut) town that has a lot of parents who commute to NYC. I had my "prep" period that morning, and someone came and told me and some other teachers about it and we all ran up to the library to watch it. My husband worked in the same school, and I went to tell him, and he didn't even believe me at first.

We had to quickly think about how to handle it with the students, since we knew many of their parents worked in the city and we didn't want to scare them. It was a very hard day, and many parents came and picked their kids up to take them home because no one was sure what was going to happen next.

I will never forget that day, and I bought some books about it so my twins, born in 2003, can learn about the day that changed our world.

9/11 will be the Pearl Harbor of our generation.

Answer 7

I was waiting for my Physics lab class to start. We turned on the TV in the lab class minutes before the 2nd plane hit the towers. I was shocked and scared. It hit WAY too close to home for me! My husband (we didn't know each other back then) was one of the FIRST Marine groups to go into Iraq.

OOH RAH! SEMPER FI!

Answer 8

HI,,, i had just earlier that moring arrived by helicoptor on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico,,,, and had immediately gone to bed...

When i awoke before going to work,, i turned on the TV in the bedroom and saw what had happened earlier that morning. i had slept right thru it....
Flights were shut down in the New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico,, we were evacuated that night on boats back to the bank and went on standby for a week....

It has sure made a difference in travel here and overseas now..

good luck....

Answer 9

I was in Australia online and saw the second plane hit on the news.

It made me feel sad for humanity.

My life changed when i accepted the fact that the US Government created this disaster for a phony war on terror..where any country could be attacked.

Answer 10

It was my senior year of high school so I was at school. 8th grade and up were all called to the Chapel (I went to a christian school) to hear them tell us what happened. Everyone was sad, many were crying (myself included) and I have a cousin who works at the pentagon so I called home to see if anyone had heard from him. Turns out he had stayed home that morning because he was sick. Miracles happen every day. He's proof.