where were you on 9/11?

Question

I was in school in New york. Second grade & my teacher was crying hysterically because her husband was a firefighter so she left early & all i remember is the teachers saying he'll be fine he'll be fine. She was pregnant & he ended up dying if it weren't for a doctors appointment & him having to go into work that day instead of the day the dr appointment was he would still be alive. Now my old teacher has a 5 year old daughter Faith.

Answer 1

Standing in front of my history class that i teach, our lesson changed and we spent the day watchign and me explaining. THat night i had a softball game. I am a member of the local fire department and when our chief arrived at the game we let him know everyone of us was ready to go to NY and help out. We was told no, they had already contacted and NY said thanks but no thanks. It was a sad night playing that game, we lost becasue none of us could concentrate, we all knew it could be us in a situation like that and we all would have done the same thing. 25,000 people was saved that day by 343 brave firefighters who gave their lives. Its the pride in what they do that makes me so honored to say i am a firefighter.

Answer 2

I was dropping my husband off at work (in california). When we heard the news on the radio, I started crying hysterically. I had a 1 month old new born baby, and I couldn't believe that I had brought an innocent life into this cruel world. My husband stood and hugged me while I cried. He was late for work, because he was comforting me, but they understood.

I know it's sad, but her husband wasn't supposed to go to the Doctors appointment that day. His place was helping the people in the WTC, even though it ended his life. I know that's hard to hear, but it's the truth. Fate is a hard thing to accept. But it was his time to go. Remember all the people who should have been at the terrorist scene but for some reason were sidetracked or late to work. That's because it wasnt their time.

Answer 3

I was in third grade. I can't remember anything in shcool because no one had told us what had happened. Now that I look back I am very angry that I was not informed of this and spent the most tragic day in American History sitting in a classroom. The attacks happened right when school had started becuase we are on the East Coast. It wasn't until that afternoon when my MOm drove me home from shcool that I found out. She said " Terrorists went on a plane and crashed it and hurt thousands of people" . I can still rmemeber the picture in my head was a small building that was blown up. It wasn't until I had gotten home that I saw the news. And now I am angry that instead of watching the news, I had gone to my neighbors just to talk about it with them. I can't remember anything from that and I am going to have to ask my Mom if she can tell me what I was doing that day because for adults it was a day not to forget, and I am still outraged I was not told of this during shcool.

Answer 4

I was at work and was in the process of taking a break and play a quick game of Mah Jong on Yahoo...and the folks in the "room" were discussing it. I ran into the back room and turned on the television and called my husband at work and told him. I then called my mother and as I was talking to my mother and watching the TV....the second plane hit. Up to that point they were saying what a horrible accident it was....but that tune changed immediately when that second plane errupted into a huge ball of flame. I couldn't speak and neither could my mom and she told me, "Honey, let me call you back." I watched in horror as that unfolded...and I will never forget where I was or what I was doing on that day...or the fact that I cried so much during those days that followed. I actually felt guilty for laughing a few days afterwards. I never forget the horror of watching hundreds of lives being snuffed out right before my eyes or the pain I saw on faces on television or even on the streets of my town. It was the hardest days to live through....and I know it still is for those who experienced it or lost loved ones in those buildings and planes.

Answer 5

i was in gym class 4th grade and then my home room teacher suddenly came into the gym crying and announced that 2 planes just hit the twin towers, i didnt take it seriously until i got home and understand what really happened. it was like 10 in the morning or something.

Answer 6

I was 6 months pregnant with my son. My stepson and I were watching the news while I was getting ready for work.

Answer 7

On the bus on the way to school when the towers were hit. And i got to school just as the first one fell.

Answer 8

I was in Atlantic City NJ. I lost a classmate. And many friends of mine lost loved ones.

Answer 9

I was at work

Answer 10

i was a freshman in high school. it was first block and i was in my science class. i didn't find out it happend til 2nd block.

and my science teacher than left for iraq and kwait for over a year.