September 11 where were you?

Question

Where were you when the towers got struck and what was goin through your head?

Answer 1

was laying on the couch in my apartment in Ansbach, Germany, channel surfing to find something suitable to take a nap to. We were 6 hours ahead at the time, but we did get the Today Show and CNN and some other things live. I came across one of those channels, one of those shows, and saw what was going on. After I was able to comprehend what was going on, I called the hangar. Chris was working at the time, and he was in the Army. I called and told him what happened, and me calling was the first they'd heard. Each time something happened, I called the hangar with an update, especially once it was evident that the first plane was NOT an accident. When I first tuned in, it was just after the first plane hit, so nobody knew for sure.

In between updates to the hangar, I tried calling home. It was not easy, as everyone in the country seemed to be doing the same thing. Luckily, about a week before, we had finally gotten our phone straightened out and it was working. I got a hold of my mom pretty quickly, but my dad was another story. He was in a meeting at the time and couldn't answer his phone. I was worried, especially after a plane had hit the Pentagon, there were more targets.

Answer 2

I was in my living room watching t.v. when the regular broadcast was interrupted by the news of a plane crashing into the first tower. At first I thought it was just a freak accident,but when the second plane hit the second tower,I got such horrible,cold chills up and down my back and through my whole body. Even though I still didn't completely understand exactly what was happening at that second,I had a terrible feeling that nothing was ever going to be the same again.When I realized it was an act of terrorism,I was completely devastated and heart-broken,not only for all those poor souls who lost their lives,but because I knew that life as we knew it was completely shattered.Gone was all the innocence of thinking that America was too great a country to be touched by this kind of ugliness.Gone was the innocence of our children who now live in fear for their very lives and their futures.We no longer feel safe in our beloved country,and that makes me sad beyond words.

Answer 3

I worked for an ISP at the time.
Arrived at 8 am and all was quiet. Usually the tech supp phones start ringing early but it was one of those rare quiet mornings.
The rest of the crew were all late as of 9 AM and didn't start trickling in till about 9:30.
I had been doing some research on HTML on the web when the internet seemed to grind to a halt.
I got the news of the attacks from my co-workers. It was hard to surf the web even with a direct connection to the backbone. Seemed like everyone with a connection was online. We rigged a TV and watched...
I gues my reaction was like many, cold, empty disbelief and wondering how big this thing was going to get.

Answer 4

In NYC at work (I work in finance, lost many friends that day), having been late to the office because I voted. I remember thinking as I walked out of the polling place, what a beautiful day - because it was just one of those perfect fall days weather wise. I was at my desk for about 10 minutes when one of my co-workers said "look out the window" - and you saw the first tower on flames. A few minutes later and you see the 2nd plane hitting the 2nd tower. People jumping, giant smoke clouds, towers falling. Then a very long walk home with people everywhere covered in soot and many bleeding. I remember the utter stillness of the city for a number of days afterwards and the horrible smell of the burning rubble that lasted for weeks. It is something I will never forget but have learned to live with. And yes, I still live in NYC - I refuse to let "them" win.

Answer 5

I was helping a couple of masons. Doing some digging or something, I overheard them talking about something they'd heard on the news. First they heard about the first one, and people were speculating that it was just an accident. Then after hearing of the second plane, they said it had to be on purpose.

When I first saw it on the news, I was shocked, and seeing the planes flying toward the towers, I was truly shaken. Now whenever I see a large plane, especially flying at an angle as those were on 9-11, it always takes me back, and I feel a new sadness mingled with a new feeling of anger and then closeness to my fellow citizens. (even if some of them are jerks...lol)

Answer 6

I was in bed when the first one was struck (in Alaska). Less than 3 minutes later I recieved a phone from my mother (who was at the pentagon). Then, I watched the second tower and the pentagon get hit. I had to go to work and was updated by customers every few minutes as to what was going on. We were all VERY worried since the pipeline ran through our city; Fairbanks.

Answer 7

I'm not nessisairly proud of this but i was in high school, listening to a stero playing Slipknot's "F*** the world." When my school annouced that and I quote "A plane has crashed and the Pentagon is on fire, we don't know if these two things are related." I remember thinking, "Whoop de frikken doo, planes crash everyday." And being as I was quite the Anti-Government wanna-be anarchist at the time when I heard that the pentagon was on fire I was like, "Cool, bout time" Eventually some, 4-5 hours later I found out what was going on, I was worried, as I had a relative in NY city who worked close enough to SEE the second plane hit. (He's okay btw) But yeah thats my story.

Answer 8

I was off work that day, and cleaning house. When I turned on the television. My first though was that it was a joke. It took a while for the whole thing to sink in. When I realized it was true, I just kept thinking this can not be happening. I guess because I always assumed that the US was safe from this type of attack. I learned a big lessen from what happened. I don't think I will ever feel as safe as I did before. And I still think about it. What happened. And how many people lost their lives and loved ones. It still doesn't make sense to me.

Answer 9

I was at my former office of Intercontinental Hotels(Central Reservations Center) in Houston TX. My wife had dropped me off on her way to school & I was early for my shift & sat in the break rm watching the local morning news on the CBS affiliate. It was right in the middle of the medical segment when it broke to the national CBS News feed & showed the WTC towers!

We had alot of cancellations for hotels all over the world & no show charges were waived durring that time. Sadly because of that the company big wigs came in Nov of 2001 & told us that our office would close on March 15, 2002. Certainly I day I'm never ever forgetting, and on that day I'll remember the victims of the WTC, the Pentagon & United 93 as well as for the brave troops serving our nation!

Answer 10

I will never forget that day.

I went out to the smoking area at Unisys in Blue Bell, and my friend Laura came out crying telling me that someone bombed the Pentegon. When I got back up to my cube, there was an annoucement about the Twin Towers. The rest of the day we all were listening to the radio online for updates. We were all dismissed early due to the emergency.

God Bless America!