where were you on 9/11?

Question

Its been 5yrs ppl, and we still can't forget the loss we all had to face. I was in 6th grade middle school going to my soc. studies class when this happend. Please feel free to inclose any other feelings you have about what happend to us all.

Answer 1

I was in 4th grade, and I was in math class at my elementry school. The day was a normal day: My teachers lecturing, the recess activities, and everything. We hadnt recieved any information. So then, on the school bus home, me and my friend overheard some talking, but we didnt know what was happening. Then, at home, I learned the news: The planes crashed into the twin towers and the pentagon. At first, me being an idiot 9 year old, wondered what the big deal was if no one died. I was badly scolded and told over 1100 people died in the tower. then, 180 people died in the pentagon. Thats when I realized it was of serious importance.

Answer 2

I was working volunarily in a book shop when the news came through via a phone call from my husband. It was not until I got home that evening, and saw the absolute devastation on the news did I fully understand the enormity of what had happened.

I think everyone remembers exactly where they were when such things happen.


I am not American, I live in the United Kingdom, but our depth of feeling here were not diminished in anyway because of the miles between us. Britain felt it sorely, to see so many injured and bereaved, and it is something that no one can forget. Here in the UK, it is often talked about with much sadness.

Answer 3

I was living in the Carolinas at the time. So you were in sixth grade. This was probably one of the first big historical events that you can remember. I'm sorry to say that for some people older than you, there are events older than five years still being remembered. We should not forget these events, but we do need to learn to deal with it.
I think we need to do more to make positive memories too. Like Earth Day in the Spring. We need to have more special days. I realize it can never erase the damage done to our lives and the ones lost. It would be nice to have more nationwide good time.

Answer 4

I remember I was fixing breakfast for my son and myself, and over the program I was watching, an interruption came from the news about the attacks. At first, I thought it was a joke, but it was scary to walk into the living room and see it was real. I remember standing there like in a daze. I just remember being in disbeleif. At the time, I was a soldier. I knew war was in my future at that point. I cried because I knew I would have to leave my son, and so many people were hurt and killed. Sure enough, in January, I was overseas fighting for the man, democrarcy, oil, the Elite...pick your illusion.

Answer 5

I was a junior at Chickasha High School (in Oklahoma). {I am a Junior at Southwestern Oklahoma State University right now.}

When I first saw the news, the first tower had already been hit. I thought that the media was just replaying old clips from the first World Trade Center attack in 1993. Then I saw the plane hit the second tower. I then knew that it wasn't a replay.

Answer 6

I was sitting in science class doing busy work in 9th grade. The teacher turned on the tv and we watched the news till class was over. It was so overwhelming that I didnt really know what to do. The rest of the day was chaos. By last period the school was empty.

Answer 7

I was at work in Raleigh, North Carolina, desperately trying to contact friends, anyway possible, back in New York City.
I went back briefly to help with the recovery effort. It was the most horrific thing I've ever seen. I couldn't forget even if I wanted to. Even now, five years later, the day is a dificult one for me to get through.

Answer 8

I was on the phone with the hospital when it happened to come on the news.My mother had been in an accident on the first of September that year and they had called to tell me she had come out of her coma.I was shocked but happy for my mother at the same time.Though it was a very tragic day for most it was a day of relief for my family.I donated blood and some money in effort to send my support to those who needed it at that time.

Answer 9

I was in college. I just got up and turned on my radio and they said something about possible terrorist attacks. I was confused so I turned on my TV and that's when I saw the first tower had already been hit. I saw the second one being hit as it happened. The first thing I said was, "We're going to war."

I send my sympathies and condolences to the families who lost loved ones on this tragic day.

Answer 10

I was at work, and when the first plane hit..I thought it was a joke, I was thinking "This couldn't happen here in the United States" and then when I realized that a second plane hit, I left work and went home to call my son, him being a Marine, I just knew something was going to happen...and it did, he was deployed out for Security.
Today he is in Iraq. But doing well.