Where were you when the world stopped turning?

Question

Where were you on this day, 5 years ago?

"Where were you when the world stopped turning" is the title of Alan Jackson's song about 9/11.

I was getting ready for work when I heard it come over the radio. I thought it was a bad radio prank, and it wasn't until a bit later that it wasn't a prank. We were glued to the radio & TV for the next several weeks.

God bless those families left behind & God bless America

Answer 1

i was in bed, sleeping...my mom called me on the phone and told me to wake up because 'the world is falling apart.' she told me to turn on the tv, and i asked what channel...she said it didn't matter...and it didn't. it was on every channel. i saw the second plane hit...i've never felt so helpless and overwhelmed in my life. that was a surreal day. it's weird how it takes something so tragic to make you realize how good we have it in America. flags were everywhere, and i remember stores selling out of them. i was glued to the talking heads of 24/7 news channels for the next month...it really did become this...addiction, i guess. fox news, cnn, msnbc, all of them...all the time.

Answer 2

I was at home- I was a senior in high school but had skipped school that day. I was on the phone with my then-boyfriend and we were watching the news coverage together. The funny thing about 9/11 is that no matter where we all were- scattered accross the world- we were really all together. The media coverage kept us all clued in at the same time and we were all scared, hurt, angry, and crying. 9/11 was a tragic event, but beautiful in the sense that it brought so many together- even if only for a short while.

Answer 3

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 4

Did the world stop turning when thousands of families were being slaughtered in Rwanda? How about when the Ontario government was trying to turn a sacred burial ground into a f*cking tourist campground and shot an unarmed young man for taking a peaceful stand with his people? Did the entire world grind to a screeching halt when Chernobyl blew - or even slow down while thousands are still dying from horrific cancers? What happened on September 11th was horrible, no denying that, but don't assume it's the only or the greatest tragedy the world has ever witnessed.

Answer 5

After having been up and down most of the night with a baby, turned on the tv, which happened to have been left on a major channel. And thought, what kinda of a movie is this?(I wasn't quite awake.) I saw the one tower with smoke coming off of it. Then it went down. And I looked at the baby, and thought, I'm glad I don't have to explain right now to him. Because right then I didn't know why. And by the time he was of an age to ask why, I would know why myself.

Answer 6

I was at home after sending my children off to school. I didn't have a t.v. at the time, but found out thru my "morning coffee chat room" group. I felt so out of touch with the world, scaried and totally numb. My fiance at the time was in the military, I got in touch with him right away. He was waiting for his orders, I remember hanging up the phone with him and just cried. Cried for those who lost their lives, but for the loss I knew was about to come. I finally broke down and bought a t.v. a few months later, but didn't see the towers being struck until a year later. I was just completely awe struck. Its a time I'll never forget

Answer 7

i just turn 15 that day and i was taking istep at school. and we were interupted by the teacher to hold a moment of silence for the victims. i did not even know what the wtc was only if someone would have told me they are new yorks tallest buildings. i just remember watching the first tower burning and then witnessing with the whole country the hitting of the second tower. man what a sorrowful birthday i had.

Answer 8

I was in my office--working in a sky scraper office building for the House of Representatives in Ohio at the time. I was on the phone with a constituent, talking about another issue, and he said that a plane had just crashed into the WTC. The office next to mine had the TV coverage playing, so I went to watch it....
They evacuated us not much after that. It was a pretty scary time.

Answer 9

I was still in college, working while doing it. I was pushing a floor buffer around with a walkman on my head. They broke into the music with the news. I then broke the news to about 18 people.

To think that, when they are asked this question, they'll say, "The guy buffing the floor told me."

I never want to be that guy again.

Answer 10

In my living room watching it happen. I saw the second tower get hit.