Where were YOU on 9/11?

Question

Where were you and what were you doing when you heard about 9/11?

Answer 1

I live in India was in Mumbai, India. I was in Junior college. I was still sleepy in the morning, when my father picked up newspaper, stared at it and declared that the Third World War had begun. I glanced over the newspaper, which talked about beginning about the Third World War. Immediately I switched on the TV. When I first saw the video footage of planes crashing in the tower, I thought it was a computer-made animation or something similar. I was just too shocked to see something like this happening. The attacks were the topic of dicussion everywhere.

Most Indians were sympathetic and condemned the attacks. Some also said that USA had caused destruction all over the world (esp. Japan during WWII) and never took Islamic terrorism by Pakistan-based organizations in Kashmir seriously; but now its attitude will change because the destruction has been caused on the American soil for the first time.

Answer 2

I was in my car going to work (1 hour drive). When I arrived at work I was listening to everything on the radio and then I heard the second plane crash live... I stayed in my car for at least another 10 minutes before going in the office and tell everyone to listen to the news. Spent the entire day on cnn.com and other news channels getting all the news I can. There was so much traffic on CNN that it often crashed and to prevent it from crashing, they had to remove all the design from their website. They just put a paragraph and a picture and that was it! Anyway, it changed my life. Since that day, I've been reading the news everyday and keeping myself informed of what's happening in the world.

Answer 3

Well I was only 9 and I remeber waking up to my mom dad and brother crying ! I didn't know what was going on and they wouldn't let me see the tv so I went to school and our teacher told us I rember I didn't really want to belive or understand it at first but once I did me and my friends started crying and praying our teacher was so shocked that we didn't do anything the first half of the day when the second one fell I felt like my heart was going to fall out of my chest and I still don't fully understand why and I don't think I ever will.

Answer 4

I was in college in Kentucky and was working as an RA (resident advisor) in the dorm I lived in. That morning, I woke up around 7:45 cst as I was to work at the front desk of our dorm from 8-10am. As I only had a few moments to get ready, I didn't turn on anything, just changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and hair and headed downstairs with my art history notebook so I could study for my class while dealing with the boring 2 hours ahead of me. I was running just a minute or two behind.

When I arrived at the desk, the day was already thrown off when I saw a fellow RA sitting at the desk instead of the night security guard I was suppose to replace. (later I found out that the guard had just needed to leave early and the other RA was filling in for her) I got ready to ask her what was up when I noticed that her attention and the attention of the cleaning ladies and a few others in the lobby was drawn to the large TV screen in the corner of the lobby.

I could see that it was a news report of some time and that there was smoke and what not, so I asked what was happening. They said that evidently a plane had just hit one tower of the WTC and that another had *just* hit the 2nd tower.

At that point, there wasn't much talking, we were all entranced by the TV screen and the frantic reports. Slowly everyone began to mention things like "it has to be intentional" or "look, they're saying more planes may be involved."

By this point, I was working the desk and the housing office called. They wanted to make sure that we were aware of what was happening and that they would keep us posted if something major happened campus-wide.

Then the news cut away to the Pentagon. That was when my heart stopped... My aunt was working in the Pentagon. I immediately picked up the desk phone and called my parents. My mom answered and I could tell she already heard. She said they hadn't heard anything from my aunt yet, but were trying to call her cell phone and apartment (but to no success). We hung up in order to keep the line clear in case she tried call.

So there I sat working at the front desk while watching it all unfold on TV. I remember getting upset at one point because they weren't showing the Pentagon that much and I was more concerned about the Pentagon because my aunt was there.

I was watching the TV as both towers collapsed. I remember thinking at the time that it didn't seem right because anytime you watch a movie that had some bad happen in New York, the Trade Towers always survived. But in real life, that didn't happen.

After my shift was over, I felt pretty helpless. They hadn't heard from my aunt yet and there was nothing to do except watch the TV.

It wasn't until about 1 or 2pm that they finally heard from her. She had been out of her office when the plane hit, but thankfully she was in a different section. She didn't have her purse with her, so no ID, car keys, cell phone or anything. She finally met up with her boss outside and together they got away from the Pentagon. But it took them a long time get out of the DC area and back to my aunt's apartment complex.

After I heard that she was okay, I began to feel other worries. I had an uncle who flew fighter jets (he's retired now) and he was called in that morning as one of the one's flying over the country. I have relatives that are Muslim and they lived in New York state. When I started hearing of the backlash it worried me.

I think the strangest thing I remember thinking and noticing all day long was the lack of jet trails in the sky. It was a perfect crystal blue sky that day, no clouds to be seen. But looking up and not seeing the jets and the trails of clouds was disconcerting when coupled with why...

Answer 5

I was in a motel in New Jersey with my girlfriend and we were busy not watching TV. I was supposed to be at my job in Tower 2.


At 11:00 I turned on my cell and almost immediately, I received a frantic call from my wife.

She asked me where I was was I OK? I told her, "I am fine and in my office".


I am now a lucky but also a divorced man.

Answer 6

I was in 3rd grade reading when my teacher got an email from the princibal that the twin towers fell.

Answer 7

school, sixth grade i think