We will all remember 9/11. What were you doing when you heard about it and how did you feel at that moment?

Answer 1

I was teaching. A student saw it in another classroom and told me. The class asked me to turn on the television. I teach high school, but was not sure what to do because I did not know how the principal would feel about me sharing this with the students. Sometimes they want the parents to be able to do it. The principal came on and asked us to turn on the TV's.
I was just so confused. I did not understand. After I went home (I worked part time) they had to evacuate the school. I was so angry. I wanted to go to my kids school and get them HOME. I did not want anyone that I love to be away from me.
I felt so helpless.
Today I do not feel helpless. I feel angry. And I still do not understand why someone would find happiness in harming others. I just do not get it.

Answer 2

I had just returned home from taking my son to school, it was his first year and I had been heart broken for days that he was growing up and not with me anymore. I was sitting in the floor playing with my two year old daughter when there was a break in programming and the news flashed. Numb at first then panic and sorrow. I did not know any of the victims, but I felt like someone I loved had died.........You didn't tell us what you felt or what you were doing..