Did you know anyone who's life was lost?
Not trying to get too personal, I just like to here how it affected other people.
2006-09-23 10:19:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I live in Manhattan - on the Upper West Side - and was getting ready to go to the dentist when I heard about the 1st crash on WNYC. I turned on the TV and saw the 2nd plane hit.
It was odd. It'd taken a long time to get the appointment, so I just went ahead and biked down to the dentist's office. We listened to the news - and heard lots of incorrect info. We talked about finding an air-raid shelter. The hygienist's husband worked on Wall Street; she'd work on me for a while, then try to call him. It turned out to be a good place to spend the most frightening hour or so after the attack. There was literally nothing one could do, nor any way to contact anyone at first.
After the appointment, I went down to a pier on the Hudson and stood with a few dozen other people and watched as the second tower fell. That was a horrifying experience; some people broke down and screamed or cried uncontrollably.
Then, there was a terrible calm that descended on the city. Men in small boats from the NJ side of the Hudson began to arrive on the Manhattan bankside and offer to ferry commuters to Jersey, since all the bridges and tunnels were closed.
The people in NYC were extraordinary. As awful as the tragedy was, I felt grateful to have been here to see how good people can be. Thousands of firefighters descended on the city to help in what was a hopeless attempt to rescue survivors.
I didn't know anyone who died that day, but it was a long time before any of us could know for sure.
Thanks for asking.
2006-09-23 10:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Ron C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in 6th grade and I was in science class and Mr. Woods was teaching about cells when Mrs. Ruley came over the intercom and said that a plane had crashed into one of the twin towers. I had no idea what that meant, but Mr. Woods got all serious and turned on the news. We were all dismissed back to homeroom and watched the news at the tragedy unfolded. Some people went home, scared that the nuclear plant down the road was next to be hit, but nothing happened. The whole thing was just really weird because nothing like that had ever happened in my lifetime before. Like you hear about it in other countries, but nothing so close to home.
2006-09-23 10:28:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know anybody who's life was lost. I do have cousins living out there in NYC, but not in the area. I was getting ready to go to my fall semester the next day, and had dessert with a friend, when we heard that some of the classes were canceled.
2006-09-23 10:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was at work in a nursing home. I walked by one of my patients rooms and saw the coverage of the twin towers with smoke filling the sky. I was devastated at the loss of life. We have friends who live near but were not harmed. As a nurse I just can't imagine anyone wanting to harm another. It's monstrous, inhuman. I wish my NY license had been active at that time, I would have been there as soon as I could. Now I keep my NY license active.
2006-09-23 10:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by scgleason74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in London at a flat we were looking at to rent , for our second year of uni , with a friend, and the landlady when she got a call to switch on her telly and we saw when the 1st plane had just hit, and we all thought it was an accident initially, until then second one hit. How sad the amount of lives that are lost everyday in the name of religion all over the world, i feel for all of them, including the not so publicised ones. I hope one day we shall all live in peace, when men stop fighting for power, though i doubt thats going to happen unfortunately.
2006-09-23 10:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by pleaseselectanotherusername 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was surfing when it happened, I got home, flipped on the TV, and one of the towers was going down. I thought it was a movie. No, I do not know anyone who died there, but I know people who did know some who were killed. I cried out in grief when I realized what was actually happening, it remains the worst thing I have ever seen in my life, I hope nothing worse ever happens.
2006-09-23 10:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was working for Siemens and locked in tense supplier contract negotiations which were getting pretty hot. Every time we took a break to keep from smacking each other, another plane had hit a building.
It was awful. Here we were negotiating contracts on a day we had picked back in January. It was really hard to stay focused, when our countrymen and women were dying.
2006-09-23 10:22:08 · answer #7 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in the school library.....Until I saw all the teachers just rushing in looking at TV talking about it... I was scared as hell because I thought the world was coming to and end with a nuclear bomb or some S###
2006-09-23 10:21:13 · answer #8 · answered by mstiffany 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was asleep at the time. Weirdly enough, about twenty years ago I actually worked in the WTC.
2006-09-23 15:53:32 · answer #9 · answered by zahir13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i was in skool in science class listening to the teacher rambling on..lol. when another teacher walked in and told us the news... someone started crying b/c she had a relative working in one of the buildings...i felt so sorry for her... she was supposed to visit them during that week. :( so yeah that is what happened..and i'm really sorry it did... so many families lost someone they truly loved and my hearts go out to them!
2006-09-25 15:45:39 · answer #10 · answered by hot_mama 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋