Where were you on September 11th , 2001-when the planes hit the World Trade Center?

Answer 1

I was teaching a class full of innocent children, to quote Alan Jackson.
I am a teacher, and on that day, the heating unit in my normal classroom was being replaced, so I was teaching in a portable trailer classroom outside. During second period, my department chair came in and told me what happened, and I finished that class and the next without the kids knowing much. After that came lunch, and then kids found out via cell phones and all. I helped out signing out kids and dealing with the pnaiced parents. It was vert stressful, but I am good in those type of situations. I tought my last class and we talked about how we felt, what we could do, stuff like that, since about half of the kids were signed out by then. Then I went home and got to see the images for the first time. A week later, I got a letter from my college telling me one of my classmates had been killed in the WTC attacks. It's odd, but I hadn't cried until then; I had managed to keep my emotions at bay and be strong for my students and family that whole time. I miss you, Murph.

Answer 2

Listening to WCBS 880 AM's coverage (via WTOP 1500 FM in DC) of the attacks while negotiating rush hour on the Captial Beltway (I-495) on my way to work in Reston, VA. I was near the University Blvd. exit when the first plane hit - near Connecticut Ave. when the second plane hit and the Pentagon was hit as I pulled into the parking lot where I sat for 15 minutes in utter shock and disbelief (WTC 2 collapsed while I was in the parking lot). Not a lot of work was accomplished that day and I had a difficult time returning home due to the traffic detours and security measures (I left the office after 8 PM and the roads were dead empty). I stayed up until 2 AM watching coverage of the ruins. What a terrible day.

Answer 3

I was at work and one of my co-workers walked into my office saying, "...two planes just hit the World Trade Center." I thought she was starting to tell some sort of joke and then saw her face and realized she was serious. My first thought was the pilots were trying to avoid a mid-air collision and accidentally hit the buildings, although I couldn't figure out why they would be flying that close to the towers. My next thought was that the pilots had heart attacks or some other sudden health issue.

The company I work for has offices all over the US, including NYC and sites near the WTC so we were concerned for everyone going into or coming out of the buildings but specifically our co-workers. We wanted to close our office for the day because obviously nobody was focused on work after that, but our Vice President said we should do the best we could to take care of business because the terrorists wanted our economy to shut down from fear and the impact of the loss and, from our location (Mid-West), there wasn't really anything at that point we could do other than pray. That helped give us the resolve to stay there until normal closing time, although we did allow anyone who just couldn't deal with being there to leave.

I can't imagine what it must have been like being on site or being a friend/family member of those who were missing either temporarily or permanently lost. My heart goes out to them and I now understand what people of my parents/grandparents' era felt when the attacks occurred on Pearl Harbor.

Answer 4

I was eating breakfast at McDonald's which included a cold sourdough sandwich. I went to work and was immediately told that a plane hit the World Trade Center. I mentally downplayed it by mentioning how a bomber hit the Empire State Building in 1945.

Answer 5

I was at work when I heard about the first plane that hit, so i went into our break room to see what was going on. Then all of a sudden I saw the second plane hit before my very own eyes. I dont think i will every forget the reactions of all who were in there, even the person who was filming the footage on live TV

Answer 6

i was in my 2nd period culinary arts class. my principle came on the loudspeaker and began to tell us what happened. i had no clue what the world trade center was because i always knew them as the twin towers. anyway, i didnt really get it because that was when the 1st plane hit and we all thought it was an accident. by the time i went to my 3rd period lunch, i went to my english teachers room where he put the tv on and we watched the 2nd plane hit. i was terrified and soooo confused. the city let the whole school district out and i ran home and called my mom. she works at a naval base in philly so i wanted her to be home sooo bad, but she wasnt allowed to leave until much later. it was the worst day ever

Answer 7

In a hotel with a view on the New York Skyline - and trapped in a multiday-no-break business meeting with merciless managers who forced us to continue business. After the 2nd plane had hit they allowed us "10 minutes of silence". And then just went on. I remember colleagues from the area who had family and friends working in the towers. Our management would not even let those people take a break.

Answer 8

In SO. CA, it was about 6a. My daughter ran in my room, before going to work, turned on the "Today Show", to show me a rerun of the first airplane hitting the tower, and all of a sudden, within a minute, the second one hit. After the first one I said, "is there a lot of fog there or something". After the second one, that was too much of a coincidence, we knew it was terrorists. We were just basically going crazy.

Answer 9

Still sleeping in bed, coz I work grave yard. I notice my nephews were home early from school. Then I turn the TV, ALL CHANNELS WERE ABOUT THE NEWS ABOUT THE CRASH. I was devasted, it felt I wAS On the building, too. People don't talk about it, let's continue for world peace and no more attacks in American soil.

Answer 10

i live on the westcoast so it was still early and i was sleeping. my mom called to wake me up, she told me that a plane had hit one of the twin towers, it was allover the news and she wanted to warn me that it was probably going to be a weird day. i sat up and immediately turned the tv on, i was sitting watching when the second plane hit. i sat there, in bed all day watching the news, i skipped my classes that day, i didn't go to work, i just sat there in utter amazement. to me, that day will be for our generation what kennedy being shot was to my moms generation. 20 years from now people will be asking the same question you just asked. where were you??