Where were you on 9/11?

Question

Where were you on the tragic day of September 11th, 2001? Do you remember it well?

Answer 1

I remember it like it was today. I was sitting on my couch watching Fox news. I had just come back from taking my son to his pre-school. I watched the second tower be hit by the second airplane. I didn't know if I should go get my son out of school, or not, not knowing if there would be another attack. I was living in Westwego, Louisiana, about 5 miles from New Orleans. I was in shock. I waited for about an hour, and went and got my son from school. I will never forget 9/11, or the sorrow, and anger I felt then, nor will I now. For anyone who has forgotten, here is a reminder.....Please don't forget these people's faces.

Answer 2

I remember it like it was yesterday! I was at work at that time,on the rehabilitation unit in a major hospital in queens,NY. The TV set was on in the patients recreation room and a few of us went in to watch the coverage after the first plane hit the Towers. There was initial speculation about it being a small plane that accidentally hit but all of us watching disagreed with that from the moment we heard about it! As it unfolded we were all in shock, we were consoling the patients and each other. When I left that day there was a line of people volunteering to give blood that was SO LONG it wound around the side of the hospital!! Sadly, none of it was needed for this terrible trajedy.

Answer 3

Sitting on the foot of my bed putting on my shoes while watching the news, I saw the first plane hit the Towers, and then I got on the phone trying to find out where my employees where that were traveling that day. I was going to the airport at noon for a trip to New York, was being the operative word.

I watched the second plane hit the Tower live.

I spent the majority of the day finding people and working out ways to get them home from where they were.

Unlike so many of AMericans apparently,

I will never forget.

Answer 4

it was surreal that Tuesday morning that didn't have a cloud in the sky. Who could imagine moments later the clouds of dust and debris that filled the sky and streets.

It was a numbing experience, to hear the recordings of the last conversations of friends/loved ones, to see the flyers, flowers, distraught faces of people --- all for the purpose of grieving for and/or looking for information about the well-being of their friends and loved ones.

Though I tried, on the first anniversary I couldn't sit through the ceremony without having an anxiety attack. It was as though I was having a delayed reaction to the event. It's not as bad now. Thank God for His grace and mercy.

Yea, since then many things have transpired that all of us have not been too pleased with the outcome. Hopefully, we can still have the courage and character of those Americans on the fateful Flight 93 to stand together as one man and not let fear rule our lives.

yea, through it all and as we move forward let us never forget the lessons of 9/11.

Peace

Answer 5

It was the early hours of the morning here (Australia) and my husband had woken me up and dragged me out of bed because he had seen about the first tower on the news.

As we watched and listened to the TV anchor man we saw the other plane fly into the second tower (live). I will never forget the shock of that moment.

Though 1000 times worse because of the loss of life it reminded me of that dreadful footage of the Hindenburg in flames and the reporter (Herbert Morrison) crying out "Oh the humanity!".

Sept 11th, the terrible day the world changed.

Answer 6

I was at home. I had just woke up and was getting ready to go for a run. My now ex-wife was watching TV and I saw an airplane fly into one of the towers. I thought at first it was a TV show. I watched for a long time and then I left. I went to the Marine recruiters office and tried to rejoin the Marines. I was not able to due to wounds I got when I was in the Corps the first time.

Semper fi!!!

Answer 7

9/11 for my generation is the parallel to the day Kennedy was shot for my Mom's. (She was at her desk (civil servant) at the Pentagon)

9/11 for me was not a "usual day" - - I had gone into the office later than usual. Just as I walked in, one of the other gals said "A plane just hit the WTC" - at first I thought she was joking. We spent the day glued to the news we could get by website (no TV or radio - work in a medical office.)

I will never forget the day - and the days that followed.

Answer 8

I remember it very well. I was at work in the New York metro area, not in NYC but close enough to smell the smoke. I will always remember friends' frantic calls to relatives in Manhattan (some of which were, sadly, never returned), the sound of fighter jets overhead all night, and the enormous line and makeshift cots outside the local blood bank.

Answer 9

It was the first day of my husbands vacation. We were getting the grandchildren ready to take them to Busch Gardens when it came on the Today Show. We watched in horror as the second plane hit......

Needless to say, we didn't make it to the park that day. But the one phone call that still stands out in my mind of that whole day was the one I received from one of my daughters. She was at work and had watched it all on T.V. also. She was crying and asked me if this was the beginning of the end..... I still do not know how to answer that question.

Answer 10

The Public Library, they opened up the Community room, turned on the big screen television and patrons and library employees all gathered and watched, then cried and many prayed.

As I entered, I walked by the Community room and asked the head Librarian, "What's going on?" she told me about the first plane and I asked, "How an accident like that could happen?" She answered in tears and a shed of anger, "It was no accident." My jaw dropped open in disbelief!

I joined the rest of the mourners in front of the television, my personal business no longer had any priority, our Nation was under attack!

Will S