Where were you when 9/11 happened?

Question

I member being in my fifth grade class, and my teacher Mrs. Martin, told me and my class that something happened to the country, and that some buildings went down. Like any other fifth grader I didn't know what the Twin Towers were, but than no matter if I knew it or not, after school I went to my afterschool program, and we were watching TV, and we saw the constant repeats of the building on fire and collapsing. The after school program closed 10 minutes after it started. What was eerie was that when we went outside to wait for our parents to pick us up, it was quiet. No one was walking on the sidewalk. There were no cars driving, it was very quiet. That is probably one of the weirdest moments of my life up to know!

Answer 1

at work and they had shut down the phones.

Answer 2

I was in eighth grade and the bell had just rung. I was walking out of the gym when my friend mentioned it to me but I didn't believe him. When I went into my english class, everyone was talking about it and my teacher turned on my tv. It was really scary because at the time, I was living in NJ, only 20-25 minutes away from where the world trade center towers went down and I was so scared. People all over the school were going home, picked up by nervous parents and it was really frightening. My dad traveled alot at this time and I knew he was on a plane so all I could think about was getting to the office to call my mom. I was shaking so hard while I waited for my mom to pick up the phone and cried with relief when she said my dad wasnt on one of the planes that crashed into the wtc. that whole day was soo scary and i get upset thinking about it to this day.

Answer 3

I was in the 5th grade too.

But, see, I went to school in downtown Manhattan.

I was in art class. I had seen a plane through the skylight, and I was confused, because no planes ever went past it. We were all called in for an emergency assembly. They told us what happened. One of the Twin Towers had been hit with an airplane.

"We don't know if this was an accident or not. Your moms and dads are all coming to get you".

The teachers we're crying. I didn't cry until I got back up to my classroom. I didn't know why I was crying.

My best friends mom insisted on taking me home, mother worked in midtown; she had to walk the entire 4 miles to my school. My friends mom knew it would take hours. Later my mother would tell me how she could see the glow of the fires as she headed downtown.

On the way there, I watched the second tower fall. I was standing on MacDougal street, my friends mom began to wail, she cried out, "Think of all the families!" and I almost laughed, I couldn't believe it. My friend was silent, numb.

The air was acrid, a horrible smell. Dust, paper, steel, flesh.

We got to my friends house, a loft with panoramic windows that faced south, towards my house, towards destruction. I watched the smoke drift over to where my apartment building is, and I remember worrying about my cat. Would she breathe in the smoke?

I went home and watched the news. The same footage on loop. The same footage for a week. I couldn't escape it, even upstate in Coldspring. I couldn't escape. I find it hard escaping it even now.

I came home to fluttering papers, desperate papers. Plastered with smiling faces and pleads for mercy. Everything was empty. It was still. For the first and last time in history...



New York City was a ghost town.

Answer 4

Sitting in the waiting room and chatting with the owner of the Auto shop waiting for Enterprise to pick me up as they would need my car all day to complete all the scheduled PM needed at that time.
We saw the plane hit the second tower before the driver form Enterprise arrived.

When I returned home, I turned on NBC News for Live Coverage. Saw the plane crash into The Pentagon and saw both towers pancake. The odd thing was the building hit second pancaked first.

Saw the reports and aftermath of the crash in the Pennsylvania field.

Answer 5

i really had no idea what had happened i hadnt found out till i got on the bus i was in second grade i had no idea i wish i would have though its so terrible something like that were a big part of history and i dont remember what i was doing its sad to think that little kids dont even know what 9/11 is and they arent much younger than we were its weird the school im in now i wasnt in this school at the time but apparently the plane flew right over the school it was not as high as it should have been i guess it was one of the planes that hit the towers pretty scary but i was in school in Pa♥

Answer 6

I was in school in second grade and we were doing reading time and I remember the teacher just said we were going to leave early and I had no idea what was going on and then I got home and my mom turned on the news and I didnt really understand what the twin towers were or anything
I saw them burning on the news and I thought: " I got out of school for a big building on fire!"
I wish I remebered it better to really understand what it was like that day I can barley remeber it :(
On the 5th anniverisery I watched al the memorials on tv and stuff..it was very depressing

Answer 7

I was living in Holland, and turned on the TV, and saw the first plane. I thought it was a film, and continued to look. When I saw the horrible situation, I froze...I didn't know what to do so just sat and watched it all happen on TV. Soon, my husband (Dutch) came home to me, with an American flag, and we put it out at half mast. The flag usually cost $7, but that day they charged him over $50, taking advantage of the situation. It was a moment I'll treasure personally, because I saw how caring he was. It was a moment I'll always dread, because it instilled a fear in me of powerlessness. One moment felt two different ways.
Since then, I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and have lots of anxiety. That event created a lot of victims besides those who died. A sad time for the world.

Answer 8

I was in a job interview in England. When I finished I got in my car, switched on the radio and found out about the first plane. Then I sped the short distance home to see the rest unfold on TV--every channell in the UK seemed to have it on. I phoned my partner in Long Island NY, and she switched on the TV and began to scream and cry, so I told her to go round her neighbours or be with somebody--she has a niece who works near to the trade center, but fortunately she was okay. 2 years before 9/11 I had taken the elevator to the top of one of the towers and stayed in the big hotel right next to it, and that added an extra shudder as the horror continued.
Keef

Answer 9

I was in my fourth grade class when it happend. All of a sudden the teachers came rushing in there saying to turn on the t.v. I didn't know what was going on. then they showed the twin towers with smoke all over it. then i seen the Trade Center get blown up. I was so sad for all those people. I was happy that none of my family wasn't on those planes or in New York. I know selfish, but i am sad.

Answer 10

I was teaching school- Early Childhood Special Education Classroom. I remember the main office calling and telling me- I didn't say a word- I just handed the phone to one of the paraprofessionals. I went to the classroom next door- where the T.V. was- and sat there and cried watching the news. I had never felt threatened in my own Country- and I felt a deep and helpless concern for the 19 Special Ed. students I was there to teach and protect.

Answer 11

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