Where were you on Sept 11 2001?

11th grade social studies...my high school would not let us watch tv.
 
I was working sales at an appliance store, we sat in the owners office pretty much all day watching the news..
 
I was in school. 5th grade. Some kid came in talking about a crash at the World Trade Center, and I thought they meant the 'Socttrade Center' in St.Louis, where the Blues played. When they said New York I said 'oh', and didn't think anything of it. Next thing you know I'm getting called to the office. My mom in tears wanting to take my home. Only time she ever pulled me out of school. She was so afraid (which is unlike her, we played outside, walked to school, skinned our knees; I am fortunate to not have been raised by a paranoid helicopter mom!), she was afraid they would attack the schools next. Like many Americans at the time, I think she was mostly afraid of having absolutely no idea what was going on.

I remember watching it on T.V., we didn't turn the TV's off at home for 3 days. All night long the TV was on. Watched my mother fall asleep crying in front of the TV in her bedroom. I even remember going outside and seeing nobody out. No cars, no planes in the sky (I used to love to sit outside and watch the contrails from the planes), no kids playing in the streets. Everybody just wanted to be home, with their families.
 
I was home and just woke up only to see what I thought was a plane crash, an accident maybe but it didn't take long to figure out that the USA had changed forever.

I'll never forget that day ever and will always remember and prayer for the families who lost loved ones to a crime that is beyond belief.

It was the first time I saw all races join hands, it took that for everyone to count on each other , pretty sad if you ask me.
 
I stopped by the firehouse to drop off some paperwork and asked everybody what the were doing sitting around and watching TV. Then they told me what happened so I sat there with them watching in total shock.
 
I was almost 4 years old at the time, and I was in Disney world with my parents. All I remember is being sad about them closing Disney and having to ride home in a rental car with my screaming baby brother for 15 hours
 
I was in kindergarten. September 11th is one of the only things I can remember from when I was that young. I remember a lot of the teachers crying, and they wouldn't tell us what was going on, just that we were going home early. My parents were at an estate sale buying antique furniture because that's been the family business since the early 1900's so I ended up at my "grandparents" house. I use quotes because they were not actually my grandparents, but I treated them as such and they were happy to accept me as a sort of surrogate grand child. All of their family and biological grandchildren lived in Colorado so they were happy to see a kid every now and then. Both of them have since passed away.
 
Was at home. Watching it unfold live.

I remember when the second plane was swallowed by the tower I started to tear up. The announcer on GMA was blathering on about what was this, or what was that. I was SCREAMING at the television, "It was a jumbo jet plane you stupid a$$hat!" I couldn't tear myself away.

Then for the space shuttle, (first time around).

I was driving, pulling into a wrecker service in Chamblee to pick up a car for State Farm. My old high school buddy was riding with me that day. We heard it on the radio, pulled over and stopped and I remember it felt like we had lost a family member.

I recorded it all. I have dozens and dozens of VHS tapes of moments like those. I'd put it on SLP and record CNN (back before FOX News) for days on end. The first Gulf War, got it too. Not that I'll ever watch it all, but I've got it I tell ya' that for sure!:dunno:
 
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I was on my first deployment aboard the USS OKane DDG 77. The Commander told us what happened and the whole mood of the deployment changed after that.
 
I was doing a clinical internship at a Dr Office in Roxborough PA managing the office's Coumadin patients and adjusting doses based on their labs. I also remember this office had a huge walk in closet filled with all types of drug samples. First day I was there I got a big round garbage can and started tossing them in the trash. The Dr came up to me and asked me why I was throwing "all his drugs I the trash". I said, all these drugs are expired. Your giving your patients expired drugs. This was before we had any better way to get rid of them.

Anyway, all hell broke loose because the Dr had a friend in one of the towers that day at some convention or something.
 
I was a US Army drill sergeant at Fort Leonardwood Missouri and was at the firing range with some privates who had trouble qualifying. I returned just as the second plane was crashing into the second tower. Really hit me hard as I am from Brooklyn NY. I still can't watch anything about that day.
 
I was in 8th grade, Study hall. Kept hearing names of students being announced on the intercom. I was the 1 of 35 people left in school including staff.

When I finally got home I turned on the TV set and saw the horror.

One of my friend's mother passed when the plane hit the Pentagon. Sad days for sure. You just don't ever forget that.
 
In the Air Force station in England. This was the life changer for me, I went from doing a normal job to running classified missions all over the world.
Everything is not as it seems...
 
Right in the thick of it. Was stepping off of the subway underneath the WTC on my way to work when the first plane hit. Lingered a bit too long trying to figure out what was going on. Lots of running and falling debris when the second one hit.
 
EliteDetailing said:
I was getting ready to leave for detailing at CarMax
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Ahhh, CarMax my old stomping ground. :) Used to do the service towing for the south Atlanta dealership, and auction, inventory, and Re-Con towing for all three.
 
I was in first grade, had just arrived at school off the bus. I remember seeing it on the tv in the classroom as the teacher was watching it, but it wasn't until I was home with my mom until I realized just how bad it was when I saw how upset my mom was.
 
I was in kindergarten so I didnt know much, had family in the towers that were on the naudet brothers video
 
I remember coming home from High School early that day. For some reason, my Mom stopped at a friends house and thats when I saw the horror of what happened on the TV. I didn't quite understand how bad it was till I saw how upset my mom and her friend were. It's strange how you can remember so many details of one specific day from 12 years ago. We had a lot of close friends that worked in the WTC, luckily they made it out alive. The horror stories they tell just make you cringe. I will always remember when my friend said he was in the lobby running out of the building and an elevator opened with people running out on fire. I can't even imagine...
 
I was in 10th grade drivers ed class. I went home and was just glued to the tv.
 
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