View Full Version : Where were you during 9/11/2001?
My dad always said that you will always remember where and what you were doing during tragic events. He was right.
I remember when President Reagan was shot (middle school); it was a Catholic Private school we went to the church and began to pray for him.
Space Shuttle explosion- I was at home sick that day and watched it live on TV
September 11, 2001- getting ready for work, got a call and watched the second plane crash into the WTC, needless to say I didn’t go to work that day and pulled my two step daughters out of school.
I was on my way to work and I knew something was up.I diddn't have a radio in the car to hear what was going on.
I got to work and nobody was working-strange
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Then i heard somebody say they hit the towers,I figured it was just a small craft hit.After I watched it the second plane hit ,right when I said OH SH... my phone rang and I recieved orders to get down there ASAP.
I wound up pulling guard and assisting in rescue and anything else I can do.I saw a few boys get burried but by the time we got to them there was nothing to do.
Iv'e been in combat zones before but nothing gave me the chills more that having it basicly in my backyard.I still have those bad dreams.
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Great-Kazoo
09-11-2012, 08:16
Driving to dmv listening to peter boyles. He was saying there were reports of a jet crashing in to the twin towers. I walked in to dmv and there was No One there except employees, quiet as all hell. When i left all radio stations were no sure what was happening only another plane had hit the other tower.
Was unable to get any calls to ny. When i was able my sister said there were emergency vehicles driving around telling everyone to stay inside over the loudspeakers. My neice/ her daughter was trying to get off madhatten, 2 cousins were working there that morning, another cousin was walking out of the subway (running late) when she saw #2 hit.
One cousin remembers the impact, walking around dazed unable to see, then out of nowhere someone grabbed him off the floor of what ever level he was one. He says the next thing he remembered was being in midtown with no clue how he got there.
My brother was out that day, a section of whatever jet hit their building and sliced it's way through several floors killing a co-worker who we went to school with , demolishing the desk he normally sat at, but again was out that day.
I have 8 other stories but you get the point.
I was camping all that week in the Boundary Waters of Northern Minnesota. Got in the water on the 10th and out on the 14th without any contact with the world. When the outfitter picked us up on Friday we asked what had happened while we were gone. His response was "You know, everybody always asks that. Usually nothing has happened." He then told us that the World Trade Center was gone and the Pentagon had been blown up. I called bulls**t, he just turned on the radio.
SuperiorDG
09-11-2012, 08:26
Slept through the whole thing. Didn't hear about it until it was all over.
Ft Lewis Washington, sitting in the platoon SGT office hanging out. Things began get stirred up there very quickly.
Eggysrun
09-11-2012, 08:30
My birthday, kinda why I'm never too happy about them anymore. It made enlisting into the army a few years later very personal. On the labor day weekend that year we had gone into NYC for a mini vacation. We had gone up to the very top of the towers, I still remember the cars bellow looking like tiny moving ants. I still remember the lady operating the elevator for the tour, I don't know if she's even alive but I think about her around this time of year.
I was on my way to work, listening to the radio. Stopped by my dad's house in Lakewood, went to the shop. Spent the rest of the day listening to the news. Remember sturn18 being out of town with his girlfriend, wondering how they were gonna get back...
I remember the skies being eerily quiet for days, other than the military flights out of Buckley...
I was in a 1 week class in Maryland. Got trapped there for 2 extra weeks.
Whistler
09-11-2012, 08:33
Was working (work from home) and heard the commotion over the TV in the next room. Got in there just in time to see the 2nd plane coming in. Felt my heart drop through the floor and can't recall much else about the day except a mixed bag of anger, disbelief, horror, shock, back to anger...
Terrible day that was... Saw it on the news getting ready for work, my wife pregnant with our first child. When the 2nd plane hit, I knew it wasn’t an accident… My wife was in a bad emotional state, so I stated home w/her for a bit longer. Finally left for work, but as I arrived, there was a bomb threat, a co-worker called me in time for me to turn around and head home (vs. getting caught in the parking garage). The rest of the day was a mess… My little girl came into this world not long after, and our world became her (which was one of life’s best distractions).
encorehunter
09-11-2012, 08:46
I was working ambulance that day. We watched the second plane hit the tower. A few hours later we had a car accident on the highway we ran on. It was a bad one, and I called for a Flight for Life helicopter to land on scene. Flight for Life couldn't come because all air travel was grounded. It did not turn out well.
RonMexico
09-11-2012, 08:47
Hs homeroom. They turned on the TVs in every class and allowed everyone to watch the news and I remember watching the second tower get hit. Then we were let out early and told to go home....like typical high schoolers we didn't.
Mick-Boy
09-11-2012, 08:48
We had just finished PT and were in the barracks bullshitting and getting ready for the day. Little did I know how much that day would change my life's path.
I was driving into work with my wife and heard on the radio that one of the towers had been hit. WTH? I think it was KBPI and it was Willie B. that started freaking out about a second plane. That is when I knew it wasn't just an accident. Went into work and my boss, who was from NY, told us what was going on. Needless to say he was pissed/sad/confused and sent us home for the day. I rode the motorcycle around a lot that day and made sure my family was OK.
Just got out of morning band rehearsal, sitting in the commons watching the news and saw both planes hit... rest of day was blur as I had some family in NY at the time. Everyone was fine.
Still don't understand why we don't just nuke the ME and build a Walmart...
hghclsswhitetrsh
09-11-2012, 08:55
Toronto Kansas. I was 17. Lots of uncertainty going through my mind. God bless the victims, their families, our heroes and their families.
I had just gotten off work and gone home. I was working mids going into my days off. After we saw the 2nd plane hit, I went back to work and stayed at work for the next two days. We remained on mandatory 12 hr shifts for about 9 months, when I changed jobs.
It was my oldest son's 11th birthday.
We have cake on 9-11.
Be safe.
StagLefty
09-11-2012, 08:58
I was working dispatch for a service company back then and all calls came to a screeching halt after everyone realized what was happening. Watched the aftermath on the TV in the breakroom.
TheBelly
09-11-2012, 09:03
I watched it on TV in college. Later that day I was in the Army recruiter's office.
He said, "I think I know why you're here."
I don't regret ever joining up.
Pancho Villa
09-11-2012, 09:05
I was in high school. I remember turning on the radio (I was a talk radio guy even back then) and hearing them talking about it. It just didn't compute; I assumed it was some gag and in horrible taste, so I turned the radio off and made breakfast.
Turned the TV on just in time for the 2nd plane to hit. Spent the rest of the day glued to the news; skipped school, and the next day it was like a ghost town still. I remember my friend (who was a bit dark; trench coat, shades, etc., everyone always thought he would be "that guy" that went and shot up the school. Of course he never did, but that's what people thought) wore hawaiin shirts and other festive stuff, not out of disrespect but sort of as a "okay guys, chill out and let's focus on the actual bad guys for a little while."
Man that's crazy, I had completely forgotten about Jorge until I dredged up these memories.
Zundfolge
09-11-2012, 09:06
I was still living in Wichita Kansas. Working for a little printing company.
Between the first plane and the second plane hitting the towers the boss' wife showed up at the office with a little portable TV and we got it set up about 30 seconds before the second plane hit.
Needless to say we didn't get much work done that day.
I was getting ready to go to class. I'm not even sure why I turned the tv on that morning since that wasn't part of my routine.
US Embassy in Kuwait City. Saw the newscast while at a command staff meeting, watched live as the second plane hit. There was about 30 seconds of silence in the room of 20 folks, all mouths agape, then every one disappeared. We all went back to our bases and locked everything down for a week. That ride back to Ali Al Salem Air Base from Kuwait City was the longest 50 minute drive of my life.
Sitting at home, having a bite to eat and watching TV before heading off to work. Watched it happen live on TV, and remember it vividly, like it happened yesterday. Never went to work that day. Just sat there watching, in shock at what was happening, and so pissed off I had serious thoughts of reenlisting at 46 years of age.
I had just woken up when I heard "a plane hit the WTC in Manhattan." My first thought was some small, single engine plane and pilot error. Finally, after showering and getting ready for school (I was 16), I turned on the news to see the big gaping hole and immediately knew it was a lot bigger than just some accident. Seconds later, to my horror, I watched the second plane hit live. My heart sank and I immediately said "We're under attack." I knew right away it was Islamic Jihadists- I was pretty well versed in world affairs back then even.
We didn't learn anything in class that day- every class was just sitting and watching in horror on the news all day. Watched everything unfold live and called my dad, who was a firefighter at the time, and told him my prayers and thoughts were with every firefighter in the country that day. Growing up in a firefighter family we learned that when one dies, the entire firefighter family (all firefighters and their families) weep. A lot of tears were shed that day. [Salute]
Was on the floor of the CNN building/convention center in Atlanta... Watched it on giant TV screens.
Everyone went into a giant panic - so we kept telling them there would be no reason to hit a major media center like CNN. That mellowed everyone out.
Teufelhund
09-11-2012, 09:35
I had just gotten out of the Corps a few months earlier. Was unemployed, living with my brother, trying to learn to be a Unix admin. Brother came in and woke me up after the first tower, ran downstairs and saw the second tower get hit. Spent the next few days glued to the TV.
obisean68
09-11-2012, 09:50
I was in my last semester of nursing school. Doing my ICU rotation, everything stopped for several minutes but had to get back to caring for patients. My wife started a job in another state, needless to say there was a lot of concern being 1000 miles apart and many phone calls.
I have a question to pose... of those who served Post-9/11, was this one of the reasons you signed up? I know for me it was a very big reason I signed up- I just wish I didn't wait until '06 to do it (as I graduated HS in '03).
patrick0685
09-11-2012, 10:44
I was in Marketing class in HS, all we did all day was watch TV and hope that Oak Ridge was not a target
tmleadr03
09-11-2012, 10:46
Mother B at the USNA.
It was the morning after I came home from black powder elk hunting. Woke up with the tv on, wife was getting ready for work. I told her that it looks like a plane hit one of the buildings. Was still watching, thought that it was just an accident until I saw the other plane disappear behind the second. Then the explosion! Was just in utter shock all day. I was a local volunteer Fireman at the time, so spent the rest of the day at the firehouse. I do not know why, but something snapped inside. I haven't hunted since!
God Bless our Lost!
I was watching the morning news like normal waiting to get on the school bus. saw the second plane go in. we did nothing at school that day and the coaches canceled football practice.
It was the morning after I came home from black powder elk hunting. Woke up with the tv on, wife was getting ready for work. I told her that it looks like a plane hit one of the buildings. Was still watching, thought that it was just an accident until I saw the other plane disappear behind the second. Then the explosion! Was just in utter shock all day. I was a local volunteer Fireman at the time, so spent the rest of the day at the firehouse. I do not know why, but something snapped inside. I haven't hunted since!
God Bless our Lost!
You just reminded me something.Before I use to go out hunting all the time,but not since after that day.Maybe I'll get back into it.
Thought I'd share this...
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11 years later, I think they heard us loud and clear! [Troops]
I had been assigned to area guard for the month of September. I had that day off and I was immediately woken up and told to pull my gear and hurry my ass to the armory to pull me weapon and ammo. Once I did that I was told of the situation and me and another guy were sent to one of various buildings that we were in charge of guarding. I had 240 rounds and was told to kill anything that looked suspicious. We were out there for a week and after I came in you could really see the war machine starting to come alive. My perspective of that day is a lot different than my friends or people that watched what was happening on tv. I won't ever forget the day I was woken up and told we're going to war.
akumadiavolo
09-11-2012, 11:18
Senior year of high school. My radio was my alarm so I heard a little about it in that brief moment, but was so tired I didn't really process it. When my buddy picked my up to go to school he said that a plane had hit the pentagon, but I thought it was a small plane like a cessna. When I got into class it was on the TV and that's when I really found out what was going on and saw the second tower get hit as many others did. Spent a lot of time trying to get in touch with my uncle who worked in the North Tower. Found out from my mom a couple days later that he didn't make it out.
I was in high school had fist few periods off. By the time I got there both planes had crashed, was a teachers assistant and had to run passes to people saw a friend and he told me a plane crashed into the WTC I replied back "how do you run into such a large building"!!! Must be a dumb plane driver (I assumed it was a small plane). Got back to the office relized what really happened and told the office how the pentagon just got hit. I remember a lot of people didn't go to shool the next day.
Still don't understand why we don't just nuke the ME and build a Walmart (Vegas, Casinos and strip clubs)..
You just reminded me something.Before I use to go out hunting all the time,but not since after that day.Maybe I'll get back into it.
Ya, My son and I are going to put in for tags next year. I'll probably go, just to take him!
Senior year of high school. My radio was my alarm so I heard a little about it in that brief moment, but was so tired I didn't really process it. When my buddy picked my up to go to school he said that a plane had hit the pentagon, but I thought it was a small plane like a cessna. When I got into class it was on the TV and that's when I really found out what was going on and saw the second tower get hit as many others did. Spent a lot of time trying to get in touch with my uncle who worked in the North Tower. Found out from my mom a couple days later that he didn't make it out.
Damn man, sorry about your uncle. I have no words that will make you feel better, but know that he is included in my prayers and thoughts everyday I live. We won't ever forget those we lost.
Richard K
09-11-2012, 12:10
On a cruise ship docking in Istanbull. Watched the second plane hit while we were pulling into port.
hunterhawk
09-11-2012, 12:14
I was also in high school and in journalism class of all things..this was in Michigan..naturally in journalism we would watch the news..no one did a thing the rest of that day
God bless the families who lost friends or family and those of you who have served or are serving!
I was on my way to school. They actually had everyone come into school and then after a few hours they decided everyone should go home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwrX-LN9-L0
After 9/11 we knew who our real allies were...
DD977GM2
09-11-2012, 13:08
I was at my girfriends house. My Dad hit the alert on my Nextel to wake me up(I was working nights). I woke up to the first of the falling towers.
He told me we would be going to War shortly and I may be recalled due to my Navy NEC (MOS for non Navy folks). I had been out less than a year.
I wasnt recalled
but damnit if I didnt want to go back and get some revenge.
I still want to go back and exact revenge on those motherfuckers in the M.E.
On my way to get my daughter a gal ran into my truck turning the bed into a teepee at roughly 45-50 mph. I had a mild concussion and broken shoulder.
I still drove the truck home, albeit tons of leaking fluids, and my ex brought my daughter to me in case we went to the cabin we had.
I dont think the folks I was pushed into realized what was happening because the lawyer was complaining to his wife he was going to be late to a meeting
and I thought it was f*cked up because the girl that hit me had a bone sticking out, didnt break the skin though, and he hadnt even called 911 at that moment.
2 years before
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/DD977GM2/Military/WTC_99.jpg
Here's something I wrote between clients phone calls today remembering 11 years ago:
http://www.examiner.com/article/11-years-ago-today
Pacman89
09-11-2012, 14:00
I was in the field during a Mission Readiness Exercise while I was stationed @ FT POLK. We instantly stopped our rotation and headed back to barracks to start packing in case we got a call!
speedysst
09-11-2012, 14:17
The first plane hit while I was at work, then on the way home the second plane hit. Got home, turned on the TV and was so pissed off that I couldn't sleep that day.
I was at Young Harris College in the north GA mountains (yes, they actually have mountains there), and had just gotten out of my 8:00am history class at 9:00. I was just getting back to my dorm room when my roommate came back stuttering something about "they blew up the embassy". I looked at him like he was retarded. Well, he kind of was. I think he smoked himself that way on the funny stuff. We flipped on the little 19" CRT TV and watched it over the air. The rest is history. A lot's changed in 11 years for me. Quite a lot. But I will never forget where I was, or how I got here.
muddywings
09-11-2012, 14:52
Was on the morning go all that week for the C-130 flight simulator at Little Rock AFB for Initial Qual.
Figured I would head out, take a long nap and celebrate my birthday that night with a few friends.
Walked out of the simulator, and saw some instructor had drug a TV in the hallway with some people around it. My flying partner that week, the instructor and I walked over and saw the second plane hit. From the school house side, things were very quiet the next few days. From the ops side, things started happening fast (although I wasn't involved).
Next several years: OEF-P, OEF and OIF.
Watching the news that morning, waiting for an update on Ed McCaffrey, he had broken his leg the night before on Monday night football.
While getting ready for work, heard the news reports of a hijacking. Watched the first plane hit, watched in disbelief assuming it to be an accident. Then the second plane hit and I knew that terrorists had declared war on the United States.
Went to work, and watched the news, not much getting done, horrific. That day all that could be done was to pray for the victims and their families.
dwalker460
09-11-2012, 15:26
I was in the San Jose airport trying to board a flight back to Nashville when they basically shut everything down, lots of confusion, the girl behind the counter told me it was a bomb threat or something and they were holding everything. I watched on the TV at Starbucks the airplanes hitting the Towers. Ended up being stuck in San Jose the rest of the week while the FAA and airlines got it together enough to get the planes flying again. Several people I knew were in NY and worked or had offices in that area, some were lost.
stevelkinevil
09-11-2012, 15:31
On my way to work. I had just got off duty at 7am, and I had a part time job at an auto parts store (discount was great for my Mustang project) I heard it on the radio and due to the station in Vegas (goofy morning show) I was convinced it was a prank of some kind similar to War or the Worlds (HG Wells radio broadcast folks believed was real in case your not aware). It was only after I got to work and everyone was huddled around a TV that I realized it was real, still seems a bit surreal to this day.
Rucker61
09-11-2012, 16:22
I was in India on a businsess trip. Came back from the factory only to turn on the TV to watch the second airplane hit. Needless to say, I cancelled my business dinner that night. That very morning, India time, I had found out I was going to be a father for the first time. Very mixed feelings for this date. Took a while to get back to the States, but I was lucky enough to get out of India right away on British Air. I spent my downtime in London, which is a million times better than New Dehli.
I was in India on a businsess trip. Came back from the factory only to turn on the TV to watch the second airplane hit. Needless to say, I cancelled my business dinner that night. That very morning, India time, I had found out I was going to be a father for the first time. Very mixed feelings for this date. Took a while to get back to the States, but I was lucky enough to get out of India right away on British Air. I spent my downtime in London, which is a million times better than New Dehli.
I feel the pain there, my grandparents were vacationing in Greece that day, they were supposed to fly back on the 14th but instead didn't fly back for another 5 days. They always said that was a very scary time to be out of the country- even if it was a moderately friendly/safe place.
wctriumph
09-11-2012, 17:54
Like the song said. I was driving down some cold interstate. Got into Sioux Falls late that day and stopped at a Famous Dave'd BBQ for supper and the regulars there were talking WWIII and discussing what they could do on the home front to help out the men in uniform. A very patriotic group up there.
Aardvark
09-11-2012, 18:15
Off the last of three mid-shifts, sitting in a cafe on Havana just north of Mississippi having breakfast. The waitresses were around a small TV crying, watching the aftermath of the first hit. Just as I was walking out, I got a call from work telling us to be prepared. After that, rushed home, packed, waited, watched, eventually slept.
Beprepared
09-11-2012, 19:07
Louisiana, wife and I had the day off together with my one year old son. Went to a local coffee shop to enjoy the morning. Bunch of familiar local faces huddled around a radio, "a plane flew into the World Trade Tower, a jet liner." Stunned, got our coffee and went home. Tuned in and watched 2nd plane fly into tower, and both towers fall on live T.V. Then wondering for half the day whether my step-son's Dad was O.K. working at the pentagon.
Living and working in Westminster, on my way to work, I never listen to the radio in my Jeep or watch TV in the morning. Got into work and everyone was standing around the one TV they had on top of a vending machine displaying offroad videos and someone had it on a news channel. Thought is was odd, and went to where everyone was whom all didn't say a word saw to me I looked at the TV as the second plane slammed in to the tower. Quickly got up to speed on what was going on. It was the longest surreal day of my life.
trlcavscout
09-11-2012, 19:28
We were at the hospital waiting for my son to arrive. We are now eating cake celebrating his 11th birthday!
Getting ready for work. I think my wife left the TV on that morning and I heard something from upstairs.
Called in to find out where everyone was and if they were aware. After the second crash, I went into work. We spent the whole day watching in shock.
Still gets to me every year on this day and I really didn't directly or indirectly know anyone affected.
Portsider86
09-11-2012, 20:10
I was in 10th grade. I woke up to my dad running down the hallway yelling "we're under attack, we're under attack!!" I thought he meant that someone had broken in but I soon learned that it was much worse. 1st period we all just watched the TV in awe. I don't remember doing anything at school that day.
clublights
09-11-2012, 20:12
I had just gotten into Roy, Utah at my brothers house. We were burying my grandfather that day ( WWII Marine Vet, Raised me from 3-9 years old) .
My Bro's kids were flipping thru channels and saw reports of the first plane ( we all thought it was a "light" plane) happened to steal the remote and switch to CNN moments before the second plane hit.
Knew it was an attack at the moment....
Tinelement
09-11-2012, 20:27
I was painting a car. Worked for Trubuilt Autobody in Eau Claire WI.
I came outta the booth, someone said a plane it the world trade center. I giggled to myself "stupid drug runners" thinking Cessna.
Went in, finished clear coating, turned the bake on and went up to the office. Everyone was standing there looking at the tv. Saw the second plane hit. Went out and cleaned my spray guns, thinking what the eff is going on. Came back in the office to see the first tower fall.
We all went home.......
Sad day for all America. I will never forget.
I was 21. Now I think about how I will need to explain this to my 2 little ones someday.
Thanks to all who have served since then. Both here and foreign soil.
Portsider86
09-11-2012, 20:28
The one thing that sticks out for me was not hearing a single aircraft in the sky for days. I lived between two international airports so it was pretty eerie to have U.S. airspace effectively shut down.
gnihcraes
09-11-2012, 21:08
A couple months into a new job, stumbled into the office, another lady said "A plane has hit the world trade center in NY" Um, ok. (I'm thinking small single engine something)
A bit later it turns out to be a big deal.
We're government, they shut us all down, send us all home to protect us.
Pretty stupid I thought, since we're a small IT shop in the middle of nowhere Golden Co. I tried to stay and monitor things, but they insisted we go home.
On my way home, I purchased a 1200 case of 7.62x39 at Deans Firearms. Just in case things got bad. (I had a $100 SKS at the time)
The one thing that sticks out for me was not hearing a single aircraft in the sky for days. I lived between two international airports so it was pretty eerie to have U.S. airspace effectively shut down.
Very eerie it was.
I was in high school, and had just got to school when they did an emergency evacuation of the halls. It was part of their post columbine routine where teachers locked everyone in the classroom. Then my teacher, an English teacher flipped on the TV about 2 minutes before the second plane hit. We watched everything, from the second plane slamming into the WTC, to people jumping off, and ultimately both collapses. I don't think that I have ever heard any public building, much less a high school that quiet in all of my life. I hope that I never will again. I went down to the Navy recruiters office two days later and signed up to ship out a week after my 18th birthday.
streetglideok
09-11-2012, 21:24
A little back story, which the days play the same this year: My ex wife and I were living in Oklahoma, and on Sunday, Sept 9, 2001, we visited the OKC bomb memorial. We heard the lady from the US park service giving a narration, and in it, she said that the Murrah bombing was the worst act of terrorism on US soil. 2 days later, on that fateful tuesday morning, my mother called me at work, and told me about the first plane hitting the trade center. We turned the tv on at work, as there was only 2 cars in the shop at the time, and I thought to myself, this must have been an accident, as a bomber once struck the Empire State bldg many years ago. Then, in front of our own eyes, we saw the second plane come screaming in and crash thru the second tower. At that point, we all knew this was an attack, and I immediately suspected Osama bin Laden. No one else there had ever noticed his name in the news in the past. Within a matter of minutes, you could tell the busy street that our shop was on, became still. We didn't see another customer that day, and only a handful the next. It was strange to see no commercials on tv, just the news, 24/7, and the reporters themselves trying to contain themselves. When all air traffic was grounded, it was creepy, almost like a sci-fi movie. My sister worked for the state of NY, and was located in Albany, in the tallest building in town. It was right in the flight patch of one of the planes that struck the towers, and she was told that her building may have been an alternate target, had something gone wrong early on in the highjacking. I remember everything that week, to this day, just like it was yesterday.
airborneranger
09-11-2012, 21:58
I was a mechanized infantry (Bradley Fighting Vehicle) company commander. We were conducted Table VI in preparation for vehicle crew qualification. My wife called my cell to tell me that a plane crashed into the WTC. Shortly thereafter, the entire BDE was recalled back to our station (Baumholder). We parked Brads at the gate and no one was allowed on the post. We were ready to go to war that night, but my BDE didn't get a chance until late, late 2003.
eadgbe194
09-12-2012, 00:32
I was on duty on board the USS Albany in Norfolk VA, watched it on the mess decks on CNN.
Woke up with a hangover in San Diego to the news coming from a roommate then us being glued to the TV the rest of the day. We often had west-bound flights come straight overhead from MCAS Miramar, but I can't remember hearing or seeing any action that day.
claimbuster
09-12-2012, 21:35
Getting ready for work when my wife hollered that a plane had just hit the WTC. Like many, I first thought it was an accident.
How about one more, where you when President Kennedy was shot? Bobby Kennedy?
anaphylaxis
09-13-2012, 05:20
I was at work -- just started day shift at a local hospital. I remember coming off an elevator and a respiratory therapist asked if I had heard that a plane hit the WTC.
rockhound
09-13-2012, 07:05
this post is late, was trying to wrap my mind about what one could say that would matter on a day like 9/11, i guess just remembering is tribute enough.
i was at my financial planner's office, handing over 15K for my IRA,
that account still hasn't recovered.
watched it play out almost all day,
agree it was surreal, like watching the challenger explode. you know its real, but when it has no direct effect on you, imagining what others must be going through is no the same,
peace to all those who suffered.
Rucker61
09-13-2012, 07:20
I feel the pain there, my grandparents were vacationing in Greece that day, they were supposed to fly back on the 14th but instead didn't fly back for another 5 days. They always said that was a very scary time to be out of the country- even if it was a moderately friendly/safe place.
I remember the graciousness of the British and Indian people during that time. The French newspaper Le Monde ran a headline stating "We Are All Americans", and it certainly appeared that the world felt that way. I can't remember how many times, upon finding out I was American, that total strangers came up to tell me how sorry they were for the events of that day.
I also remember the incredibly long lines at Heathrow Airport, and more incredibly, the sight of so many heavily armed British police walking around everywhere (By heavily armed, I mean MP5s, sidearms and body armor, but that's a big step for the normally unarmed Bobbies).
I just got my license. Was on my way to school at Fountain Ft. Carson High school, being a military school it was very somber. No learning was going on. Everyone was just glued to the t.v. in the classrooms. I will never forget that day or the brave men and women who lost their lives :(
We were camping near West Creek. Driving down towards the Platte for a day of fishing. Three airline pilots and two flight attendants. Quite surreal as I recall. We just decided to stay there and fish. Couldn't find a safe place to be.
I don't think I'll ever forget when my buddy who worked for United at the time, stopped, got out of his jeep and walked back to my truck and told me to turn the radio on.
whiskeyjack
09-13-2012, 09:54
Bible study.
mcantar18c
09-13-2012, 10:29
I was in school. Too young to really understand what was going on at the time, but I definitely inderstood it later on and was in Afghanistan on 9/11/2012.
I was in school. Too young to really understand what was going on at the time, but I definitely inderstood it later on and was in Afghanistan on 9/11/2012.
Stay safe, and thanks for your service!
mcantar18c
09-13-2012, 10:43
Stay safe, and thanks for your service!
It's a privilege, it really is. For better or worse though I'm on my way back to the states now. It's nice to be headed back to the world but at the same time I wish I had more time here.
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