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Edit: To answer Georgie, I was in 3rd grade. I just remember my mom pulling me, my brother and two of my friends out of school. I didn't know why and she told us not to listen to the radio or watch TV and if we were going to go outside, we needed to stay close to the house.
Naturally we went out to the garage and turned the radio on. Being that young, you don't understand what you're listening to. You just understand something is terribly wrong.
That night my parents sat us down and watched the news with us and explained what was going on. They reassured us that our military would keep us safe and we live in a great country, but that this is still very real and very scary that people would do such a terrible thing.
I will never forget that day. It will forever be burned into my mind.. None of my loved ones were effected but my heart goes out to those who were directly effected by 9/11 and my prayers are still with them.
Still remember the people sitting around me. Remember what desk I was in even. I don’t recall anything like that except that day.
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First memory of visiting New York was seeing the twin towers from across the Hudson 6 months earlier.
Godspeed to the victims and families.
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I was in chemistry class in college. They closed the school down for the day and I went home and watched it unfold on TV. Still today it is unimaginable and upsetting that we lost nearly 3,000 people in the heart of New York City and crash sites at the Pentagon and the field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
I'll never forget it.
Up to that point I was just another brainwashed stooge who was told Islam is a religion of peace. I spent the next decade educating myself on world religions. It became a hobby of sorts to learn what Islam is, what it isn't, and what it's capable of.
The evening of 9/11 is something I will never forget. I went outside and it was so quiet. It was the first time in my lifetime that all aircraft had been grounded. You could go outside and hear a pin drop. It was such an eerie feeling. I'll never forget that.
RIP to all who were killed on that terrible day. Never forget.
Shame on you mitsubishi owners.
Would you some day drive an atta if there was one.
Have a cousin in Gander Nfld in the car rental business at the airport. She has some stories, some of which more or less eventually made it to and are currently showing on Broadway. Sad days indeed....
Still half a sleep, I opened the windows and sliding door to start the day. Once the T.V. fired up it was already on a news station reporting how a plane had hit one of the towers, and had not yet confirmed what type of plane it was. And like everyone else, I remember it like it was yesterday. The two news people were carrying their reporting like normal, and then from the side of the screen I saw the second plane come in and hit the building. I first thought it was a replay of the first plane, then the coverage started amping up from there. This shits' for real.
I was somewhat glad that I was on vacation and had the time to watch it all unfold, and equally as glad that I was on the direct opposite side of the country. One thing that stands out too is the airport has their planes take off over Mission Bay, then loop back around. Never noticed how the sound of a plane taking off blends in, until there isn't any.
Before we had to land, we heard an airliner asking for lower, saying they had a situation going on. I've never heard that much stress in someone's voice on the radio. We were in the same sector of Cleveland Center as flight 93 at the same time, and I think we were actually on the ground a little before they crashed. I didn't remember the call sign but I'm 99.9% sure it was them. I've been to Shanksville three or four times since. It's very moving to think about the heroism that is buried there.
the Control Center to find everyone staring at the video wall in disbelief. Much talk of how it could have happened when the 2nd plane struck. At that moment we realized this was not an accident & we were under attack. Standing in a 35 story highrise building looking out at a panoramic view of SF bay & the Bay Bridge I began to realize how vulnerable we were. The whole Control Center immediately snapped into crisis mode. Thus began the most incredible day of my PG&E career. A day I will never forget. RIP
I just read a post on Facebook about how Brooklyn Ladder 118 was seen charging into the tower, and rushing up the stairs, people recalled seeing “118” on their helmets. They were never seen again. Fearless men right there. Heroes.
It’s insane that some people survived the building collapse and I also read that a man jumped from the 22nd floor and survived. After watching videos of the collapse, how in the hell does someone survive that? Would you of had to of been at the top to survive it, or bottom? Crazy to think about.
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I worked for a data security company that had maintained an office at the WTC. We had only recently moved all operations out of there, but it was chilling to know that my coworkers could have been killed if not.
i went to the track with a friend and just couldn't get my head into it, rode a few laps and we went home.
still hard to wrap my head around the absolute hate that was displayed that day
These are from around 5am 9/12/11
From the second trip
I had just done a series of articles on millions of dollars in improvements that had been done to the building- exactly where the plane hit. The building was highly reinforced at the spot where it hit, and most of the workers had been relocated to other parts of the building.
The other thing I had learned was the day that construction began on the Pentagon- Sept. 11, 1941. Those were the first two incredibly bizarre coincidences I observed about 9/11. It's gut-wrenching to think of the sheer death and horror.
Found out the next day she was pregnant. We’re now celebrating 20 years married today and have been blessed with wonderful 16 and 13 year old daughters.
Our anniversary will be forever intertwined with 9/11. Thankful we’re together and family continues to be the most important gift of our lives. Others weren’t so fortunate on that day.
Going to dinner tonight (for our 20th anniversary) and that time period will come up again. We will never forget. Yes, we’re going to Seafood.
I was working a different type of job than I normally had it, was right next to the dispatcher room and he had a TV.
I see some people in there watching it pretty intently so I went in there and the first Tower had been hit.
I had a hard time trying to figure out how a pilot could f up that bad and hit the tower.
A short time after that the second plane hit and we all jumped back and you knew right then and there it was an attack.
We're all just kind of standing there not saying much with our Jaws dropped and because I was kind of new I realized I had to get back to work and left the room.
I don't really remember much else from that sad day.
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