Never Forget September 11th - What Were You Doing That Day?

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Hopefully folks will remember this day for many generations to come, let us not become apathetic or lose sight of what happened that day. Something i will never forget

Thanks for posting this ID.  I don't remember what I was doing that day, but whatever it was it stopped while I watched the news. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those directly involved with this tragedy and to all those who continue to serve their countries combating terrorism throughout the world.

Talking to DavidK on ICQ [or maybe was messenger]...;)

I was at work that morning.  The guy in the office over yelled that we needed to turn on the news.  So we had a radio on and we had Foxnews, and CNN and the local stations streaming whatever news they had.  We were all calling our families to make sure that they were OK.

We worked in a building owned and mostly poulated by a Saudi Arabian company and were concerned about foriegn and domestic attacks on the building.

My wife is from Long Island and I worried about people she knew who would be stepping up to help where they could.

Many people went home to pray or cry or watch.  I continued to to continue at the office.  Changing anything I did meant that they had won something from me and I wasn't going to let that happen as much as I could.

Today is a good day to look back at those that are gone, those that stepped up, those that have sacrificed since.  Today is a good day to look at our leaders, the ones that you voted into office at whatever level and the ones that appointed others and make sure they are handling things the way you want them handled.  Today is a good day to let them know what you think.

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/me is mindful and thankful and hopeful.

Talking on the phone to a friend in SD before he went to work after I had watched the midday news here in Ireland and then they took a CNN feed and switched over to the fire in the first tower and then in utter disbelief I watched as the second plane flew into the second tower. It was so horrific watching as some folk jumped and others waved out windows and on the rooftop for a rescue that unfortunately could not take place.

I was a sophomore in college and living in a house with some friends off-campus at the time.  I was doing my morning email & website check when one of my friends IM'd me telling me to turn on the television (any channel, didn't matter).  I stumbled downstairs, turned on the TV and flopped down on the futon.

As soon as I saw what was happening, I picked up the phone and called my parents to let them know.  Shortly after my mom picked up, the first tower fell.  I stayed on the phone through the second tower falling.  After a while, my phone battery started to die so I hung up and spent the rest of the morning fixed to the TV.  As my roommates woke up I updated them on what was happening and by mid-morning everyone in the house was watching.  One of my roommates had a brother living in NYC.  He spent all day trying to reach him but the phones were jammed.  None of us made it as far as showering or having breakfast, we were all still in our PJs.

I completely forgot about class and work that day.  But it turns out so did almost everyone else.  Going back the next day it turned out none of the professors made it to class, and most of the lab staff never showed up to open the lab that morning so no work got done anyway.

It was an incredibly surreal day for me as I had never really lived through anything like it.  The plane hijackings of the 70s were before I was born, and I was too young for the ones in the 80s to have much impact.  The first WTC bombing was a vague memory, but since the towers didn't fall, it didn't stick too well. To me, the idea of terrorism was something remote and academic up to that point.

Without a doubt, a defining moment for me.

On holiday when we got a phone call to get to a tv. I remember just staring at the screen for what seemed like hours. Could not accept what I was watching. I have never forgotten that day and I hope the sane world never will too.

I was getting ready to go to work, ironing my cammies and watching CNN like every morning.  After the second one hit, I grabbed my stuff and hauled ass onto base, which was already on lockdown.  We pretty much watched the news all day.  If you've got time:

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That day will never be forgotten- I worked late the night before so I slept in but when I got up I went out to the smoke room and my roommate had the tv on and I watched in total shock!! I cried and prayed for all the families- What a terrible day!!

I remember getting back from a meeting just after the planes had hit the buildings.

Spent the rest of the day looking at the news sites and chatting with others in the office and people in #stardock on IRC (back when we were on efnet I think).  No TVs in the office so wasn't able to see much until I got home as the office internet connection was pretty limited.

A couple of weeks later I had to be in Amsterdam (It was either at or near the World Trade Centre in Amsterdam) and the security on the flight was pretty high.

I was rounding at one of the Hospitals, looked up and saw the plane hit the first tower on TV. I called to a friend and he watched in total silence, then the second plane hit and I said, "Terrorists". We watched, called to the nurses....well, later I learned that his daughter worked ther. Thank G-d she was late to work that day....

I so wish they all were late that day.

I did my specialization in a Hospital 5 minutes by foot from the Towers...I remembered the wonderful day my late wife and my two (then) little boys went to the top and looked out and could see Connecticut, Long Island...The Statue of Liberty....so, now all that remains is my memories of the day.

The anger I felt, and still feel.

The city I was born and grew up in.

And our memories of the dead, and how they died: Lest we forget, G-d help us.

Steve...I tried, really tried to watch it all the way through. I'm sorry. I couldn't.

Believe it or not I ran over a 6 foot alligator at 5 o'clock in the morning in fort lauderdale.

I remember very well. I was at work, listening to the radio, standing there with y mouth wide open in disbelief as we went from a small private plane to 2 jetliners. I pray for the souls of all those who perished and I commend and pray for all that helped out in what will be the human generated disaster of the century. All we can do is believs in Karma. 

I remember perfectly. I was visiting my grandmother in Florida at the time. I was redesiging her flowerbeds in the backyard and she came outside. She said, "A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center."....

I went inside and sat down to watch the news. I saw the second plane hit. I was in shock. Not sure I moved from the television at all that day. I still remember her telling me that she had lived through Pearl Harbor, and had hoped that she would never see anything like that again. She was in tears, and it hurt my heart to see her cry.

It was tragic. My uncle lost a very good friend that day. Families lost loved ones. As a nation we lost a sense of security.

I will NEVER forget.......

I was living in Tasmania at the time and was pottering about the house/unpacking stuff that had arrived from Queensland when I heard the news of the first plane crashing into the first tower.  At first I thought it was some kind of tragic accident, but when the second plane hit I shocked into the reality of what was happening... that it was indeed a terrorist attack.

I didn't want to sit in front of the TV and watch what was happening... what had happened... the senseless carnage, but nevertheless I was glued to the coverage, dumbstruck and feeling a great sense of loss.  It didn't matter that this had happened on the other side of the World to people whom I'd never met, I was still overwhelmed with grief... hoping like hell that more people would be/could be saved.

It's something I never can forget... we all lost something that day, no matter what race, colour or creed.

i had gotten my son off to school and sat down to eat my breakfast while watching the Today Show. i remember Katie and Matt breaking the script for the show and concentrating on the Towers. After the second plane hit, I turned the channel to CNN. not long after that, it didn't really matter what channel you were watching. every channel (news, sports, movies, cable, music) had it on all day. when my son came home from school. he said they hasd watched the news all day during class.

I was in second grade at the time.  I remember one of my friends being called out of class by the principal.  His dad was on a business trip to New York and had a meeting that morning in the Trade Centers.  He was meeting on the 97th floor of the first tower (plane went through 94 - 98 floors).  Everyone assumed he was dead. two days later he shows up on their front porch.  Seems that a half hour before the tower was hit his meeting had been moved to the 5th floor.  He was in the building when it was hit but since he was so close to ground level he made it out in time.

I had just moved to Florida in August, and on that day, I was sitting in orientation for my nursing job.  The Director of Nursing came into the room, and told all of us that the Towers had just been hit...and told us that we could go home...the orentation was postponed until the following week.  I sat glued to my TV all that day...in disbelief...looking at all that carnage.  To this day, I am still in disbelief that someone could attack us that way.

I will never forget....

i was on my way to work and when i heard the news i almost crashed the car. I had to pull over for awhile and just sit there.

I was living in Arizona and  was on my way home after taking care of an elderly lady the night before. a friend of mine called me on my cell phone....I drove the rest of the way home through tears, listening to it on the radio......I hung our American flag ouside....along with everyone on our street, in the town, in the country......

Well it was my 18th birthday so i was partying ..and was downing some cold ones yesterday also... so im a bit hungover today haha

I was just coming home from work. I saw the towers being destroyed and thought my wife was watching a movie.