9/11 remembered

[meggs521]

I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for school while trying to cram in some last minute studying for an AP American history test I had that day. My aunt (who lived in Bahrain at the time) called my mom and told her what was happening, so we turned on the TV and the feeling is just one you can't really describe- disbelief, confusion, sorrow... I'm sure you all know.

I can still see it now- me standing at the sink flipping through my flash cards and then hearing my mom on the phone and seeing the Twin Towers on the TV... very surreal at the time.

 

[lanky189]

I was at community college...walked into the commons with a big screen the first plane had hit and everybody had gathered around the tv....then as we were watching the first tower burn live...we saw the second plane hit...

after the first we all thought it was just an accident...but as soon as the explosion from the other plane went off...everybody got quiet...we knew something was wrong..


::salute::

 

[NA86.5]

::salute::

 

[Jayhall]

i was in grade 10. Just woke up for school, at i think 7am or so(i think). Larry And Willy (morning show hosts) said that a plane had hit one of the world trade center buildings. I assumed it was a small plane. I came upstairs turned on the radio so i could listen for an update, as i was interested to hear details. After the radio was on, i walked to the kitchen. Then the radio turned off. I started to yell at my sister, who does things like that to piss me off. As i started yelling i was stopped by my dad.. i knew something was wrong.1 he was still home, hes NEVER late for work 2 The look on his face. He took my to his room, sat me down on the end of his bed infront of the TV and said " your watching history in the making" Not even 10 seconds later the second plane hit, and my jaw dropped. I was in absolute and utter dissbeleif. I just watch a passanger jet slam into a building!?! no way, i didnt beleve it. First class of the day was Science, i was late, so was everyone eles, we didnt do any work that day, in any class, we only watched CNN. the whole day felt like a dream, but it didnt end. I wanted this "dream" to end, but it didnt. i remember at lunch, people were running down the halls telling everyone fighting broke out in Afganistan, but no one knew who was fighting who. Only that missles were being launched. I remember the day with great detail, as you can tell. I dont know exactly how it affected me, but i do know my opinion of the world has changed. There are people out there that want me dead, not becasue of what i have done, but becasue of where i live, how i live. to those people, FUCK YOU, come and get me. Im not a religous man by anymeans, but today i will say a prayer for all those affected.

On another note, please dont get into this with great detail. Just take it how it is. Last night i was thinking while watching a special on Osama Bin Laden, for years now, i have not agreed with the war, in iraq, in afganistan, anywhere. I THOUGHT what bush was doing was finishing what his dad started. Im sorry, last night i relized, i go to bed at night, go to work, hang out with my friends, and i feel safe doing it. If it was up to Bin Laden, i wouldnt do any of that. Id be dead becasue i love freedom. The war on terror is being won, becasue as a person of the west, i go about my day to day actvities, without being afraid. Am i worried, maybe, but i dont let it stop me. Fear would stop me. From a very proud Canadian...::salute::

 

[encomiast]

I had just bought a car that day and was on my way to work in the middle of Stuttgart city traffic after a 2 hour trip, it must have been about 1 pm local time. The radio was turned on but muted; when I noticed they were talking about something happening in the WTC, I turned up the volume a little, they said there were rumours of a plane having crashed into it... I didn't really believe it.
When I arrived at the office only a few minutes later no one there knew about it and I was tired and had a shitload of work to do, so I kinda forgot about it for the next couple of hours.
When I finally watched the news coverage on TV in the evening after work, I was like "no way this is real, two passenger planes crashing into the WTC, that's just too... unrealistic... it's got to be a big fake, a movie scene or something". After zapping through all the TV channels and seeing the same thing over and over again on all of them, I finally grasped that it WAS real. I can't really express what I was feeling, my guts were just clenching.

Sincere condolences.
Reqiuescant in pace.

 

[Nick M]

I was sitting in rush hour traffic listening to that bonehead Danny Bonaduce. Actually, I had just turned the radio on, and he said, "there is a republican in the white house and he has his finger on the button", or something very close to that.

 

[Supracentral]

I was standing in the lobby of The Coca-Cola Company (I worked for KO at the time) and watched it on live TV... Never made it up to my desk, when the 1st tower fell I left and went home. Called my parents to make sure no one from the family was in the buildings (I'm from NY originally).

 

[Adjuster]

Watched it on TV from just after the first plane hit, through the second impact, the Pentagon, and the buildings falling down from the damage sustained, then the flight 93 confusion, and the planes landing everywhere.

Later that afternoon, I had to drive up to Idaho Falls from Pocatello where I was living then, and the highways were mostly empty. It was strange to say the least. The customer who's car I looked at was completely depressed. He had wrecked his car the night before, and called in the claim that morning before the whole 911 thing got going. He actually apologized to me for making me work on such a terrible day, and I told him that as bad as it was, life goes on, and it was no problem.. I remember listening to the radio, and they were reporting cruise missiles being shot into Afganistan, but it turned out to be wrong.

I have not cried for years, but I cried alot that day. It was too much to watch the people jumping while holding hands, and falling down to their deaths. Then when the buildings came down, it was numbing.

If I did not have a wife and child at that time, I would have joined the military that very day to go and find those reponsible, and "bring them to justice". (I figure kill them all, and let Allah sort it all out later. Inshallah.)

 

[CFSapper]

I still remeber it very clearly i was in grade 8 woke up late and had bout 10 min to make the bus to school i got down stairs and saw my family round the TV and knew something was up because my family NEVER watches TV in the morining my dad said come here your watching history in the making just after he said that the second plane hit i was stuned.
I had no idea what it was they hit or who at the time but it was at that point in time i disided to join the military when i got older so stuff like that would never happend

From a proud Canadian

To those who died that day
To those who died fighting
To those who lost loved ones
And to those who will continue to fight
May we never forget

::salute::

 

[Facime]

Thank you all for the wonderful, albiet sad, responces, and for keeping this about the ones who were lost.

As we close out the day I wanted to just add my own final thoughts. Just like many of you I have vivid memories of that day and how my emotions ranged from disbelief, shock, anger, sadness and fear. That day was the last day in my life that I would just listen to the national anthem without taking off my hat, covering my heart, and singing the words outloud. I now fly a flag on my house 3 days of the year (never had one before) on Veterens day, Independence Day, and 9/11. I was always a proud American, but now I wear my feelings on my sleeve.

I cant even begin to imagine what it was like for the families of those that were lost that day, and my heart goes out to every family that loses someone in places like Iraq or Afganistan. I admit sometimes its just too sad to watch and I need to turn away just to keep my sanity, but I will always honor them. I dont know what is going to happen in the world during the rest of my lifetime, but if I never have to see another innocent person die that will suit me just fine. I just wish it were possible to see a world where man's inhumanity to man didnt exist. Unfortunately we all live in the real world, and we know that just isnt possible.

Im going to honor those victims by observing the last 10 minutes of the day in silence. Go in peace, knowing you will never be forgotten.

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

I posted a remembrance thread on another forum... I got this response....:icon_conf

I was on my way to work , 83rd floor of Tower 1 as a outsourced network admin. & was running late that day. Was reading Wired mag about the Lord of Rings movie on the express bus, some reason looked up at the towers right before going into the midtown tunnel to the city, they looked beautiful with the sun on that Tuesday morning.
Hit alot of traffic, so I got off in midtown & walked to my main office on 34th street, across from the garden. Reception freaked out when i walked in, I thought I was fired for already being late downtown. I had no idea what had happened yet. My boss comes out & hugs me, now I'm stunned & confused, walks me into the conference room to see the TV.
I see first tower burning on the news, just then second tower is hit.

Life was changed at that moment.

Wow