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Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:20 am to bdelarosa7
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:20 am to bdelarosa7
I was sitting in a training room in Jacksonville Florida at a company training event. A lot of the folks in the class were from NY with family working in the twin towers.
That was a freaking nightmare. I had one guy who worked for me coming late to the training. he was literally sitting in a continental jet on the tarmac at Newark waiting to fly to Jax when the first plane hit. he saw it from an airplane window.
One of the most horrendous days for America ever.
That was a freaking nightmare. I had one guy who worked for me coming late to the training. he was literally sitting in a continental jet on the tarmac at Newark waiting to fly to Jax when the first plane hit. he saw it from an airplane window.
One of the most horrendous days for America ever.
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Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:28 am to FairhopeTider
11th grade, sitting in a school assembly listening to some motivational speaker who was really, really terrible. I was sitting with my girlfriend at the time, my friends Mike, Jason, Jason, and Frank. Our Principal, Mr. Pritz, walked on the stage, kindly took the microphone, and announced that America had been attacked and that the WTC had been hit by two planes. We were dismissed and told to go back to our class rooms to await further instructions. Immediately, my friend Frank (who had always wanted to work for the CIA as long a I had known him), turned around to me and said "It was that son of a bitch Bin Laden." We spent the rest of the day watching coverage on the TV in my physics classroom until we were released from class early. It's crazy how vividly I remember the events of that day. I can't tell you what I wore yesterday, but I specifically remember details like that from 9-11-01.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:34 am to bdelarosa7
I can remember that day as clearly as yesterday.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:47 am to bdelarosa7
I was on a flight from KC to Cincy that morning.
I was at the back of the plane and when we landed the phone on the bulkhead at the back of the plane rang, the stewardess answered and starting saying "Oh my God" over and over.
I asked what happened and she said someone flew a plane into one of the towers.
I got off the plane and into the concourse just in time to see the second jet impact.
At that point all I wanted was out of that airport.
On Friday of that week I was finally able to get a rental to drive back home. I never saw so many American flags in my life on the way. Every overpass had one draped from it. On cars, on trucks. It was a surreal time that I will never forget.
I was at the back of the plane and when we landed the phone on the bulkhead at the back of the plane rang, the stewardess answered and starting saying "Oh my God" over and over.
I asked what happened and she said someone flew a plane into one of the towers.
I got off the plane and into the concourse just in time to see the second jet impact.
At that point all I wanted was out of that airport.
On Friday of that week I was finally able to get a rental to drive back home. I never saw so many American flags in my life on the way. Every overpass had one draped from it. On cars, on trucks. It was a surreal time that I will never forget.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:50 am to crispyUGA
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11th grade
quote:Damn. Pretty insightful for a high school kid.
my friend Frank (who had always wanted to work for the CIA as long a I had known him), turned around to me and said "It was that son of a bitch Bin Laden."
I was in 5th grade and the school didn't tell anyone below 6th grade. I can take you to the exact spot I was standing on in the bathroom when a 6th grader told me that 2 planes had flown into the WTC and someone had bombed the pentagon.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 7:52 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:52 am to bdelarosa7
6th grade
It was break time and a girl in our class had just gotten a fancy new portable tv. She was able to pick up a few stations, one being the Memphis local news who were playing footage of the first plane. Our teacher quickly rolled in one of those big tv stands into our room and as soon as she turned it on the 2nd plane hit. We spent all day in that class room watching horrified.
I remember I didn't even know what terrorism or the WTC were at the time.
It was break time and a girl in our class had just gotten a fancy new portable tv. She was able to pick up a few stations, one being the Memphis local news who were playing footage of the first plane. Our teacher quickly rolled in one of those big tv stands into our room and as soon as she turned it on the 2nd plane hit. We spent all day in that class room watching horrified.
I remember I didn't even know what terrorism or the WTC were at the time.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 7:53 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:56 am to bdelarosa7
I was a senior at AU. My roommate woke me up after the planes had hit but before the buildings fell. All my classes were cancelled so I just watched the news all day.
I remember calling my parents and trying to get them to go to my aunts farm in N Ga to get away from the CDC and Dobbins AFB.
I remember calling my parents and trying to get them to go to my aunts farm in N Ga to get away from the CDC and Dobbins AFB.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:56 am to bdelarosa7
I was in either 7th or 8th grade. It was the first time I really remember hearing anyone mention the WTC towers. I have some family that lives near DC so I was a little worried about them, but that's the only way it really affected me.
I remember being pissed that college football was cancelled that weekend.
I remember being pissed that college football was cancelled that weekend.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 8:00 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:58 am to parkjas2001
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CDC and Dobbins AFB.
That's what everyone at my high school was worried about, especially after the Pentagon was hit.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 7:59 am to bdelarosa7
I was driving with my father to Pensacola from Orange Beach to take a vehicle to the dealership to be servicedwe were listening on Newsradio and then watched in the waiting room. I remember that day all of the fighter jets that we're cruisin up and down the coast line from the air force bases in Pensacola
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:01 am to Ridgewalker
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On Friday of that week I was finally able to get a rental to drive back home. I never saw so many American flags in my life on the way. Every overpass had one draped from it. On cars, on trucks. It was a surreal time that I will never forget.
We should have B-52 carpet bombed the entire middle east. Thats what we should have done.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:05 am to spacewrangler
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remember that day all of the fighter jets that we're cruisin up and down the coast line from the air force bases in Pensacola
I imagine the standing order from the military was to lock down the coast line and every military facility. AU has a small armory and I remember seeing a humvee with an M16 parked facing out and a soldier on it for days.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:07 am to bdelarosa7
Senior in high school sitting in U.S. Government...
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:08 am to bdelarosa7
I was in my apartment in Auburn. Had just gotten out of the shower, had a late morning class, and when I got back I had a message on my computer (either AIM or ICQ) saying turn on CNN, a plane just hit the WTC. I turned it on just in time to see the second plane hit.
I called my mom back in Atlanta and was checking to see how she was and what was going on. The company she worked for was coordinating an event with Prince Andrew in Atlanta that evening, and they had just heard that BA had turned the plane around over the Atlantic. The first tower fell while we were on the phone, and I remember just saying "Holy shite!" right in my mom's ear. I also remember telling her not to leave the office unless it was to go home. Too many potential targets in Atlanta with the large buildings, etc. and at that point no one knew what else had been targeted.
Classes were cancelled and I just sat there watching the news all day. I remember that the entertainment channels like MTV and E! all went to a still picture showing the NYC skyline and text saying that due to the events programming was suspended and you needed to turn to one of the news stations or network stations.
The really sad thing was,I found out later that a friend of the family worked for Cantor Fitzgerald in one of their other offices, and was on an open mic conference call with Cantor in NYC when the plane hit.
I called my mom back in Atlanta and was checking to see how she was and what was going on. The company she worked for was coordinating an event with Prince Andrew in Atlanta that evening, and they had just heard that BA had turned the plane around over the Atlantic. The first tower fell while we were on the phone, and I remember just saying "Holy shite!" right in my mom's ear. I also remember telling her not to leave the office unless it was to go home. Too many potential targets in Atlanta with the large buildings, etc. and at that point no one knew what else had been targeted.
Classes were cancelled and I just sat there watching the news all day. I remember that the entertainment channels like MTV and E! all went to a still picture showing the NYC skyline and text saying that due to the events programming was suspended and you needed to turn to one of the news stations or network stations.
The really sad thing was,I found out later that a friend of the family worked for Cantor Fitzgerald in one of their other offices, and was on an open mic conference call with Cantor in NYC when the plane hit.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:08 am to bdelarosa7
I was in my 5th grade classroom 26 miles from Ground Zero. My family knew a lot of good people that lost their lives in that day. More that helped in the aftermath. My father spent two weeks, starting the 12th, at the site to help search for survivors.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:09 am to bdelarosa7
I remember being in the 3rd grade when it happened.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:11 am to bdelarosa7
Was supposed to be in 7th grade PE but I had broken my leg in a baseball game two weeks before and was on crutches, so I was sitting in the school library doing home work. Librarian turned the TV on after the first one hit
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:16 am to LanierSpots
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I think we should all watch the coverage every year so we do not forget.
Not to sound callous, but I don't think anyone that was over the age of 10 or so will ever forget it.
I was lying in bed, nursing a wicked hangover, and trying to motivate myself to get in the shower to get ready for a meeting later that morning. Clicked on the TV and saw the coverage of the 1st plane hitting. They were saying it was a Cessna that hit it, and I kept thinking there was no way a Cessna would slice through that building like that, nor create that big of a hole. Then the 2nd plane came into frame and I felt like I was punched in the stomach.
The weirdest thing about that day was how everyone tried going about their business, but everyone was in a state of shock. I went to pick up subs for the office for lunch, and everywhere you went nobody was talking. Everyone was like, what the hell do we do?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:24 am to The Spleen
I was a junior in high school - sitting in history class. I just remember everyone freaking out wanting to leave to get gas.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 8:26 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 8:28 am to sorrycholly
Haha, I forgot about everyone rushing to get gas. How very American of everyone. 
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