where were you 2 years ago when it happened...

[Rmarks]

I was sitting in my room flipping channels before I was supposed to goto class. Saw the 2nd plane hit while watching CNN. Then went to class, heard on the radio the plane flew into the Pentagon, Then we watched the news for the whole class. I skipped my other classes for the rest of the day to go home and was glued to the TV till the next morning.

[jpdgas]

In my netware lab. saw it on some website. I got to sit through all of my classes without any updates.

[Clare]

I was buying some books that morning for the fall semester when I saw everyone standing around a small television. I went over there to see what all the commotion was about and couldn't believe what I was seeing. All my classes were cancelled that day so I spent the rest of the day glued to the tv.

[manike]

I was giving a CAD training course.

One of my friends who knew I was going to the states in October for the World Cup called me and for ages I thought he was joking, until we could get onto the net and see what was happening.

We were in shock and I cancelled the training course for the day.

[land hurricane]

I was in 8th grade. I was outside at break, when we returned to our 2nd period the tv was on and our teacher was watching it. By the time I had gotten to 3rd period I had heard at least 100 different rumors, some like: aliens had attacked us (heh) or that another country has hijacked every plane we have and is flying them around. It was crazy. but yeah, class.

[Albinonewt]

I was in my car just getting ready to park at the port authority on my way to the WTC for a SEC certification class.

[manike]

Originally posted by Albinonewt
I was in my car just getting ready to park at the port authority on my way to the WTC for a SEC certification class.

Scary.

[Python14]

I was in my history class listening watching other people present their projects. Then one of the teachers down the hall came in and told us. We put it on the TV for about 30 minutes, enough time to see the next plane hit. But then our superintendent called the principal and said we weren't allowed to watch it. I missed everything else that happened until I got home at 3.

I hate my superintendent.

[pbcustom98]

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i was in school when it happend..and ppl thought the plane was a small plane..but i was like no way.. this is terrorist stuff. everyone lauged at me so i just said.. 'you'll see..'

Daniel

[TSalPaintball]

i was walking into my math class in eighth grade and my teacher had it on and we just watched it the rest of the day, i find it weird how everybody knows eactcaly where they were when this horriable event happened.

9/11/01 Always Remember

[Load SM5]

I was one the way to work when I heard on the news that there was a fire in one of the towers. 20 minutes after I made it to work I heard it was a plane. The another plane, the the pentagon was on fire. I drove back home to snag my portable TV and brought it back so we could see what was going on. The first tower fell while I was in the car on the way back.

[jdev]

i was on my way to work, and I had the howard stern show on.

he had mentioned that a plane had struck one of the 2 towers. immediately I thought It had to be a joke, but he kept going on about it. i thought to myself.. somebody just got their pilots license and flew their tiny plane into the WTC. seeing how at the time, people crashing their small engined planes seemed to be the thing to do.

I got into work and we had a tv on out back. I was watching the news, and saw as it happened, the second plane hit tower 2..

[fire1811]

my brother and i where on the phone
watching/talking about the towers.
we are both firefighters and thought that this was
just another good hi-rise job FDNY had......then the second plane hit.

and when the towers fell.....well as a firefighter you
have different feelings then the rest. no need to explain them if you arnt one you wont understand.

my brother is now a firefighter for FDNY and i will soon be following in the life long dream.

does it hurt when you remember 9-11???

It should, because when it doesnt hurt anymore you will forget! NEVER FORGET.

some times for you to say a prayer or be silent out of respect.
eastern times
8:46 1st plane strikes north tower

9:03 2nd plane strikes south tower

9:59 South tower falls

10:29 North tower falls

Thanks

Curt
*343*

[Timmee]

I was on Rte 95 South heading towards Derby, CT to get my birth certificate (so I could work at Mohegan Sun). I saw signs that all bridges into New York were closed, but attributed it to traffic or some other mundane problem. I stopped by my uncle's house in Ansonia for a pit stop and to hang out for a while, and my uncle's wife answered the door. The first words out of her mouth were, "They just bombed the WTC. We're watching it downstairs.". The second plane hit while I was still at the door upstairs. Watching the CNN coverage, it was surreal.

[JadedT]

I woke at 6am to do my laundry on Sept. 11th, 2001. Had the news on and heard about a small plane hitting the first tower. Thought it was a minor accident and that it'll get put out (the fire) and rebuilt so all will be good at the WTC. Then the news showed the second tower being ablaze and thought it was no longer an accident. They were speculating as to how a second fire started and the possibility that the fire somehow "jumped" from tower-to-tower via the mechanical systems. I am an architect so I knew it was foulplay. Decided to check out the situation since I live less than 1/2 mile away from the site. Was 8 city blocks away looking at the tower, turned away to walk to work (very late) and heard screams. Turned in time to see the first of the two towers collapse from less than a 1/4 mile away. I just knew enough to get away, but realized I was walking towards another target (the Empire State Building.) Got to the office and missed the second tower go down since it was still standing when I went into my office building. Got to the roof, where the whole office was watching the fires and they all witnessed the second tower fall.

Most people left the office immediately to get to their homes. I sat at work watching the news to find out more and found out that afternoon I couldn't go home. My home was in the zone that was cordonned off. I was homeless for three days while they implemented security measures. 3 months later I was still showing ID to get home.

Obviously, my experience was nothing like that of the men and women at the site or arrived later to help. I only had to live with the minor angst of going to a grocery store two blocks from the site for my food and living in a military zone with constant reminders of 9/11 for a year. Sirens, smells of torches cutting metal, the dust of pulverized concrete filled the air for many months and I lived with shut windows and air purifiers to this day.

This was my 9/11 experience.