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

[i like tictacs]

I was at school, in a theology class when we heard about the first plane hitting. i had alot of free time next, so i just watched tv in the gym for a hour or two, i saw both the towers collapse, scary ****. everyone was saying how it was a cessna or something.

[dogEmedic]

I had just got home from work and was checking my email, for some reason my cable internet went dead. A few seconds later my FD pager starts going nuts, our dispatch is the same as FDNY citywide.

At that point I started watching the news and got all of my scanners running, saw the second plane hit on tv. By then all the new york citywide radios were going psycho, as sick as it might sound I did end up recording some to my pc, some of the most upsetting, depressing(sp), and tear jerking stuff I have ever heard.

Soon after the first tower went down a friend and I went to atlantic highlands with our local first aid to help anybody that came over. That's when it sunk in, how bad it really was, the boats werre only bringing small amounts of people back and none of them were hurt, we all sat there, over 50 first aid squads and nobody to help.

After that I am sad to say I went home and went to sleep, being that I work nights I was to tired on top of being shocked, stunned, or whatever else that could be inserted here to be of any good.

[Mango]

I was in class at the time it happened and went to the gym afterwards, they had a TV in the gym and there were tons of people around it. By that time the second plane just hit and we watched the rest of it unfold on TV.

[Collegeboy]

I can remember exactly what I was doing on that day. I was driving home from my university to go home and see my father in the hospital for he just had another stroke. As I topped a hill, something started to bleed through the radio station that I was listening to. All I heard was, something about a plane flying into the WTC. At that time I thought it was just an accident (like the one flying into the empire state building). Then all of a sudden I hear the announcer say another one has collided into the towers. I immediately had to pull over and sit for a while and try and conjure up what has exactly happened. As I was sitting there I noticed a trend starting to happen, where once only I stood, now stood over 20 cars. As soon as I heard that the second tower fell, I looked over my shoulder and saw 20 cars, all doing exactly what I was doing, we all had the same look on our faces. Then I had to get it together and drive 4 more hours home.

That day is especially sad for me, for not only did 2000 people die; I also had to face losing my father as well.

[Restola]

Just woken up. Sitting in my room on my computer. My landlord comes up the stairs and says "A plane just hit the world trade center". I barely remembered what the WTC was.

I sat there with two of my roommates and my landlord and watched it all for a couple of hours. Feeling all the strange emotions pour through me that I guess you feel when you realize your country just got attacked, and the feelings you feel when you watch others suffering, and sacrificing.

[poolshark5226]

I was in school getting school pictures taken (8th grade). A few people started talking about how the towers were on fire, and there were plenty of rumors going around (lighning strike, bombing, arson, aliens, etc), and the whole thing was taken more as a joke than anything else. When I got home I turned on the tube and watched it until about 2 am. The reality of the situation, about all the people who lost their lives, didn't sink in until a few days afterwards.

[Kai]

I was in my second hour English class. I joined in just after the second plane hit. Watched it the rest of the day.

[Miscue]

I was going to buy books for class, and saw it on TV going through the student union. I watched the second plane hit, and the buildings as they were falling. Everyone was glued to the TV. I thought to myself... Oh my God, this is actually happening. Then I starting thinking about Russian nuclear weapons that are unaccounted for, and stuff like that. Tom Clancy stuff you know.

[Albinonewt]

Originally posted by Collegeboy
That day is especially sad for me, for not only did 2000 people die; I also had to face losing my father as well.

That's a very rough thing to have to go through. A national tragedy AND a personal tragedy in the same 24 hours.

[personman]

I was sleeping and my mom woke me up.. I was homeschooled..

[Torbo]

i was in freshman english class. I had no idea untill 9:30 when i got to "lunch"

[Collegeboy]

Originally posted by Albinonewt


That's a very rough thing to have to go through. A national tragedy AND a personal tragedy in the same 24 hours.

I am sorry I should have rephrased it. He almost died, but didn't. I should have added this in, almost losing my father.

[AngelBoy]

I was sitting in 2nd period, singing my teacher happy birthday, when another teacher ran in and turned on our tv. We didnt know what she was doing at first, but it didnt take us long to figure it out....

[gimp]

I was in my calculus recitation. The grad TA teaching the class got a call on his cell phone, from his mom who worked in the wtc. She was in the first building that got hit, and was outside at this point. She called her son and while she was on the phone the second plane hit. Class just sort of ended then. Luckily she was ok. I went back to my room and played video games. Even when I heard that the towers fell, I really had no idea how big of a thing it was. Classes were cancelled, and I just went about my day. People were running around the dorm in tears because they lived right near it, or their family worked there. It took a few days for me to actually realize what had happened. Then I was like, holy crap.

[SlipknotX556]

I was in shop class.