Where were you on 9/11?

Ann Arbor - I was just had gotten up to start getting ready for class when the girl across the hall told me. Watched the pentagon get hit and then went to class. Sat through one class with the tv on and then found out everything else was cancelled for the day. I didn't quite grasp the severity of the situation until I was at the candle light vigil on campus that night - over 100k people showed up
 
in my second week at ERAU. went to english class, and someone had written what happened on the blackboard. first things that popped into my mind was this is a weird writting assignment. then went to the cafeteria to watch the TV.
 
I was living in Ft. Pierce, FL looking at the Today Show w/Matt Lauer and Katie Couric. I was in shock. What really freaked me out was seeing the second plane hit the tower!!!

My brother, who is on the radio in DC said that Washington was transformed into an armed fort within a matter of hours. You couldn't get in and you couldn't get out.

My saddest recollection is seeing those persons in NY holding pictures of their loved ones asking, "Have you seen my...." I cried alot of tears that day and the days following everytime I thought of that.

What made me angry was the fact that it was reported that two of the hijackers where actually trained at Embry-Riddle....my alma mater.

Just my thoughts.


atp
 
Third week of high school as I was just getting used to the routine. I was in algebra when someone said an airplane had crashed into the Pentagon. My first thought is that it was a Cessna like the one that crashed into the White House many years ago. As the class went on I heard that the World Trade Center had fallen down. My next class was history, and as I was taking my first history test my history teacher told the class this was alot worse than Oaklahoma City. Than my Mom picked me up, I went home, watched the coverage, and the rest is my generation...
 
atpwannabe said:
I was living in Ft. Pierce, FL looking at the Today Show w/Matt Lauer and Katie Couric. I was in shock. What really freaked me out was seeing the second plane hit the tower!!!

My brother, who is on the radio in DC said that Washington was transformed into an armed fort within a matter of hours. You couldn't get in and you couldn't get out.

My saddest recollection is seeing those persons in NY holding pictures of their loved ones asking, "Have you seen my...." I cried alot of tears that day and the days following everytime I thought of that.

What made me angry was the fact that it was reported that two of the hijackers where actually trained at Embry-Riddle....my alma mater.

Just my thoughts.


atp
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yea and they was false, but the media never corrected itself. people still think the 9/11 hijackers came from riddle.
 
It was my senior year and i was sitting in french class, i went to school that morning an aspiring airline pilot and came home rethinking everything and thinking it was impossible with the effect it had on the industry, i gave up on the idea and after high school i enrolled nursing school but on a flight with my dad he pointed out that if i didnt go for my dream id forever regret it, thanks dad, and FU-Bin Laden.
 
In Tehran, Iran. I had just finished taking sample english tests that my dad ran into my room screaming to come to the TV room. I watched the second tower get hit and both of them collapsed live infront of my eyes.
The worst day of my life, four months later i was on my way to US and I guess I'll be here forever.
 
I remember sitting through presentation by the Armed forces, business professionals, and other people due to ISTEP testing occuring. Those who passed were given a chance to do job shadowing or sit through these lectures and I didnt care to shadow. I remember seeing the Army spokesmen saying there was something he had to attend to and leave abruptly. I also remember our school keeping this quiet. I am 22 now and was 17 then finishing my Junior year of High School. I remember football pratice was canceled and most of all it was my MOTHERS birthday. When getting home I remember watching tv and telling my parents I didnt want to go out to eat for my mom's b day because I felt a need to watch the news.... All in all I remember it much like yesterday as do so many of us. Weird but the Psychology Degree comes in handy.... the good ole Distinctivness Heuristic!
 
On a side note Jim..........I used to love Star Blazers! Coming home from school to catch the latest drama w/ the Yamato, etc...
 
Working at Apple Computer and talking to customers in NY when the customer said she had to go...said to turn the TV on.

I switched over to CNN on the computer and sat amazed for the entire day...
 
CapnJim said:
That's not my point, although I respect yours.
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I'm not trying to start something w/ you Jim......just confused me why you would respond like that. I totally respect your point of view as well......was just shocked to see that statement, and was curious why it was so harsh.
 
Jim, what's the deal dude?

I was getting out of band class in my sophomore year of high school. My director went into his office briefly, then came out and made the announcement. I headed straight to my next class (debate), where I found my teacher glued to the t.v. crying. By this time both towers were down. We either watched t.v. or listened to the radio in the rest of my classes. My Dad was/is a 75/76 captain for AA who had been making a lot of trips to NYC around that time. Fortunately, I was about 99 percent sure he wasn't flying that day, but the 1 percent of doubt made for a long day.
 
I overslept on the 11th and was running late for work. On the way rushing out the door my dad told me quickly that a plane hit the world trade center. My first thought was that it was prolly a small plane, total accident. Then on the way to work I was listening to the radio and they were saying that it had been a large commercial plane. When I got to the firehouse everybody was glued to the TV, and the second plane had just hit. We watched it all the way through the collapses, and I remember thinking that most likely there was nobody inside and that they had evacuated the buildings a long time ago. All this plus hearing about the pentagon, and pennsylvania, kinda made it hard to believe. It wasnt until later on that things kinda sunk in what happened, and then the news reports made everybody realize that during the collapse the buildings were still occupied by escaping civilians, firefighters and medics, and police officers....which just made it even more un-believable. It's still good to see every year all the memorial services and ceremonies, knowing that it's not forgotten. This year was really good as far as that, being the 5th anniversary. There were TONS of services, silent parades, memorials, all over. Sure hope it continues throughout the years and the event is never forgotten.
 
In a Cessna 206 between KFMN and KABQ with a body in the back. Was about 20 nm out when ATC passed word.
 
In the Squadron building on McGuire AFB, the doors were locked just before the second plane hit. On the morning of Sept 13th, I was on a non-stop to the Middle East, and didn't return for months.

I, along with other close friends from New Jersey, lost way too much that day.
With that, I just have one thing to say...
NEVER FORGET
NEVER EVER FORGIVE
 
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