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Near DC I was in Pre-K. I lived near the pentagon and saw the news. My babysitter started crying and I saw smoke rising in the distance. My mom was stuck at work and when she drove home, the highway was empty. I didn’t realize the full gravity of the situation.
i was working for airport security, it was the most surreal experience every, everything changed so fast, everything we knew and thought was under scruitiny. The atmosphere of fear was outstanding and incomprehendable.
Louisiana I was 4 years old, still innocent, I still trusted everyone. It was a normal Tuesday, as I slept in my bed, waiting to wake and go to my pre-school, in New Orleans. Suddenly, at what seemed like so much earlier than normal, I was shaken awake by my mother, who was absolutely distraught. All she said was “I have no idea why, but something terrible is happening”. As a 4 year old, I had no idea what she meant, but seeing my mother, a strong woman, completely break down filled me with a sense of dread. She scooped me up and carried me close to her, to the TV room, where we watched the events unfold. As I saw the second tower hit, my mother was sure. She already knew it could have been terrorists, but now she had no doubt. We sat there for what felt like a long time, silently crying. My dad rushed home from work just as the first tower collapsed. We were stunned. We were so shocked from the planes hitting, we just assumed they would sit there forever, certainly not collapse. When the dust cloud covered Manhattan, It felt like a nightmare. New York represented strength and power to me. And now it was falling. It was time to send me to pre-school, but my parents both were terrified. See, we lived near many chemical plants, oil company headquarters, and many things that would devastate the country if they were attacked. So my parents thought there was a chance of some of those places being targeted. Everyone thought there would be countless bombings, that the whole country was about to be destroyed. From that moment on, the news was always on. When I saw the people jumping, I think I lost my trust in the world. I started wetting the bed, and crying all the time again. My mother says she regrets letting me see all the devastation, but she could barely comprehend, much less make competent choices on that day, full of terror. That day truly was one of the worst in my life, and my parents life.
I am surrounded by some of the happy, sad that some people did not like, I have been saying, this is not true, not true.
我周围有些在庆幸,有些人丝毫没有难过的样子,我一直在说,这不是真的,不是真的。
manahawkin i was in school 3rd grade i believe and i was walking to my music room to go to class when a bunch of teachers blocked the doorway standing around the TV and finally the bell rang and we all gathered in the room and our teacher explained to us what had happened. i was born in staten island was i knew exactly what the trade centers were and my father worked in the city. so i was scared. when i got home that afternoon i finally found out my father was save he didn’t make it into the city that day he had called out sick from work. i at the time was living with my grandparents. i remember the footage so clearly.
I was in the 4th grade; an administrator had come in to tell my teacher of the terrible news. She whispered it into her ear, and my teacher suddenly started crying. School wasn’t shut down, we continued on with many awkward moments since the students still had no idea. It wasn’t until I got home that I saw the towers on TV. I’m graduating tomorrow..can’t believe this was almost 10 years ago..
it was the first day of second grade for me in a new school I was so excited there was even a party until the party got shut down when parents were coming to pick up their kids everyone was panicking my eyes finally understood once I got home and turned on the tv
it was the first day of second grade for me in a new school I was so excited there was even a party until the party got shut down when parents were coming to pick up their kids everyone was panicking my eyes finally understood once I got home and turned on the tv
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I live close to DC. I was only 5 at the time (going on 6) and in kindergarten. My parents never really said anything to me about it. They didn’t want to scare me I guess. But I remember one day my mom told me there was a near by fire so a lot of kids would not be in school. Well, including me, only 4 kids showed up, and one teacher absent. I am pretty sure it was the day of 9 11.
My uncle works in DC as like a spy or something. Know one really knows; I guess it’s pretty secretive. Needless to say, he knew a woman who died in the pentagon that day. RIP every one who passed away on 911
Washington D.C. my mom was driving us to a Smithsonean mueseum, i think it was the American History Mueseum. On the radio we heard about the crash, and we could see smoke rising above the buildings. We went straight home and waited, watching the TV.
I was in 3rd grade and our principal came over the intercom saying “two planes have just hit the world trade center”
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I was sitting on the back porch [because I had already called in sick to work] the first plane hit and I thought, “That’s messed up.” When I came inside and saw the second pane hit, watching the towers finally collapse. Then I loaded my guns and sat there waiting for the end of the world as we know it.
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Vancouver, BC I was asleep when my sister, whom I lived with, was getting ready for work came into my room and said “A plane went into the tower”. That’s all she said. We lived in Vancouver, BC – I had no idea what tower she meant, nor did I even question it. She could have said ‘Boats fly cows’ for all that matters – she was shocked and instinctually I felt the gravity of her message. We ran downstairs to the living room, turned on the TV as my neighbour from the apartment next door ran into our livingroom, and we watched and cried in silence as the second tower went down.
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I woke up early to get ready for school (3rd grade), and my mother was crying. I asked her what was going on, and she said “some bad things happened in the world today”. I finally convinced her to tell me what happened. I didn’t really grasp the meaning, but I knew that it was very bad. I went to school, but I was very scared and ended up following the principal around for the beginning of the day, visiting classrooms and making sure everyone was alright.
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Asher, oklahoma at home with hubby and almost 3 year old daughter. Was watching a rerun of Little House on the Prairie, when my mom in law called and asked if we were watching the news. My hubby said no and and asked why…my mom in law told him that he wouldn’t believe her if she told him-JUST turn to the news.We did…and our jaws just about dropped.
I was in Queens, New York City, at the time. I was in the fifth grade and in school. My class and I were making collages, of what, I do not remember. All of a sudden, students began leaving the class because their parents had called the school demanding that their children be returned home immediately. I stayed in school till the end of the day.
When I finally returned home, all the television channels were malfunctioning. We received many calls from relatives, asking about our well being. My father was working in Manhattan during that day. I thanked the higher power that he was unharmed.
i was in kindergarden to me it felt like a regular tuesday but it wasnt i was at my dads job when my mom came rushing in and took me and my sister home and just watched tv but thats all i remeber
I was at home, in the US. I went for coffee and came home. I called my Mom to ask her what was happening. At the time, only the first tower was hit. She didn’t realize the magnitude-no one did. While she spoke, I saw the second plane hit, live, and I screamed. The next word I heard spoken was by my mom: “terrorism!” I spent the rest of the week, sobbing, watching around the clock news. When I wasn’t watching the news, I watched fighters fly over my backyard, patrolling the skies of my great country.
I was in 1st grade, of course back then I didn’t realize what was happening while I watched it on the TV but the way the people around me reacted it assumed it wasn’t good. Looking back on it today I almost cry, I didn’t lose anyone close to me that day. For all of those that did lose a loved one I am sorry. Who ever did this, whether it was the U.S. Government or Al-Qaeda; I don’t care, all I do care about though is that Justice is served for those that died. Always Remember 9/11.
Ireland I was only 11 and I was having my dinner when the news was on and I saw the tower then I saw a plane fly into it and then I saw the tower collapse I’ll never forget it, it sent chills down my spine it was so shocking i still remember the tower and all the breaking news images
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New Jersey I was sitting in my third grade class. All of the sudden the phone rang, which in third grade is a source of great excitement, and the teacher then pulled out a student and spoke with him for quite awhile. Not too long after, kids were being pulled out of class. The teacher tried to explain what was happening and decided to turn on the news so we could watch. It was then we discovered that some kids were being pulled out of class to learn that parents had lost their lives at work.
Valencia, Spain I was having lunch in the kitchen. The TV was off. My brother was watching it in the living room. He shouted me to turn the TV of the kitchen on, and the first image I saw was the TV news and an image of the first tower taken from the air, from a chopper. The reporter was still considering it was an aircraft accident, and in 3-4 minutes I saw the second explosion live. The position from the camera in the chopper didn’t have the right angle to record any image of the second aircraft, because it was more or less at the opposite side, but the explosion caused a big shock on me and the reporter was also agitated. I shouted to my brother: have you seen that?? Afterwards we could see all those poor people leaning out of the windows asking for help…but when I successively saw both towers collapsing down I thought it was getting kind of surreal. I couldn’t hardly believe what I was watching. I had to do some formalities that afternoon, but I was too shocked to do them. It seems that the news had spread out very fast as everybody was talking about it. Rest in peace all the people who died there and in every terrorist attack of insane fanatic people.
Columbus, Georgia, USA I was in Pre-K at St. Anne Pacelli Catholic School at 2020 Kay Circle in Columbus, Georgia, USA, 31907, who offer Pre-K through 12th grade education at affordable prices.
I was in Kindergarden at a Catholic School, I didnt know what was going on but it was story time and I remember the principal walking in and telling my teacher, who started to cry. Soon after I remember headed home still unaware of what was happening until I got home and my parents turned on the news.
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NC During 9/11 I was in third grade. I remember my class was running on the track (PE) and the principal coming over the intercom calling for a moment of silence. I looked around at all my friends asking what was going on, completely lost. It wasn’t until i got home that day that i found out. I remember walking into the house and seeing my mom sitting in the kitchen with her eyes glued to the screen saying “your cousin was almost killed today”. Some what shocking news to hear if you’re only 8. Turns out my cousin had a meeting on the 24th floor in the 2nd tower but someone had hit her car the day before so she had to cancel. It really is sad when you can remember what the world was like before 9/11. Everything and everybody was so carefree. So full of life. R.I.P to everyone who lost their lives. and for those of you who lost someone, you’ll remain in my prayers.
New Zealand I was 11 years old… my parents were both asleep when I got up to watch cartoons on tv. I turned on the tv and all that was on every channel was ground breaking news about the World Trade Center and how a plane had crashed into it. I had no idea what the World Trade Center was or what exactly had happened, but I knew it was important. I remember going and waking up my parents, only saying that something bad has happened on the news. They got up immediately to see what has going on and I remember seeing the shock and devastation on their faces. We continued to watch the news, and we learnt about both planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93, because of the time zone difference they had all happened, so we didn’t watch these events unfold live. News about 9/11 is pretty much all we watched for at least a week after it happened. I continue to be saddened and shocked by these events, and my heart goes out to all the victims of this heartless attack.
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Phoenix I was on my way to the store to buy a can of Copenhagen. What a nasty habit that I quit a year ago last February. It’s very sad, and I still think of 9/11 every day. The people frantic, people jumping, planes flying into the building. The thoughts going through the peoples mind on the plane right before impact? What’s even more sad is 5 billion has been spent to rebuild something on that site and they aren’t even done with the demo years later. Money gone, nothing built. Oh the corruption is making me sick. Our government is rotten at its core.
I was in the Republic of Korea in the U.S. Army. We were watching the attack unfold on the Armed Forces Network, it was evening there. Then the sirens blasted signaling an alert, we ran. An hour later we were in our defensive battle positions. Scary time.
Ga. In first grade. Nobody really told us what was happening, everything just seemed different. I went to my moms classroom after school and saw the replays on the news.
I was at a friends house watching a movie after school. When we turned the movie off the news was on every channel. I was in 2nd grade.
At my uncle’s house in Fife, Scotland. I was off school that day.
I was at school at royal oaks elemetary school.
I was with my wife. we had the news on while she put the strap-on in my butt
in my second grade class room ):
Canada I was in the 3rd or 4th grade, I remember that morning, waking up, getting dressed, stepping outside and smelling that crisp end of summer morning air!
Meeting my friends at the corner, when you’re 11-12 the world is perfect & nothing is evil, well that changed, when I got out to lunch I remember walking home, and when I reached my house, I could hear people talking one sounded like my grand-father, I thought ‘Hey I’m going to mcdonalds, cool’!
But when I got in I remember my father explaining what was going on and he told me to watch, and I did, and I remember turning to him and saying ”So, the world truly is cruel or…’ He replied ‘when you grow older you’ll have the answer’
All I can say for sure is 9/11 marked the end of childhood innocence for alot of us.
Any child who watched 9/11 unfold I dare you to watch old cartoons, that nostalgic feeling, is the best. Takes you back to when it was easy and when we thought the world was peaceful!
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in school (6th grade) taking an I.Q. test. Principal walked in, told us what happened. Not an hour later everyone was gone, picked up by their family. It was a ghost town, and I was in the city.
Minneapolis. MN I was only 6, so the memories are pretty hazy. But I was home sick that day, and lying on the couch. My mom saw that we had a message on our answering machine and it was my dad telling us to turn on the TV. We did and I watched it all day with her and my 2 younger siblings.
I remember thinking that the world wasn’t what I thought it was. 9/11 really marked the end of my childish innocence. It was then that I realized how cruel people could be. And it’s sad because I wish I could have held onto that naïvity for a little bit longer.
i was in 3rd grade and suddenly the teachers turned on the TV’s and kids started to be checked out school. I remember coming home and seeing he 2nd tower get hit. I’ll never forget it!
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