Where Were You on 9/11?

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1. Anonymous: 1 day, 21 hours ago
   

   I was at work - then someone said we were being attacked and everyone went to watch the news. We watched the towers fall in dismay, praying for all those people. We listened to the report that all planes were grounded and still some were up with one heading back to Washington,DC. The local radio announced that Air Force was comming in for a landing- we could see it out the window at work. I still jump when a plane comes over the downtown area or a plane from Barksdale comes over.

   No I will never forget.

2. Anonymous: 3 days, 5 hours ago
   

   i was in school, and i didn’t understand what exactly was going on….

3. poop man: 3 days, 8 hours ago
   

   taking a big
   crap

4. poop man: 3 days, 8 hours ago
   

   taking a bigggggggggggggggggggg crap

5. Anonymous: 3 days, 8 hours ago
   

   eating a booger

6. Piper: 4 days, 2 hours ago
   

   SanjaCue, Paraguay, SA in SanjaCue, Paraguay with the Peace Corps. I had only been in country 9 months and didn’t speak the language super well yet when the Principal at the elementary
   school told me two planes had crashed in NYC. I thought he meant they hit each other.

   I went to one of the neighbor’s houses who had a tv and watched as people jumped from the second tower right before it collapsed. It looked like a bomb went off.

   Everyone else thought it was a movie. I started to cry and the urge to go home was unbearable. It was almost 2 days before I could watch the news in English and get a basic understanding of what had happened.

   While I was in shock, many of my friends from rural Paraguay were still struggling to understand two buildings 110 stories tall had actually been constructed and then destroyed. The tallest building they had ever seen in person was 3 stories high.

   Many people asked me what the United States would do. Would we use nuclear weapons? Would we start a third world war?

   With the advent of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars the answer became clear. We watched together as huts not unlike my friends’ and family’s were bombed and we wondered aloud about how we hurt each other.

7. Anonymous: 5 days, 22 hours ago
   

   i was 2 getting ready to leave for a friends and i didn’t understand what was going on and i didnt care……..now i feel terrible that i didnt care

8. Anonymous: 1 week ago
   

   I was at the Social Security office in Portsmouth, VA

9. Anonymous: 1 week ago
   

   I was asleep when my husband was yelling for me to get up and look at the tv. I couldn’t believe what I was watching was real. Then all the sudden the second plane hit the towers…all day I was shaken and upset about it!

10. Anonymous: 1 week, 1 day ago
    

    i was in my moms apartment at the time that happen in pa and i cry for all them families and my prayes are with you all. april

11. Anonymous: 1 week, 1 day ago
    

    i was in my moms apartment at the time that happen april

12. Anonymous: 1 week, 3 days ago
    

    I was at home turned on t v and very sad day son in toronto ont.
    BRANDON M.B. CANADA
    Anonymous

13. Anonymous: 1 week, 3 days ago
    

    I was at home turned on t v and 9-11 sad day
    BRANDON M.B. CANADA
    Anonymous

14. Anonymous: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
    

    i was home
    smokein a we$d

15. alison: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
    

    London UK I was working in a hospital laboratory in London We spent most of the afternoon going backwards and forwards to the break room watching the television in disbelief. That night I got a phone call telling me two of our friends were on the second plane to crash

16. Jeff: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
    

    Kansas City, MO I was sitting in Ms. Miller’s 5th grade Theology (religion) class. Our Vice Principal came in, told us the school was going into lockdown because the Islamic school across the streets was recieving threats. From 10:00AM til 3:00PM, we had two officers posted at the door of our school…

17. Tabitha: 1 month ago
    

    Missouri, USA I was in my social studies class in seventh grade. I can’t remember the teacher — if I think hard enough, I will — but I know I was sitting on the left side of the classroom if you were facing the door, and the television was right infront of me on the wall. When it happened, everything froze, then the teachers did their best to distract us and make us do our work. It isn’t until now that I realize that our teachers were probably even more shocked then we were, and they were trying to keep calm for our sakes. The next day I woke up crying, turning on the radio to listen to a live broadcast of my favorite radio show (which happened to be from TAMPA, FL, so they were usually an hour ahead of us).

18. Anonymous: 1 month ago
    

    yo estuve ayer trabajando

19. Anonymous: 1 month ago
    

    where were you yesterday

20. Anonymous: 1 month, 1 week ago
    

    brisbane i was with my son aaron and mark . about to go to work;

21. Anonymous: 1 month, 1 week ago
    

    i was driven to work

22. Virginia.: 1 month, 1 week ago
    

    Central Florida I was in my computer class. I was in fourth grade, sitting down on a computer…My teacher told another teacher something about calling her sister. I knew her sister was in New York, and I knew something was wrong. She seemed panicky, and I started to listen up. My teacher came in and told the other teacher that her sister was ok. I didn’t know what was going on, but I was dying to know. Soon after, I was called up to the front office where my father was picking me, my sister, and my cousin up. I didn’t know why, but I sure was happy. That’s when my father told me we weren’t going on our trip to New York that December. I was very upset, and I asked why. He said there was an accident with a plane, end of story. I went to my grandmas house and began to watch the news. I was horrified. My family continued to tell me to turn off the TV, but I couldn’t. I had to watch it. I had to know. That night, I couldn’t sleep. I was 9 years old, and being kept up by the fear of a plane crashing into the Kennedy Space Center. I thought that if the plane crashed the Kennedy Space Center, all of central Florida (where I live) would blow up and I would die. It was a very scary feeling. Weeks later, there was a fire in my neighbor hood, and I thought it was another attack. Me and my younger sister were riding bike outside, and I told her to go home, that we were being attacked. I was young, but I remember.

23. Anonymous: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
    

    I had sex with my mom

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25. Anonymous: 2 months ago
    

    I was in Egypt

26. Anonymous: 2 months, 1 week ago
    

    I was in sixth grade during homeroom and the teacher got a phone call. She looked shocked, and then left the classroom and came back with a TV… we all watched.

27. Anonymous: 2 months, 1 week ago
    

    i was at home waiting for my daddy to come home but he never did.

28. kathryn mcgee: 2 months, 1 week ago
    

    when i was homeless and nacked were you there were you there when i was homeless and nacked and the creed of the colour and the name won’t matter were you there …..

29. Anonymous: 2 months, 1 week ago
    

    when i was homeless and nacked were you there were you there when i was homeless and nacked and the creed of the colour and the name won’t matter were you there …..

30. Anonymous: 2 months, 1 week ago
    

    I was on a delta flight coming from kennedy airport,we left at about 845, we landed in ralaigh nc about an hour or so later after getting word about 3 of the 4 planes that crashed I was flying alone and was headed for fla, i stayed with strangers that night still feel blessed to be alive.

31. Anonymous: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
    

    i have no friggin idea…
    i was woken by ma mum the next day n she told me…
    i was like ‘WHOA!!!!!… meh…’

32. Anonymous: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
    

    I as in my high school gym during gym class

33. Anonymous: 4 months ago
    

    I had just sat down at a restaurant, eating breakfast with my shift partner after working a 24hr shift on the ambulance. I saw the news on and saw something about a small plane crash in New York. I started paying attention to what was going on when a couple of people started gasping and yelling… the second tower just exploded. I remember stairing at the screen and thinking what are the odds that two small planes would hit side by side towers?? The thought that someone would fly a full size plane intentionally into the towers was just inconcievable. I remember the news anchor saying that they were receiveing reports that as many as 7 aircraft are being reported as hijacked. When I heard that, the reality of the gravity of that moment came crashing down. I just remember standing there and thinking… “Holy $**t… someone is attacking us”.

    I remember the first reports that all aircraft were being grounded at the closest airport. I remember sometime shortly after that the report that the Pentagon “was under attack”… The expression of absolute confusion and shock on the face of the news anchor is one I’ll never forget.

    I remember the feeling a huge knot in my stomach and just breaking out in a sweat when our Alpha pagers went off with a voicemail for all available employees to return to quarters. I stopped at home, stuffed clothes, extra work gloves, and boots…and headed to the station where I stayed for the next 2 days.

    I remember having the “bomb alerts” in the weeks following… recieving word that ambulances may be stolen and/or rigged with explosives to blow up a hospital. The fear of looking under my squad and hoping to God that I didn’t see anything out of place.

    I remember hearing how many of my fellow brothers and sisters were missing. FDNY lost more firefighters in one day, than most rural counties have total on their roster.

    I remember the flag drapped bodies of FDNY, NYPD, and Port Authority members being carried up the ramp to a full salute with all work stopping.

    I remember it all like is was yesterday… I will never forget. Rest in Peace my 343 FDNY brothers and sisters.

34. Anonymous: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
    

    i was in the car heading to my sisters caycare. when we got there all the teachers were crying.I asked what was the matter and they told me what happend!

35. josh: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
    

    kenton ohio i was…walkin into the burea of motor vechicle noticed everyone was staring at this little t.v. in the upper left corner of the room i seen the plane hi the biuldin everyone was scared and nerves what was goning to happen next i remember that day very clearly it was n still is my fathers birthday

36. Anonymous: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
    

    in school

37. Anonymous: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
    

    Dallas, Texas It may have been several years ago, but that day is engraved in my memory.

    I had just come in from band practice. Being on the sound crew, I was one of the last to come in. The first that I noticed was that instead of getting ready for 1st period like they normally did, everyone was gathered around the low brass’ old beatup radio that was kept on the stand rack. I noticed that some of the seniors were trying to get the forever-broken TV in the band hall to work. Ignoring them, and setting down the speakers I carried, I walked over and asked one of the bass drummers what was going on, and he said, “One of the World Trade Center Towers just got hit..” I remember how quiet and matter-a-fact his voice was. Normally he was one of those guys who always had a smile or joke. I answered, “The ones in New York?”. He nodded and responded, “Yeah.. they think its a plane.”

    Of course, as the day progressed, every TV in the school that could work was on and we were watching throughout the day.

    A few days later, when planes were once again allowed into the skies, the directors stopped practice in order to watch the first one fly overhead.

38. Allyson Fischer: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
    

    Oregon I was in Florida where i used to live in my 4th grade class. My teacher was doing her teaches. and then someone called her on the school phone in the room, and she fled out the room, we were all sitting there wondering what was going on. then after some mintues , she came back into the room, not saying a word but just grabbing the remote control to the TV and turned the TV on.
    It was all over the news. The plane attack was showing all over news. We were just sitting there watching it, we couldn’t believe it. we thought it was joke, it was just too horrible to be true. Some people were crying and everything, then my teacher explained to us what had happened. and that she doesn’t know what is going to happen , etc.
    It was sad. And we got to do a memoir or something like that about what had happened. it was nice, i still have it too and im in 10th grade, pretty long ago huh?

39. Samantha Schilling: 5 months ago
    

    Weston, WI i was in my second grade classroom, it was soo horrifing looking at everything that had happened on t.v. & only knowing that you couldn’t do anything to help because you were only like 6-7 yrs old at the time, & could barely help a bird with a broken wing, pretty much.
    if you know anything about these things. please email me at sammy_xoxo_13@yahoo.com; i’m doing 9/11 for a history day topic in febuary. & i could really use your help. thank youu.
    
    hope to here from some of youuu.

40. Anonymous: 5 months ago
    

    i was in my school classroom, in second grade to be exact.

41. Anonymous: 5 months, 1 week ago
    

    I was in England, so it didn’t really affect me though i still heard about it on the news of course. Terrible.

42. Anonymous: 5 months, 1 week ago
    

    I was in class I had to of heard about it during my second hour class (Math) when I heard about it. My Math teacher walked in turned on the News and sure enough there it was. A plane crashed into the towers. I think the second one hadnt crashed into it yet. I don’t think we even had class. No one was really doing there work or anything. I think everyone had there eyes glued to the T.V. at the time. Lots of chatter, no remote .. . I was actually really schocked because everyone payed attention to ME back in the day. I lost control you know .. .? I think that plane wreck had more of an affect on me more than anybody else. No one talked to me or payed any attention to me at all. It’s like I never existed .. . FOR A FULL HOUR THOUGH .. .? That’s never happened to me before. ANyways I think the fire department was pretty much booked for the rest of the day. And to be honest. I think it was a hoax. By George Bush. He’s a Russian spy. Has anyone ever seen that movie “Breach.” About the Russian spy “Robert Hansen” .. . “The damage to the government is in the billions .. .” That line in the Movie was so fucking lame. We are billions in debt now though. I don’t think ALL the FAMILIES from 9/11 really wanted that war to happen. Not if they knew of the tragedy families from the Military or in bahgdad have endured. Bush just threw them out there at his own disposal. It’s disgusting. AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN DESERVE EQUAL RESPECT IN THIS COUNTRY. I DON’T CARE WHAT A MILITARY FAMILY HAS DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY. I SAW THE DEBATE THE OTHER DAY IT WAS SICK. THE GUY SAID CHILDREN FROM A MILITARY FAMILY DESERVE BETTER SCHOOLING THAN CHILDREN THAT COME FROM AN IMMIGRANT SCHOOL. THAT IS NOT AMERICA AND THAT IS NOT THEY WAY WE SHOULD DO THINGS AROUND HERE. NO ONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DESERVES GREATER OR LESSER TREATMENT OR RESPECT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN A COUNTRY UNDER GOD.

43. Anonymous: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
    

    Washington, DC I was in 5th grade. The teachers made us start watching some stupid movie as they all huddled in the back of the room whispering to each other. Then they started calling kids down to the office one by one to be picked up by their parents. When I got called I asked some girl in the hall what was happening and she said that “a plane crashed or something.” Then it started to get surreal when I went around the corner and saw about 100 parents swarming around the office trying to get their kids out. My parents walked me home. I thought we were all going to die.

44. Anonymous: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
    

    I was in Jersey City New Jersey and actually was asleep, my boyfriend was late coming home from work. I had worked the night before, and when he called I turned on the tv. I’ve since moved to Cape Cod with my fiancee who was in the same office building in 1993 and 9/11. I saw a posting by anthony fischetti and wondered if its the same one from Aurora in Queens. If so, my name is Leslie McRae and my email address is ciararoisinferg@yahoo.com .

45. Anonymous: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
    

    i was in Romania

46. Peter: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
    

    canada I was in grade 7 on the 2nd or 3rd day of school and on the way to school heard on the radio “a plane has crashed into the WTC” they thought it was accidental so i went on with my day… about an hour later my teacher came in crying, and told us to come to the library downstairs. We walked in ans there were TVs set up and i watched in awe as the World Trade Center collapsed before my eyes… all the teachers were in tears and in shock. It turned out that a boy who was 2 years younger than me at my school had recently moved to NYC and his dad worked in the towers… Thank God He was the last person out of the North tower alive , and barely escaped with his life…. I will never forget 9/11/2001

47. Anonymous: 5 months, 4 weeks ago
    

    i was in class on 9/11 my teacher pulled me out of class to tell me that my father was in nyc so i was going home to make shure he was okay thank god he was. god bless the children and familys who lost their dear loved ones. and to the person who is making this a joke go to hell

48. Anonymous: 5 months, 4 weeks ago
    

    My son a truck driver phoned me early in the morning, i live in cal. he heard it on the news and called me immediatly, I lived in Queens, LI New York I worked there for five years in the “International Building” he told me to turn on the tv, and I did nothing but cry, how my beautiful NY could have such a terrible thing happen. I worked their in 1952, it was safe and wonderful, it was one of the saddest things to happen in our lives, and god bless all the families who lost loved one.

49. Anonymous: 6 months, 1 week ago
    

    I was at school at chandler elementary

50. florida: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
    

    naples me i was not even born but it was verry sad especally flight 93 they tried to stop the plane and controle it.

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