Where were you on 9/11?

I was at the dentist's office with my mom. 7 years old at the time. My mom thought it was some action movie or another, I was smarter and knew it was real (IDK how, instict?) When I was 5 or 6 I had gone to New York and seen them from the Statue of Liberty, so I knew what they were.
 
I was in Ottawa for a conference . A sureal time to be away from home and family. Lots of military with machine guns at all government entrances - no planes flying for days very surreal in deed.
 
livebearerfreak said:
there building another one, said they may be done by 2013, i dont know why they would build another one... wouldnt the same thing happen AGAIN? and then there goes another few billions down the drain...
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stay on topic, lbf. :rofl:

besides, this isn't field of dreams. it's not like "if you build it, they will come". :rolleyes:
 
I was at work and my secretary came in to tell me something had happened to one of the WTC towers. She had the "Today" show on in her office so I went in to see what was going on. As I recall, this was just before 8:00 AM in Oklahoma. At that time, they had no idea what exactly had happened and were speculating that a small aircraft had hit the building. As we were watching, we saw the second plane slam into the second tower, and I remember saying something along the lines of, "Oh my God! It's a terrorist attack. We're under attack!" I was so shocked and fearful for our country, and especially for the people trapped in the towers, that I went immediately to St. Thomas More to pray. When I got back, my secretary told me both buildings had collapsed. I'll never forget the sickening, horrified feeling that washed over me. Shortly thereafter, the Governer declared an emergency and closed down the state government except for essential operations. An awful, awful, awful day -- worst in my lifetime (and I'm no spring chicken -- wasn't around for Pearl Harbor but can definitely remember when President Kennedy was assasinated).
 
Freshman in H.S. during gym class. Didn't hear the announcement over the speakers, so I literally didn't find out until lunch time when everyone was talking about it and all the TVs in school were on.

I live by an airforce base in NJ. Three years later as a senior in my World Religions class (I went to a Catholic high school :help:), a low flying plane flew directly above our school. My teacher literally dove under her desk in terror. Granted, we always knew she was CRAZY, but still very telling of the kind of impact that day had on our area.
 
dundadundun said:
stay on topic, lbf. :rofl:

besides, this isn't field of dreams. it's not like "if you build it, they will come". :rolleyes:
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Um.... it kinda is. Whenever you build something big like that you're basically saying "aim for me, I'm easy to hit". Granted, it's not going to make it definit, but it's still risky to do something like that. Not that I blame them, of course, it's a good idea. Just has it's risks...

back to the topic...
 
It's a statement that you won't push us around. The US will pick itself up, dust itself off and get on with things without being intimidated. All with the memory of those lost that day.
 
I was in Mrs. Dabrowski's kindergarten class. At the time, I didn't really know what happened. The school didn't say a word, they didn't want to scare us. But a lot of parents took their children out of school, my mother did. When I got home, I remember seeing all the names and pictures of the people who died. To this day at that school, if 9-11 falls on a school day, they have a memorial service, where, no matter what everyone is doing, they stop everything and we would sit and be quiet at from the time the first tower was hit, for 10 minutes. My high school does not do this though.

Ironically, I remember that in kindergarten, when the towers were hit, we were having "coloring time" and the topic of the day was to draw something with New York City. Most of us drew the Statue of Liberty, or tall skyscrapers or the skyline. And on the skylines, every kid drew the twin towers. We were confused when our teacher told us they weren't there anymore.
 
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I lived in Johnstown PA at the time. (20 miles or so north of Shanksville - where flight 93 went down) I remember watching the Today show and seeing the 2nd tower hit live as it happened, then the Pentagon, then flight 93 crashing. There is an Air Force Reserve detachment at the Johnstown airport - it was very eerie and surreal seeing the Apache (or Blackhawk - not sure) attack helicopters flying over our city the rest of the day. I'll never forget any of it!!
 
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