5 year Anniversary of 9/11

#46
I was in 11th grade when Sept 11 happened. I had just moved to Arnold, MD about 30-40 minutes outside of Washington DC depending on traffic.

I was in Band at the time that it happened, but I didn't *really* hear about it until 9:45 when I was in French class. I heard some kids saying stuff about it, but I figured they were just BSing, because it sounded like something that could never happen.

When my French teacher, Ms. George turned on the TV in the classroom, that's when I really saw it. We watched it on CNN and NBC, we kept flipping back and forth.

I couldn't help but cry when I saw the footage. I felt like an idiot for crying in school, but the emotion that came over me was just too much. I couldn't stand not to cry.

School let out for us somewhere around 12:40pm. They told all of us to go home and be with our families. Parents had been coming to pick up their kids since around 10am - but both of my parents were working at the time, and my mom and dad were finally sent home at 11am. THey worked in Annapolis, which is only 7 miles away from where we lived. My mom stood outside of where my school bus was and waited for me. I can still remember seeing her there crying, waiting for me to come. She gave me SUUUUCH a big hug when she saw me. We rode home in silence, and then just sat home and watched the news.

School was closed for 3 days. I believe Sept. 11 was a Thursday, so we were off on Friday....Sad sad day...
 
#47
I was standing right in front of the World Financial Center when the first plane hit. I had just dropped off my daughter to daycare 2 blocks away. I was living in Gateway Plaza in Battery Park. That day will always feel like it was yesterday. I lost 4 ppl in 9/11 and one of them was pregnant w/her first child. I will be at the ceremony in a few hours because I go every year. I've never had the courage to read the names though because it will make it an absolute reality for me something I'm not ready yet.

9/11 has totally hanged my life in both good and bad ways but it's a day that I will never, ever forget. Jeez, I'm even tearing up typing this...you never really get over it you just learn to deal with it.

Proud2beanaussi-sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and everyone else that lost someone today.
 
#48
I was working in Dublin. Office was pretty laid back, and we had the telly on. Saw the first reports which came in and I'll never forget, after the first plane crashed, for a couple of hours, the report was "At least 7 people confirmed dead".

I used to fly to Dublin on a Tuesday morning from Derry, and then home again the same afternoon. I was on the last plane out at 6pm (gmt) before they shut the airport. It was terrible at the airport that day. Loads of people just sitting and crying. On the plane home, I sat next to a man who's brother worked at the Port Authority and he hadn't been able to contact him. I had aquaintences that worked in the Towers, and luckily I didn't loose any of them. One friend worked on the 30th something floor of the second tower which was hit. He said no one knew what was happening, but he just got up and left. Two of his worst experiences that day, was reaching the ground, just in time to look up and see the second plane hit his tower. He made mention, but really couldn't, and still can't, talk about the people that felt they had no other option than to jump.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all the people affected by this horrific event.

Everyone take care,

K
xx
 
#49
This might sound stupid but this is related to the 9/11 et all. Does anyone else still remain severely affected by it?

I get panic attacks sometimes when I think of 9/11 and I feel stupid because I lost nobody and I was 5 hours away from New York.
 
#50
sakuraicedtea said:
This might sound stupid but this is related to the 9/11 et all. Does anyone else still remain severely affected by it?

I get panic attacks sometimes when I think of 9/11 and I feel stupid because I lost nobody and I was 5 hours away from New York.
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everytime I walk by the gaping hole that used to be WTC I get panic attacks and during the holidays.

Many ppl experience similar things as well because the media coverage was so detailed it was almost like you were there (at least this is what I've heard from others)
 
#51
I was in my 2nd year at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison at the time. I remember being in class when the planes crashed. I had no idea what had happened... until I ran into a friend on my way back to my dorm. He told me it was all over the news! So... I rushed home to watch CNN and sat there with my roommate, just trying to understand what had just happened.
 
#52
I read over someone's newspaper while I was on my way to work at the train station. Journalists were up all night putting out the cover story because it was around 11pm in Sydney time when it happened.

Then when I got to work, everyone was glued to the TV all day.
 
#53
We lived in California at the time and were up getting ready for work. We never watched the news in the morning though. A friend picked my hubby up for work and said "hey did you hear, the WTC was hit".
I had only been in America for just over a year then and I didn't know what the WTC was. I thiought it was the Stock Exchange. I had to drive to work so I found an AM radio station and was listening as the first tower fell.
At work one of the lawyers had a TV in his office so I watched for a little bit...and most of the secretaries put radios on their desks for people to listen.
I remember the absolute terror that was going on. Hearing that another plane was headed for Camp David, and another one was going to hit San Francisco.
I frantically called my parents in Canada to let them know that California was safe because I didn't know what rumors they were hearing.
I watched the news nonstop for over a week,.....crying all the time. I didn't know anyone there or anyone affected but my heart was just broken for all of the people who senselessly lost a loved one.
I just watched an HBO special yesterday and I still cried again!
 
#55
I had a late night shift the night before so when I woke up at 15:00 (European time) and I turned on the TV I saw the WTC on the news. I was like what's happening?

I work at a casino here in the Netherlands and I had to start working at 18:00. The most surreal thing is that me and my collegues were all afraid of what was going to happen in the world and still a lot of people we're gambling like nothing happened. I knew the world would never be the same again.

My heart goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one.

God bless you all
 
#57
I was a senior in college, getting ready for a marathon 4 hour graduate course. I always have the news on, and when I first saw the wreckage of the plane hitting the first tower, my initial reaction was that it was a news helicopter. The NYC local stations often have weather/traffic helicopters flying in and around the city. I thought one of them crashed into the towers. As I was leaving for class, one of my roommates said "can you image if this was a terrorist attack?" offhandedly since no one knew what was going on.

Halfway through my class, the history department dean came in and said that they canceled all classes. Everyone asked why and the dean said that there was a terrorist attack on the WTC and Pentagon, and that the towers had collapsed. School was canceled for several days. I called home and my mom was frantic because my dad was in NYC near the WTC that day for business. She couldn't get in touch with him, but luckily for us, things turned out fine and he got in contact with her later in the day.

I will never forget that day...knew many, many people who were affected.
 
#58
I remember being at high school in a music class when it happened. I didn't find out though until I got home and my Mum said 'something terrible has happened' my thoughts immediatly went to my Grandma and I was really worried something had happened to her, then my Mum told me it wasn't to do with her and then she told me about the twin towers. We watched the coverage on the news with my brother and tried to take in what had happened.

My thoughts and prayers are with everybody who lost someone today. God bless.
 
#59
I was teaching my second period 6th grade English class, when a friend and collegue came by room and asked me to come out into the hallway. He told me what had happened and that the principal didn't want to tell any of the kids. I remember that I had to struggle to get through my lesson without letting the kids know that something was wrong. It seemed incredibly stupid to be teaching the kids about parts of speech at that moment. I had the following period off and I went into the upstairs room by the library to watch the news with some collegues. I immediately thought of the people I knew who worked in that area, especially a good friend from college that I lost touch with. For some reason, I remember that I had a horrible feeling that he had died even though I wasn't even sure exactly where he worked. Unfortunately, my horrible feeling was accurate and he was one of the ones who lost his life that day. I still miss him everyday.

Fortunately, our school was very lucky in that no one (faculty or students) lost a parent or spouse. This was very remarkable considering we are less than an hour from the city and many of our students' parents work in NYC.
 
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