7 Years After 9/11

[clicknext]

I was across the continent and in another country but it was still huge news. Heard a little bit of it on the radio on my way to school, and didn't really find out what was going on until the end of the day back home.

 

[mikeski]

the funny thing is that the news said al qaeda is now as strong as they were prior 9/11 attacks.

 

[kura808]

wow alot of people were in 7th grade hehe. i was in 7th grade too i think or was it 6th grade? anyways being in hawaii, our time is like 10 hours slower than NYC? i just woke up around 5:00AM for school. my dad had the tv on the news and we were watching it. I was in shock. I think i cried a bit too..anyways when i got to school, there was so much talk about the attacks. i think school got locked down for a moment for some reason. anyways our teacher turned on the tv and we were watching it for the whole day. toward the ending of class, we had a moment of silence.

anyways, everything else was pretty much hazy. kinda like watching a movie that isnt real. truly a sad day indeed but at the same time, it brought out the best in people

 

[mightytyke]

I was in the Pentagon when the plane hit it. I didn't hear or feel it as I was on the other side of the building, so you can just imagine how truly big the place is. I luckily didn't know anyone personally that lost their lives that day, but I did know of people. Some of my friends and coworkers were helping to pull bodies out that day.

My thoughts are with the families that lost loved ones that day.

 

[genericuser]

I had just started my freshman year of college. I came back from economics class at 10AM to find everything had unfolded. It was the only time I found my roommate awake before 1PM. I still went to classes the rest of the day, but everyone was just kind of sitting there not really knowing what to do.

I immediately called my dad, as he didn't live too far from where United 93 went down in PA.

It made for an interesting semester in ECON class, as I got to see some crazy economics happen for the rest of the semester.

 

[mckraut]

I was nineteen years old and unemployed at the time. Being unemployed, sleeping in was the thing to do back then. I woke up after both towers had been hit, but neither had fallen. I turned on the TV but had it on mute while I went about my job hunting on my computer. I wasn't paying attention to the headlines or any of the words on the screen, only the images. I did not immediately recognize the twin towers and my first reaction was "Must be something going on overseas". What reason did I have to believe that we were under attack at first glace? America's invincible right? How wrong I was...

I only snapped to attention when my father called me and suggested I turn on the TV. So I took it off mute and watched what was taking place. I had an interview that day and proceeded to hop into the car and drive to where my interview despite what was going on in New York. In the car I listened to the events unfold and went numb as they reported that the towers were falling.

 

[Doodsmack]

I was a sophomore in high school. I remember I had just got out of my German II class (2nd period) and was headed towards gym classes when one of my friends ran up to me in the hall and started going on about something involving airplanes hitting a building. He was really out-of-breath and took off shortly thereafter so I really had no idea what was going on. I actually went all the way through gym (3rd period) and it wasn't until 4th period in my AP European History class that I finally found out what was going on. The teacher had a TV in the classroom and we spent the rest of the day talking about what had happened.

It really sucks there are already so many of these "Do you remember where you were when...?" moments in my life.

I know I'm a little late here but, by an odd coincedence, I was also a sophomore in high school and in AP European History class when I first heard the news. Another teacher came to the door and called ours out. They spoke for a minute or two, then my teacher came back in and said, with a calm, straight face, "New York City and the Pentagon are under attack," or something to that effect. This was after the 2nd plane had hit the 2nd tower, but before they collapsed. Soon after I watched them collapse in realtime. I remember we were watching CNN, and the commentator I believe was Aaron Brown. His words as the first tower collapsed are etched in my mind: "Good Lord. There are no words."