9/11...10 Years

05crownsport

05crownsport

Hello?
In just over a month, we will mark the tenth year since our nation was so brutally attacked. I was wondering if everyone here remembered where they were and what you were doing as the news got to you? I will share first.

I was a merchandiser at the local Miller Beer distributor and was in the sign shop making signs. My manager walks in and tells us to turn on the TV. The first plane had hit, and all we could think is what a horrible accident...until the second plane hit. Just like the people who were bringing us this news, we were in disbelief. As the progression of the morning dictated, we were all huddled around this little 13" TV watching...all silent...tears in our eyes. So, just like generations before us who remember Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, Martin Luther King... Elvis? We must remember to let those who perished have a voice. Put aside what makes us different and remember that we were attacked because of our ability to do so...

So, where were you when the world changed?
 
High school. In between classes at 9:10 in the morning I hear a teacher say to another teacher what happened. 15 minutes later it's announced on our P.A.

We can all thank the existence of religion for 9/11.
 
I was in 6th grade, in my second class of the morning, when one of the other teachers came in to tell us to turn on the TV, something important was happening. At the time it didn't really make a lot of sense though, when you are 10 or 11 things don't click as well...
 
At East Jefferson Hospital, wife was having minor surgery. I was in the recovery room waiting for her. Mom In Law was with me.
 
At work. We turned on the news when someone came into the office and said we needed to watch. My company lost 4 employees day in Tower 1.

As a result of that, I decided I wanted to be a first responder. Someone who could be called to help those in need. 10 years later, my current employer let's me proudly serve with CATF-3.

Anthony
 
I was riding along in North West Georgia along back road headed to Flintstone Georgia. I got a call from one of the offices I work in and they told me what happened. I'll never forget that moment or that day! My blood still starts to BOIL when I think about what happened!
 
I was sleeping it was my day off and my friend from college called me and told me to turn on the tv And that a plane had hit the first tower. I was watching the tv and I though i was dreaming. It didn't click until I saw the second plane hit.
 
I was at work drilling some 75' holes for an expansion of a hospital in Elgin. When we got news of what was going on, we hurried on over and sat in our support truck listening to the radio feeling very helpless:(

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Go White Sox!!!
 
I was at home when my then wife called and said a plane had just crashed. I thought it was a prop plane similar to a previous event many years ago. I turned on the news about the time the 2nd plane hit.
 
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robertmee said:
With all due respect, very much incorrect. 9/11 was not born of religious idealogy. It was politcally and economically motivated. Read up on the guys that committed this act of terrorism and you'll find most were drunks, rejects and not very religious in nature at all. No, these were violent extremists who manipulated religous doctrine for their own purposes. I'm not about to say that religion hasn't caused it's fair share of bloodshed throughout history. But in this case.....no.
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You can't be serious. Do you know who planned the attack? :shake:
 
I was working at the Car-X in Schaumburg wishing I could go home
It was very eerie with no planes besides fighter jets in the sky
 
I respectfully request that that this thread be filtered for any content that is off topic and deleted! Never thought I'd say that, but a thread like this needs to not be derailed into a pissing contest over who or how or why 9/11 happened.


I was still a subscriber to AOL at the time. I had just sat down at my computer with my morning coffee and saw the headline that a plane had hit the tower. The news was reporting as if it was an accident. My mental image was of a small cessna / puddle jumper plane flown by an inexperienced pilot coming to close and hitting the WTC. I went about my online business....

Some of you know my ex, Lisa. At the time we were still married. Our 2 kids were only a year and a half and 3 months. She was working (from home) down stairs. I went down to see her and the kids and share the news of the WTC. Being from NY, she'd be interested.

I clicked on the TV, flipped over to the news, sat down and watched. I was supprised to see it was a commercial plane that hit. But I had suspected this was no accident. I remembering still holding hope that it was. Lisa and I were watching the news as the second plane hit. I went numb. I looked over at my two little ones, oblivious to the horrific events unfolding in real time, sad because I knew the world had just changed for them and would never be the same.

Of course we know the rest of the events of the day. Being a police officer, the commanders were taking names for vol. to go to NY (or where ever). We were not needed, thankfully. By the time I hit the road (4-12 shift), all four planes had crashed and the FAA had grounded all flights. I'll never forget driving my patrol car, observing the blank emotionless stares of the other drivers. All were driving slow and very deliberatly... Phone circuits to NY were all out.

My first call of the day was some guy who called to complain that his kids bike was missing. Suddenly, I was the guy with the blank stare, looking at this guy. Really dude? Life as we know it just changed and you're worried about a figgin bike?

I took the report and moved on.

I will mention I knew a NYFD firefighter who died that day. I dedicate this small rememberance to firefighter Andre Fletcher.
 
DEFYANT said:
I respectfully request that that this thread be filtered for any content that is off topic and deleted! Never thought I'd say that, but a thread like this needs to not be derailed into a pissing contest over who or how or why 9/11 happened.
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Hear, hear.
 
Working 2nd shift in the Quality Dept. at that time, Caitlin just under 2 years old, and my cell phone rings around 10:15AM EST.

A friend of mine at Division Office in Toledo Ohio on the other end says..." Turn on TV and watch, I gotta go!". And hung up.

I tunred on the television and could not believe what I was seeing. Is this a dream? Is it real?

Holding my daughter tightly and feeding her breakfast, I watched intently of what was unfolding in the "Big Apple".

Scared. Overwhelmed. Disbelief.

Tempted to take the day off, I forced myself to go to my office in spite of what happened, and what I thought was going to happen.

As Charlie said,.. people in a daze, driving slow with fear in their eyes.

I was one with them.

And I prayed.

Mike.
 
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