Where were you? 9/11 Never Forget

[Riffle]

When the 9/11 attacks happened?

I was at home working. I didn't have a TV in my office but the others were on and I heard them going nuts so I ran in there. Actually saw the second plane hit and I tell you, shock does not even begin to explain what was going through my mind.

It is so sad that we now live in a world where your kids cannot safely play in their own yard without constant worry ​

 

[vixen777]

Was in bed and heard the painters on the outside of my house screaming and shouting wtf was going on someone turn on a tv and we all stood in my living room staring in disbelieve as our country was attacked, innocent and the brave were lost!

 

[CareyG]

I was sitting in the dining room having coffee with a friend after we had just dropped our kids off at school. I got a call from my husband in a state of panic asking if we were okay. He worked in Manhattan and had just witnessed the first plane go into the building, he was actually about 2 blocks away and on his way to do a job at the WTC, he works for Con Edison(electric company). I turned on the tv and watched it all happen after that. Ran to the school to pick up my kids and it was the scariest feeling in the world. There was ash around us, all papers flying and landing on our lawn, you can look up at the sky and all you saw was black smoke. My husband was trapped in the city and we didnt get to see him for 2 days. It was all such a horriblke experience and watching on tv is nothing compared to being in NY and living it! I knew many people that died that day, no one close to me thank god but many families were ripped apart and their lives forever changed on that horrible day!​

 

[judyb57]

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I was sitting at home talking with my husband, tv on
in the background. It was the most heartbreaking thing
to watch on television. It was actually surreal, like it
wasn't really true, just another movie or something..​

 

[labell]

I was dropping my four year old at the sitters after her first day in preschool. The big screen tv was on and we saw it in horror. It was a bright sunny day here in Ohio, but we were so scared and sad. A terrible hollow feeling. We live near a huge air force base and were stunned by the silence, no planes in the air. But about 4pm a sonic boom from a plane sent us all outside.

Words' can't express how sad I am when I think of the families and lost innocents.

Carey how frightened you must have been. Thank you for sharing with us your experiences of that time.

 

[CareyG]

Carey how frightened you must have been.

VERY!!! Took me a while to get over that nervous feeling!​

 

[PIXIEW]

CAREY YOU WERE CLOSE SO GLAD THAT YOU ,YOUR HUBBY AND FAMILY WERE SAFE!!!! I JUST ALWAYS WONDERED IF ANY STREAKERS WERE THERE OR CLOSE SUCH AS YOU, I WONDER IF THERE ARE A FEW MORE STREAKERS BUT MAYBE THEY RATHER KKEP THAT HOORIFIC DAY TO THERE SELF I DONT BLAME THEM AT ALL ! GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THANK GOD THIS 9/11 WAS A PEACEFUL 1 AT LEAST THAT I KNOW OF TO THE ENTIRE STREAK

 

[casinosally0]

turned on the TODAY show and they were talking about the first plane, then, in the background, i saw the second plane approaching. the news people didn't seem to notice it . i watched it and all of the sudden it hit the second tower. so so sad. all of those people. still very vivid in my mind. and the helpless feeling i had that i couldn't help.ltr

 

[thenutz]

I was driving home from a day out shopping and got a call from a friend to tell me what had happend. Spent the rest of the day watching TV in disbelief. Sept 11th also happens to be my sisters birthday!

 

[Luck3Sevens]

Carey we were neighbors once! I lived in Chelsea at the time, about 25 blocks from World Trade. I learned what was happening of all places on the Howard Stern Show, he was talking hysterically about us being under attack and whether or not he should still be broadcasting.

I didn't have cable TV, so when I turned on the TV there was nothing but snow. The antenna was on the 1st tower hit. I went down to the office in my building and gathered with other neighbors to see the TV there. Some of my neighbors went up to the roof, where they could see the towers--until they both fell.

Worst for us in NYC was the constant noise of sirens and police and military helicopters that went on for weeks afterward. One night I was awakened to a chopper right out my window shining a light in my eyes!

Later passing underground, and under the site, on the subway going from Manhattan to Brooklyn, I felt aware of travelling under a mass grave before everything was cleaned up. My friend claimed she could smell "it." It was a creepy feeling.

May God continue to bless and protect the U.S.A.

 

[CareyG]

I can totally relate Luck!! A few weeks after it happened, me, hubby and the kids took a ride to Manhattan and he showed us ground zero and the surrounding area. OMG. it was like a snowstorm, everything was light gray ash, everywhere! Such an eerie feeling for an area that is always full of people and life!​