September 11th 2001.

It was shortly before 9 on Tuesday September 11th 2001, when my manager walked in and asked us if we had heard that a small plane had hit the WTC in NYC.  Having not heard, we went to the back room and sat as a group to watch the unfolding horror.

It was a horrible day.  I pray for any of you who were personally touched by this tragedy.

I was in college and heard about it on the radio when I was getting ready for class...and almost poked myself in the eye with the mascara wand.  I then went to my class, which was in an auditorium, the news was playing on the large movie screen....we watched the first tower fall.

That is one day that we all will remember what we were doing.

I was in a plane on the way to Mexico City for a business trip.  Found out "something" happened when I was waiting in line at customs.  Actually, when I overheard a cell phone conversation, I thought the "planes hitting the WTC" was a description of a new Grisham thriller novel or something.

I didn't get to see an American TV broadcast until 9pm that day - and I cried for what seemed like forever.  I didn't get to go home until 9 days later, which was just another stab in the heart, because my 12 month old baby was at home waiting for me.

It wasn't until a year later at the first anniversary that I found out a good friend of mine from high school was working in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices that day.  We had lost touch over the years, but I will always remember the generous person I knew, and will always think of him.

I was on my way to the courthouse to pay unpaid parking tickets. and this blast of warnings came of the car radio. I remember being in shock I was scared and I cried and my kids were small and didnt really have a clue what i was crying about. Then I heard about the plane that had went down a couple hours from me in pennslyvania............I dont think you ever forget where you were or what you were doing at that place and time............

My friend Joey was a NYC firefighter and he died at the WTC.  The memories of this day will forever be burned into my heart and mind.

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I was at work, listening to a radio show...  thats when I heard it first...   Then, we all watched the streaming media over the internet... it was sad, and very horrifying...     for about a year after, I cried everytime I heard our National Anthem...  or God Bless America...    There were American Flags EVERYWHERE... its really sad to see that hardly anyone flys their flags, unless its a holiday.

I can proudly say that my American Flag is on its pole ,outside of my home, every day of the year...  

I was driving to high school, my senior year. I heard a plane had crashed into the WTC and ran inside to my first class, US History. I turned on the TV, and my teacher asked what I thought I was doing. "Watching history unfold". I turned to a non-fuzzy channel and he gasped. It was just in time to see Tower 1 fall.

We didn't hear from my Aunt's father for 3 days. He luckily had been a block over grabbing coffee with a client. My Aunt and Uncle had been there that morning to visit, and had caught a flight out. In a strange turn of events, the three people I knew best in the building all lived. An acquaintance of mine wasn't so lucky -- he was on the phone with his mother when the plane hit and the line went dead.

My mother called me as I was getting ready for class, freaking out. I turned on the TV in time to see the South Tower get hit. I spent the rest of the day sitting on my couch, crying.

I was also in college getting ready for class.  My roommate and I flipped on the tv to check the weather.  We thought she had flipped to some SciFi movie or something accidentally but no, the same thing was on every channel.  I remember crying, calling my mom and not being able to pay attention to a word my professor said in my first class.  The prof had left for work before it happened and didn't have a clue till half-way through the class when she asked us what was wrong with everyone.

I also remember getting back to the dorms after that class to find one of our dormmates, Heather, in tears.  She was from New York and her dad worked at the towers.  She couldn't get ahold of him or her mom and she was scared to death.  We sat with her for about two hours till finally her phone rang.  It was her dad telling her that he was ok, he hadn't made it in to work yet when it happened and he was sorry he couldn't get to her sooner but his phone hadn't had any reception so he had to wait until he got home.  We cried because her dad was ok, huge emotional relief, then we cried for all the people who weren't.

Five months pregnant sitting on the sofa watching the news when a "this just in" news cast appeared.  Remember sitting in shock then thinking how different from mine life would be for my unborn. 

My office building was less than a mile away and we watched in confusion, and then horror, from the windows.   That day was the first and only time in my adult life that I've ever cried in front of others.

Every year, this day, an overwhelmingly sad day for me. My thoughts are with those who lost friends, family, co-workers. I was living in Australia and remember feeling very isolated.

My mom woke me up early that morning and turned on the tv in my room, I did not believe what I saw on the screen. I actually asked my mom if it was some kind of movie. After a few moments I realized that it was actually the news.

I went to school that day and throughout the day in every class we watched the news in disbelief. Only in one class did the teacher attempt to actually hold lessons, it didn't work though and we wound up watching the news.

It is really sad to remember...

I remember it well.  Today is also my birthday.  I spent all of that day and many days after glued to the TV.  I just couldn't tear myself away.  My heart goes out to all the family and friends of lost ones.  May we NEVER forget them!

i skipped school that day. i woke up to a message on my machine from my brother that a war might be starting. i thought it was a joke and went for a walk. it was so creepy quiet and there were massive lines at the atms.

got home and called friends in nyc. everyone was ok.

the skies were so silent. all you could hear were the birds.

i didnt watch the tv. i thought it was disgusting how excited the news people seemed about it. and how they had shots of people leaping to thier death. it was so tasteless.

I was working for an airline at the time.  I was working, listening to the radio and talking with my mom on the phone.  She told me the program she was watching was just interupted...something about a plane hitting the building and I said another one...because a small plan had landed on a building a couple/few weeks earlier in our area.  She said no...and then I caught the radio clip.  Two VP's were standing next to my cube chatting when I told them what I was hearing.  They/we ran up to the department that tracked our planes and quickly accounted for them all and readied everyone to land ASAP.

Then, I went to the pilot training room in session to watch the biggest TV available in the office as the rest unfolded.

I don't think it was tasteless at all.  We were all in shock, and wanted (as evident by most of these posts) as much information as we could gather.  I couldn't peel myself away from the news.  Somehow, I felt like if I could get enough information I could make sense of it all, but I still haven't been able to do that.

I remember exactly where I was at the time but the important thing is that now I know 9/11 was an inside job. Call me conspiracy nut whatever you like but there is no way the explosion of a couple of planes can melt the steel structure of two huge skyscrapers like that.

I do feel for all of those who lost their loved ones in that event.

Sabine,

I don't know if you're interested, but Popular Mechnics did an issue on all the "discrepancies":

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/mi litary_law/1227842.html

Hi Santonacci,

thanks for the link  but I still have the same opinion. If the myths were researched by governmentally controlled researchers and teams, well they will come to any conclusion they want since it was the US itself that made it happen.

You believe what you believe I believe in my stuff.