augustiron
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9.11
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clutchslip
Not as fast as I look.
Amazing that it has been 17 years. I watched it live on TV when the second plane hit the tower. I can still remember it like it was the day-before-yesterday. Quite a day in American History.
I was in elementary school when it happened.. I remember eating cereal with the TV on watching this before school.
School was quiet, teachers/adults were sad and quiet. I had no idea what was going on.,
I don't think I fully realized the impact until I was in my 20s.. I also don't think I will ever truly understand the magnitude/fear/emotions as those who were older and more aware at that point in time.
RIP
School was quiet, teachers/adults were sad and quiet. I had no idea what was going on.,
I don't think I fully realized the impact until I was in my 20s.. I also don't think I will ever truly understand the magnitude/fear/emotions as those who were older and more aware at that point in time.
RIP
GPzPop
Ask me about my B-1-D
this +1
I was getting ready to go work in downtown SF and living in Emeryville at the time in a high-rise tower. I remember seeing the first plane hit the tower on TV and thinking how awful it was. When I saw the second one hit, I knew it was intentional, and that was the rough part. (There was speculation that the first one had been, but no one knew for sure at the time.) I woke up my husband and said that something terrible had happened. We watch both towers fall on TV and cried together. Many people didn't cross the BB or go into work. We all just walked around like zombies. I remember seeing people on the street just hugging one another for no reason, lots of people crying everywhere we went. It was very quiet on the streets, few cars. It was surreal.
wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
I was in my Jr year of college at the time.
The day was odd for me because there was that fear of what would happen, but I also knew that I would be ok since I lived so far out in the middle of nowhere at the time and couldn't possibly be a target in Pullman, WA. It was a weird juxtaposition.
doc4216
Coastie who high fives
I had just graduated boot camp ten days prior. I was in Oswego, NY (western/upstate) on leave visiting my brother, who at the time worked at a nuclear power plant. His house had bad cell service so no one could get a hold me. My friends thought I was in NYC and left dozens of voicemails on my phone.
I was supposed to go shopping but he called the house phone leaving a panicked voice message so I picked up the phone and I only remember this, "Don't leave the house. Turn on the tv. I don't know when I can come home, we are on lockdown." I can still here the concern in his voice but I don't remember how we got off the phone.
To this day, I have no idea when he walked through the door. I only remember watching the towers fall and a plane crash in a field too close to home, all the while crying all day.
I was supposed to go shopping but he called the house phone leaving a panicked voice message so I picked up the phone and I only remember this, "Don't leave the house. Turn on the tv. I don't know when I can come home, we are on lockdown." I can still here the concern in his voice but I don't remember how we got off the phone.
To this day, I have no idea when he walked through the door. I only remember watching the towers fall and a plane crash in a field too close to home, all the while crying all day.
Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
I was 21. My friend called and woke me up, telling me to turn on the TV. Watched the 2nd plane hit in real time and saw the towers fall. Then I went to work.
I was finishing up a graveyard shift. We heard the news of the first plane and turned on a TV at work. With no cable, the only channel we could watch coverage was a Spanish station. There was a lot of speculation as to whether it was a terrorist act or a horrible accident. I saw the second plane collide on live TV. Then it was certain for terrorism.
On the way home I called and woke up a buddy. I told him he had to wake up and that I was coming over. Spent a lot of time watching the news that day. It was surreal.
I still recall the signs that started popping up on overpasses in support of NYC. The candle light vigils. There was this national emotion, support, and patriotism following those events that I hadn't seen before that time or since.
On the way home I called and woke up a buddy. I told him he had to wake up and that I was coming over. Spent a lot of time watching the news that day. It was surreal.
I still recall the signs that started popping up on overpasses in support of NYC. The candle light vigils. There was this national emotion, support, and patriotism following those events that I hadn't seen before that time or since.
I was in college, 21 years old. My first class that morning was canceled with no explanation so I went to the library to do some work and wait till my second class. On my way to my second class I noticed campus was deserted. I saw a professor I had the previous year and she asked what I was up to? Why hadn't I gone home? School was cancelled. I said I didn't know it was cancelled. She said go home and watch the news. So I went home and got my roommates up. We then went to a friend's house to see the news. We didn't have any tv at our place.
By then the towers were both hit I believe. The news was showing replays. The four of us all agreed the towers would come down and then in a little while they did. By that point we were all pretty angry realizing what was going on.
On a different note, it was the 21st Birthday of one of my best friends (whom I met about 10 years later). What a bummer of a birthday.
By then the towers were both hit I believe. The news was showing replays. The four of us all agreed the towers would come down and then in a little while they did. By that point we were all pretty angry realizing what was going on.
On a different note, it was the 21st Birthday of one of my best friends (whom I met about 10 years later). What a bummer of a birthday.
wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
It still baffles me that people born in the '90s can buy booze. :laughing
Eldritch
is insensitive
So. Old.
I heard it on the radio and stopped by Baji's restaurant in Mt. View on my way to work. I knew my Dad was there and the TV would be on. I sat there with him watching when the second plane hit at 9:03AM. Horrified is the best adjective for what I felt.
Needless to say I was blown away at what I saw and became glued to CNN to keep up on what was going on.... for weeks.. a month?? More??
So many lives lost.. :rip
So many changed forever in ways a lot deeper than ours. A tough day for a lot of families for sure.:rose
And being involved in Architecture for a living the Towers to me were and iconic statement lost forever. Visiting them was mind blowing in terms of the effort to build them.
This short vid is a memory refresher.
youtu.be/GmedslmeiUc
Needless to say I was blown away at what I saw and became glued to CNN to keep up on what was going on.... for weeks.. a month?? More??
So many lives lost.. :rip
So many changed forever in ways a lot deeper than ours. A tough day for a lot of families for sure.:rose
And being involved in Architecture for a living the Towers to me were and iconic statement lost forever. Visiting them was mind blowing in terms of the effort to build them.
This short vid is a memory refresher.
youtu.be/GmedslmeiUc
RRR70
Attack Helicopter
I took a vacation that week. I had a side job, driving couple of kids to kindergarten. On my way back my mom called and said plane hit a building in New York. I went to the shop I was working at the time and guys were watching the TV. That’s when I saw a second plane impact. We lived in Tenderloin at the time and after I parked I went by the FBI building. Traffic was blocked off and mood of the people in the streets was weary somber.
My cousin used to date a girl from NY and they broke up few month before 9/11. He was at his place in Montreal when on 9/11, and she had a job interview that morning in one of the towers. When he saw the attack, he drove from Montreal to NY, found here there and took her to parent’s place in Chicago. They got married few month after.
My cousin used to date a girl from NY and they broke up few month before 9/11. He was at his place in Montreal when on 9/11, and she had a job interview that morning in one of the towers. When he saw the attack, he drove from Montreal to NY, found here there and took her to parent’s place in Chicago. They got married few month after.
ScorpioVI
كافر ლ(ಠ&
It feels like I've seen every media captured on that day but this is the first time I've heard this audio. Puts you in that man's shoes immediately.
youtu.be/RLW0jKKRXMo
youtu.be/RLW0jKKRXMo
Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
That's fucking chilling
clutchslip
Not as fast as I look.
I could not watch, VI.
I had a lot of paperwork to fill out today. I was really angry and either put 9/12 or 9/15 on everything. Just WOW.
I get misty, now, when discussing that day, but at the time I was really angry and wanted to get the bastards that planned it. I guess I still need to get over it. The sense of helplessness is just overwhelming. Not being able to do anything to help or get revenge, left a scar, deeper than I realized. Thanks for sharing, all. It helps me.
I had a lot of paperwork to fill out today. I was really angry and either put 9/12 or 9/15 on everything. Just WOW.
I get misty, now, when discussing that day, but at the time I was really angry and wanted to get the bastards that planned it. I guess I still need to get over it. The sense of helplessness is just overwhelming. Not being able to do anything to help or get revenge, left a scar, deeper than I realized. Thanks for sharing, all. It helps me.
littlebeast
get it while it's easy
i was on the way to the airport to board a flight to dulles for a business trip when it came on the radio. the news report began with the impact to the first tower, and then came news of the second impact. my SO was driving me to the airport, and after the report on the second tower, immediately started moving over took the next exit to turn around. i was like ‘what are you doing, we don’t know that my flight is cancelled’. he set his jaw and kept driving, and didn’t look at me. said ‘yes. we do’. he understood, but it was that incomprehensible to me.
found out later that my BIL (civilian contractor) was at the pentagon when the building was hit (he did black box work during that time, and we rarely knew what he was doing or where he was).
found out later that my BIL (civilian contractor) was at the pentagon when the building was hit (he did black box work during that time, and we rarely knew what he was doing or where he was).
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