Where were you when the world...

[Doomsday101]

Stopped turning on 9-11?

I had just gotten home from work and was watching CNN when the second plane hit. Didn't get much sleep that day. Then at work that night everyone watched the coverage in the lunch room.

I had just got to my office and was talking with a co worker who told me a plane had hit the WTC at 1st I thought a small plane had problems and managed to hit the WTC in an accident. As I went down the hall another Co worker had the TV on and I saw that it was a passenger jet that hit and knew there was something very wrong taking place then the next plane stuck.

My heart fell to my stomach and knew we were under attack a bit later the Pentagon is struck and reports of other aircraft may also have been hijacked. Many High rise building were evacuated even here in Houston since no one knew exactly what was taken place. For the next few days it was strange not seeing any Jets flying in the Houston area

It will be a day I never forget and one I hope this nation never forgets and understands the treats still exist

 

[DFWJC]

On a conference call with a guy in the Tower 2.
No kidding.
He lived, btw.

 

[rkell87]

On a conference call with a guy in the Tower 2.
No kidding.
He lived, btw.

holy crap how crazy

 

[Muhast]

I was in 9th grade lit class, we were watching the news because of the first tower being hit, when we saw the second tower hit live. We thought it was just a replay until we realized BOTH towers were on fire.

Thats when it got really scary, and people started worrying about what would be next: The white House, Big sports arenas, The CDC(Center of Disease Control) in Atlanta, major airports etc.

It was definitely a scary day. It's also my parents anniversary.

 

[DFWJC]

holy crap how crazy

For sure.

The building announcers kept telling them to stay put. They finally said they were going to go down the stairwell and that was the last we heard from them for a long while.

Here in Dallas, we went up to the Tower Club in Thanksgiving Tower to see what was up on TV. The fire was already blazing and the story was coming out.

Their wives had called in by then and we were trying to calm them down. But when we saw the towers come down, everyone was in major shock.

They later would tell us that as they were leaving, the two guys on the phone saw the NYFD guys charging up the stairwell. One guy tells me that he will never forget the looks in their eyes.

Maybe 45-50 seconds after they got out of the building, it started to come down. They ducked into the subway but were still completley covered in white/gray soot. I think one of the guys' photo was in the news the next day, as he looked like a snowman.

Pretty haunting stuff--especially knowing that all of those 1ts responders were certainly killed.

 

[Faerluna]

Maybe 45-50 seconds after they got out of the building, it started to come down. They ducked into the subway but were still completley covered in white/gray soot. I think one of the guys' photo was in the news the next day, as he looked like a snowman.

My friend's sister worked in the city. She was on the street when the towers fell and started running as fast as she could. Someone from a little bodega on the street saw her coming and grabbed her, pulling her inside seconds before the debris came roaring by.

Another friend worked down there and did the long walk over the bridge to get back home.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I was at work when someone told me in the hallway that a plane had hit the WTC.

I thought an air traffic controller must have messed something up.

Walked over to the Marketing department, where there was a TV and was watching when the second plane hit.

I know it's stupid, but I thought now that the air traffic controller must be drunk.

Once I realized terrorists, I worried that it would happen more acros the U.S. Who knows how many more planes/flights were targeted?

When I began to realize the enormity of what was happening to our country, I feared that both of my sons, 23 and 18 at the time, would be called to duty.

After watching TV all day, I was out in the yard with my dog that evening. The skies were empty and everything seemed extremely quiet.

Then a huge, all white jet flew over. Traveling in the direction of Washington D.C.

All planes were grounded, it was weird.

 

[WV Cowboy]

My friend's sister worked in the city. She was on the street when the towers fell and started running as fast as she could. Someone from a little bodega on the street saw her coming and grabbed her, pulling her inside seconds before the debris came roaring by.

I remember seeing something about that on TV at the time.

 

[Faerluna]

I remember seeing something about that on TV at the time.

I bet it happened quite a bit. I'm sure the building falling caught people off guard and they just stood and stared, then there came a wall of dust and debris barreling at them.

I'm sure that everyone took cover wherever they could. I can't even imagine it.

 

[arglebargle]

I had taken my truck in early to get something fixed before making a trip to visit family. As I was heading out of the shop, the mechanic told me a plane had hit one of the twin towers. My vision was of an accident with a Cessna two seater. I headed over to a local coffee shop/bakery to get more coffee, and they had pulled a TV out to the front, with coverage on. Ran in to an old friend from out of town, we were talking and watching when the second plane went in. At that point, I knew it was some sort of planned attack. One plane could be an accident, but not two....

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

That the President was reading a book to a bunch of kids? Seems kind of irrelevant.

Without getting into a political debate, I disagree because of the context in which the CIA and the NSA presented certain threats by particular people, several times over. In any case, I view this as more of a play put on by our government than anything. It was the precursor for irrelevant, agenda-backed wars....

 

[Joe Realist]

I was between jobs, wife had a migraine and stayed home from work...I couldnt sleep and ended up on our couch. She woke me up in am and said, a plane hit the WTC. No lie I said, " Oh no, they got us! " She said " Who? ". I said " terrorists ". We watched in horror as the second plane hit and that confirmed it. I told her I always felt we were too open as a society and that made us vulnerable. I still feel that way today, especially with our rail service. I can't believe it has been ten years.