9/11 do u remember what you were doing when it happened?

[3mtn-kate]

I was in third grade and had just come in from recess. Our principal came on the intercom and said "Excuse the interuption but I need to inform you that two planes have crashed into the twin towers."
That's pretty much all I remember, I don't really remember understanding how big of a deal it was. Like I had heard about all kinds of plane crashes and I didn't really get how this one was so different.

Obviously now I do...

 

[inlalaland]

I was only in 1st grade but I remember it like it was yesterday.

My mom was working as a room mom in my class and all of a sudden over the intercom they said what had happened. My mom freaked out but I didn't really know what was going on. She went to office and took out my brother and we went home. My whole family [both sides, mom's side is in LI and dad's is near the city] lives in New York, so she was calling everybody and making sure they were okay. Luckily everybody was fine. But I still remember seeing on the news people running around screaming and crying, it freaked me out so bad I would run out crying every time I saw them. I still very vividly remember the videos. They were so horrible. I still want to cry just thinking about them.

My uncle and one of my dad's best friends were in the city that day, but luckily they were okay. A lot of my cousin's friends lost family members that day. At my dad's old elementary school they have a memorial outside honoring all the kids that went there's parents that died that day. I have pictures of my family and I by the Twin Towers a couple years before 9/11.

Tomorrow will be very hard for everyone. R.I.P. everybody who lost their lives that day. You will never be forgotten.

 

[goofyandplutoluver]

I was in school and I remember kids kept going home, and none of us knew what was happening. Then my mom came and I left school and we just watched the news all night.

My actual birth date was supposed to be a day or two after the 11th, but I was born in July instead.

My birthday is the day after 9/11.

 

[MuskratSusie]

I remember every detail... :/

I was getting up and getting ready for school, we got a call from my brother and he told my mom to look at the news right away. He said that the Twin Towers had been hit by a plain and then he said when we turned to the news that they had been hit by 2 plains...I still remember everything, my mom and dad were yelling at the TV. We couldn't believe it was happening. What happened that day, will always be remembered, and will Always, Always be in my mind forever. That night, I was scared to go to bed, because I could hear the plains going over our house and everyone else's. Its scared me. What I saw on the news that day, on Sept. 11th 2001 will never be forgotten, its in my mind forever. After writing this, I've started to actually cry. That was a VERY SAD day for all of us. When I got to school, the teachers were talking about it a lot, and they had told us (meaning us students in class what happened) and some people were VERY shocked. Many people left the school that day.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I don't remember much. I was in third grade, I'm pretty sure of that. Things were strange that day and when we were about to go home the teacher said 'Your parents will be telling you something important when you get home, but don't get freaked out too much.'

Of course it never hit me as hard as it would have hit any of you, because I don't live there. But it still scared me, it was one of those wake up calls, that just because you think you're safe doesn't mean you are.
I do remember watching tv and seeing the world come together to help as much as they good for a great country that had been attacked.
I've always been fairly interested in what happened, it scares me a lot and makes me sad, but it's something I feel like I need to know about. Because as time rolls on, it seems people forget it happened. Which is good and bad. Good because people are managing to move on, but bad in the sense that they're trying to forget all those men and women.. =/

I have a book that goes into details of how it all worked, and I've read most of it. But I'm afraid of that book. I have it hidden on my shelf so I can't see it at night. It's eer.y

 

[Disney.Ears]

Oops, I didn't realize there was a thread for this. But I'll just post here what I posted in the other one...

I still remember sitting in the barber shop with my dad while he was getting his hair cut. My school was being renovated so they delayed when school would start. I sat there, a soon-to-be 2nd grader, playing my Nintendo game. And then the video showed up on the screen...I'll never forget the fear I felt. Ever. My dad tried to explain it to me, but I barely understood. I watched the videos over and over on the news. I still replay it in my mind.

R.I.P
Those who died, and those who died saving<3

 

[Columba]

I was in 4th grade. A bunch of kids were being called out to be taken home and no one knew why. All the teachers + staff were told to keep everyone in the dark so no one freaked out.

Probably a good thing seeing as though my mom works at the Pentagon...

 

[Jasmine45]

I was playing barbies with my friend when it happened.
thats All I remember. I was little.
:/

 

[GoofysOnlyGirl]

I was in the 5th grade. We were reading Number the Stars, and everyone was already really upset because that book is sad. Apperently a lot of the parents at my school had called the school and told them not to inform us, including my mom. They didn't want us worrying. I just remember pretty much half my class got called home, and I remember commenting how I wish I could go home too.

When I was walking home my friend's sister who was in high school was telling us what happened. I didn't really get in my 5th grade mind why two buildings falling down was such a big deal. As soon as I got home my mom was already home from work which was unusual. So I knew this was bad then. She told me my uncle was in the pentagon, and he had seen the explosion outside his window. He was safe, thank god, but to be able to see it outside your window must have been scary.

I still remember having all our TV's in the house on the news channel all day long. Me and brother complained about not being able to watch spongebob or somthing. I was still to young to fully comprehend, but I remember that day, and thats what I did.

 

[pitt02]

I was sitting in school 4th grade when the principle ran in and told our teacher the first tower was hit. Our teacher turned on the news and we watched it the whole time for the rest of the day.

 

[OneTreeHill]

I was in 3rd grade, and we were doing spelling.
My teacher got a phone call and started crying.
All she could tell us was that something bad had happened, so when we got home to ask our parents.
I went home and my mom was sitting on the floor in front of the TV crying, and she told me.

 

[jacensolo3]

i was living in texas at the time i was about 6 when it happened and i woke up and just remember my mom and sister crying watching the news i got scared and went back to bed i dident find out till that afternoon

 

[Geniefan]

I remeber i was in 2nd grade or 3rd grade( so i don't remeber much) i remeber being dissmissed from school early and watching the news replaying the planes flying into the towers. i was so shocked and sad, and i wanted to make something to send to new york. a couple days after 9/11 my mom and i started making a huge flag that combined the new york state flag ( i think) and the american flag . then after a day or so we got all the schools in my town to sign it then asked the town too. soon after that our town firefighters brought it to New York city to the stock exchange and it still hangs there today

 

[ThePurpleMorphy]

I was like six years old

I was in school and sick to my stomach. They didn't tell the elementary school kids anything. But, I remember that everything around me was sad.

It was the next day before I knew what happened. My mom had to stay another week in D.C. where her business meeting had been (She was staying in room 911 overlooking the pentagon )

That's the long-story-short version anyway.

 

[DramaQueen]

I was in grade 7 (wow!) and I was in band class, an announcement came over the P.A telling teachers that they'd be receiving a newsletter. THe teacher then explained to us what had happened and we were all really shocked and confused.
It was my friends bday and we were all really excited because this was the first year we were allowed off school property for lunch so we went to Wendys, but the mood in Wendys was so weird, I could hear grown up talking about it, but we didn't pay much attention.

For the rest of the day we were sent to our homerooms to talk about what happened.

 

[Smiley.Socks]

I was about... 5. In my grampa's house.
9/11 always gets me. And i get a bit emotional when i watch Friends and see the Twin Towers in the opening sequence.

 

[Justinex3]

okai remember now...
i was in 2nd grade, in a weird school cause my normal one had had a fire and we were in another schoolfrom our district jammed in the gym. & it was just about recess time, we were seriously like walking outside and than they stopped us and told everyone we hadda come in. i dont really remember who told me.

 

[diva122094]

My teacher actually asked us today what we were doing when 9-11 happend.
I was in school.I don't really remember when it happend.

 

[I'm a Divaaaaa]

I was 12, I believe and I was i match class. I was on the bus when it happened so I had no idea. One of my friends told me and then the principal came on the P.A. and told us we were under terrorist attack in New York City.


It's strange because I live in the city now and not too far from the site. It's really a strange feeling around here.

 

[nickkevingirl93]

Yeah, I remember what I was doing.
I remember that I was watching some show on Disney Channel, when my dad asked to turn on the news.
Then I saw the twin trade towers crash down, even though I really didn't understand it (the life of an 7 and a half year old, I guess).