9/11 Stories.. Share Them Here

[CapEldano2]

We were all affected that fateful day, even if we didn't know anyone who happened to be unfortunate enough to be on any of the planes, or in any of the buildings that were hit.. we all have a 9/11 story, so feel free to share them here..

Heres mine..
My class and i got in from snack-recess (i was in 5th grade) and while we were lining up, my teacher had said that the World Trade Center had been hit.. Of course at 10 years old I had no idea what that meant.. As the day progressed, we did nothing all day, but watch helplessly on the TV as the other tragedies occured. Our school was on lock-down because the night before, a local gas station had been held up, on top of the incidents that occured five years ago.. I went home with my grandfather, and not a word was said the entire ride to his house.. i was beginning to understand how severe this was as my Grandfather, a hard to crack German man, shed a tear and tried not to let us grandchildren see. When we got to his house, all the TV's were on. A piece of footage I'll never forget was playing.. It was of a police officer on the ground below the towers, he ran for his life as a black cloud of smoke that was the South Tower smashed into the ground and hit the ground running sweeping the streets into utter darkness.. this particular police officer ran into a coffe shop to seek sheleter as the black monster chased him..all of a sudden, the large window of the shop turned the blackest black i'd ever seen, as the cloud traveled around the shop.
I remeber waking up the next morning and remembering that my other grandparents were going to Atlantic City and leaving from Portland Airport (the place where all of those flights started out), i had no idea if they were even alive.. luckily though, the flight that left before theirs was the doomed plane that hit the North Tower..

that's my story.. feel free to share yours

 

[milkabum]

We just came into class and the intercom asked for some teachers to go to the staff room. There was one teacher for every 3 classes looking after us for about an hour, and we had no idea what the heck was going on. Around 9:30 some teachers were heading back to teach. She told us to all sit in a circle and say a prayer.. the WTC towers have been hit. Being the state next door, we've been to NY before- most of us started crying. Then we started say wait, what? A tower? Got hit? By what? When? The entire day we went around questioning teachers at recess, and got home as quickly as we could to turn on the TV. I tuned into CNN and saw one of the most horrbile things in my life, they showed the plane hit into the WTC. I was shaking. Just like I was when I saw the replays on CNN's website.

 

[whs_singingrose]

I was in my world geography class in seventh grade, and my friend Chris came back from the nurse's office located in the front office, and whispered in my ear that the WTC had been hit. I said it coludn't happen there's no way.I went home and that's all they talked about on t.v.

And last summer, the summer before my junior year of high school, my church's student choir went on a mission trip to New York, and we went to Ground Zero and a memorial inside a nearby church. It stirred up feelings about it all over again.

 

[WDWfan36]

I heard teachers running around the building and they had a t.v or two on, showing what happened. Nothing really happened though except when I went home and saw the T.V my mom was watching.

Today we had a momorial for those people and, people starting talking about other things and laughing. They didn't even say thanks to the mayor or the firefighters or the policemen that we're their. I was actually very quiet because I thought it's a great honer to be around the people that saved our lives, in the rain,snow,night or whatever.

I was so disqusted with some of my classmates I just wouldn't talk to them, I think they we're being really rude and I didn't accept it.

 

[BellHop58]

I was in sixth grade. I remember not hearing about until lunchtime. I thought something got bombed instead of the planes hitting them. It wasn't until I got home that I knew the devastation of it all. I watched the TV footage hour after hour. It was all so horrible, I remember not thinking it was a big deal at school. But when I got home I was like oh my goodness this is the most terrible thing I have ever seen.

 

[dancegrl1093]

i was in second grade out on the playground. i remember my teacher was in her room, and right when i walked in from recess in i saw one of the planes hit the one of the towers on the news. she shut the t.v. off and acted in a way that told me something was up. of course, at 7, i didn't understand, but about half the class got picked up early. we live fairly close to the city, and i was one of the ones who wasn't picked up early, so i was kinda scared, but at 7, these things don't really add up. my mom picked me and my sister up at the end of the school day. i was like, "mommy, about ten kids in our class got picked up early. isn't that so weird?" and then she told me. i was frightend, but i don't think i really understood for the most part.............. i was concerned about my own safety, and i was a coward, i had no idea of the meaning of what had happened. i remember at first i was mad that my mom hadn't picked me up early (i guess i figured that if i was to die, i'd rather die with my family than alone), but my mom said we were far enough from the city that it shouldn't affect us. but it's scary still. knowing others are dying for you while you're sitting at home, safe. it makes you realize how thankful you need to be, and how lucky you are. i don't know anyone who died, but i'm always scared because i know that one day i probably will. so thank you to all the soldiers out there fighting for us, and thank you to everyone for protecting us. you have no idea how thankful and blessed i am.

 

[laxplaya1346]

Me- Hey mike you going to share those chips?
Mike- Get your own man


(4th grade, snack time. Our principal walks into the room none of us even have a clue whats going on)

Principal- Hello everyone. This morning at 8:46 am one of the Trade Center Towers was hit by an airplane.

Me thinking- What the heck is that? Is that that big building in front of the white house... wait there is only 1.

(They flip on the TV at 8:52 in our classroom. We all sit in silence and watch)

As soon as she turns it on in about 30 seconds we see the 2nd plane hit. We all scream and start panicking..... My uncle was on flight 11...

This day I remember the terrible things that can happen to people who do not deserve it. And today I remember those who died in this act.



Ryan

 

[Someybody]

This is Pacific, so very diffrent from you guys.

1st grade. Eating breakfest at home watching the TV. Very sleepy. I was wondeirng what was going on. My mom was on the phone. This really tall building was on fire, with smoke pouring out. Then this small winged thing shows up on the right adn crshes into the twin of the first building. Then I had to go to school. The End.

 

[CapEldano2]

Me- Hey mike you going to share those chips?
Mike- Get your own man


(4th grade, snack time. Our principal walks into the room none of us even have a clue whats going on)

Principal- Hello everyone. This morning at 8:46 am one of the Trade Center Towers was hit by an airplane.

Me thinking- What the heck is that? Is that that big building in front of the white house... wait there is only 1.

(They flip on the TV at 8:52 in our classroom. We all sit in silence and watch)

As soon as she turns it on in about 30 seconds we see the 2nd plane hit. We all scream and start panicking..... My uncle was on flight 11...

This day I remember the terrible things that can happen to people who do not deserve it. And today I remember those who died in this act.



Ryan

wow that's very sad, but thank you for sharing it..

 

[LuNaReVe]

Sad day Sad day... Sorry i'm too sad to tell mine

 

[CapEldano2]

Sad day Sad day... Sorry i'm too sad to tell mine

thanks perfectly ok.. we understand

 

[dancegrl1093]

I heard teachers running around the building and they had a t.v or two on, showing what happened. Nothing really happened though except when I went home and saw the T.V my mom was watching.

Today we had a momorial for those people and, people starting talking about other things and laughing. They didn't even say thanks to the mayor or the firefighters or the policemen that we're their. I was actually very quiet because I thought it's a great honer to be around the people that saved our lives, in the rain,snow,night or whatever.

I was so disqusted with some of my classmates I just wouldn't talk to them, I think they we're being really rude and I didn't accept it.

omg! that's terrible!!! at school they did it early in the morning, and i was late, so i missed it. but i can almost garauntee you that no one made any noise. it's just so terrible that people do these things.

 

[HallGirl]

I was a junior in high school when it happened and everyone says that when something like this happens you never forget where you were when it happened. I will never forget my schedule of that year or what the classrooms looked like because there was a tv in every room and we watched CNN all day. We'd rush to our next class to find out what was going on, so we wouldn't miss anything. I was in Illinois, so I wasn't very familiar with NYC. I wasn't really aware of the World Trade Center until this happened. I don't know anyone who was killed, but I watched the CNN.com rebroadcast and it was very depressing. My dad was going to go to New York around that time but luckily he wasn't there. Many of my relatives called asking where he was to make sure he wasn't one of the victims.

 

[CapEldano2]

did anyone out there know any police or fire department that were killed.. just curious because most of the fatalities were police and fire department, plus my step dad's a police officer and my grandpa is a firefighter here in Maine

 

[ShadowKittyKat]

Well I have a horrible memory. We drove from NJ to NY after it happened. My great grandmother said she saw the planes crash from her kitchen window! I gazed out her window and smoke was still rising... Police cars and firetrucks circled where the buildings used to be. I was just in total shock and had total loss of words. My grandfather used to work there - luckily he was out of there before the planes crashed. I really cannot remember anything else... someone hit me in the head with a locker lock in gym today... not very easy to remember details now.

 

[Someybody]

Well I have a horrible memory. We drove from NJ to NY after it happened. My great grandmother said she saw the planes crash from her kitchen window! I gazed out her window and smoke was still rising... Police cars and firetrucks circled where the buildings used to be. I was just in total shock and had total loss of words. My grandfather used to work there - luckily he was out of there before the planes crashed. I really cannot remember anything else... someone hit me in the head with a locker lock in gym today... not very easy to remember details now.

Wow. That's very sad and amazing.

But a lock?? Memory test: I need a stitch hat.

 

[ShadowKittyKat]

Wow. That's very sad and amazing.

But a lock?? Memory test: I need a stitch hat.

?? Hope you get a Stitch hat...

Just kidding! You don't need anything!

 

[Someybody]

?? Hope you get a Stitch hat...

Just kidding! You don't need anything!

Darn it! I was so close!!

 

[Ocsurfer]

did anyone out there know any police or fire department that were killed.. just curious because most of the fatalities were police and fire department, plus my step dad's a police officer and my grandpa is a firefighter here in Maine

My dad is a fireman here in California and a couple of people went, my dad was asked to go but had to decline...

 

[Renpener]

For my family, there was a HUGE miracle.
Here's the story:

My cousins (who live in NY) were visiting the grand canyon on 9/10. Sadly, a helicopter crashed into them and killed 3 out of 4 of them (The father was at a store buying something).

Jewish law states (I'm not sure if Christians do this too) that they should be buried the next day. So, he took them back to NYC and all my of my family there went to the funeral on 9/11. Most of them work in the World Trade Center. If my cousins didn't die, they wouldn't have been to the funeral, and they would have died in 9/11.