Here is September 11th as it happened on the DIS...very long

[Robinrs]

OmG... I can't believe I just read this...

I still don't understand how I had the strength to type that day....

Wow...

 

[PixieDust32]

pixie dust, I don't get why you bumped up a 4 year old thread.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I didn't know it was such a big crime!

 

[PixieDust32]

This poster seems to be bumping a lot of old threads...I guess they are bored.

Ohh now the old thread patrol got me!! BTW, I bumped 2 old threads last night!! 2!!!!! OK!! Big deal.

 

[PixieDust32]

This was a very powerful post... I'm glad it was bumped.

Reading it took me right back to the confusion and rollercoaster of emotions of that morning, as we all watched the nightmare unfold. Whether we were at home, at work or at school, I imagine that the details of that day will forever be etched in each of our memories.

May we all heal, but never forget.

Well some people are wondering WHY I dare to bumped!!

I wasn't here back then! So why I cannot reply to it??

 

[PixieDust32]

I'm glad she did. We all need to be reminded of that terrible day on occasion.

My stomach is in knots once again after reading all of this and my heart is racing.

Thank YOU!! I felt the same.

 

[becka]

Sorry for the inconvenience, I didn't know it was such a big crime!

It is not a crime but what made me post what I did is because I saw multiple years old threads being bumped back up by you and while this one may be worthing of bumping back up I was confused about why you would also be bumping up threads regarding some night 3 years ago being the final episode of the Mole. It seemed like you were just trying to clutter up the board with a bunch of old threads.

 

[PixieDust32]

I wasn't a DISer back then. Thanks to the OP who put this together and to the person that bumped it today. We must never forget.

My DS was not even 2 back then and we flew home on September 10th from our first vacation together (Myrtle Beach) and I remember thanking God over and over that we weren't scheduled to fly on 9-11.

I was at work and had walked to the cafeteria for a cup of coffee and there are 15 TV's down there that play CNN, Fox News and ESPN all day. I remember walking through those doors and wondering why in the world everyone was staring at the TV's... then I saw the tears and the look of pure fear on some of the faces and I knew... it was bad, really, really, bad.

My heart is sad after reading this... I did forget, for a moment. I'm so sorry.

I wasn't here back then either, and the thread didn't have many participation, maybe the boards were so popular back then, so I wanted to reply and to let the new members see it.

 

[PixieDust32]

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[Kimmielee]

PixieDust32 - take a deep breath. We get it! Thanks for bumping!

 

[N.Bailey]

Thanks for initially posting this Jenny and thanks to you PixieDust for bumping it up. While we'll never forget, it's nice to be reminded of the rawness of that day. I hope it's bumped back up a couple years from now too, just to remind us all.

We'll more than likely turn into a bunch of blubbering idiots all over again, but we really need to remember.

 

[denisenh]

wow...I just came upon this thread while looking for something else.

I will NEVER forget how I felt that day. Never.

 

[Trish Bessette]

May we never forget...

 

[perdidobay]

Thanks for bumping it up. After reading thru it I remember how scary it was that day, not knowing how involved this attack was and what was happening.
We who were on the board at that time were able to help each other try to make sense of it all.

 

[Towncrier]

I remember vividly seeing Olena's post just before I headed into a 9AM meeting at work. All of the internet news sites were swamped and we didn't have a working TV at the office, so the DIS was my lifeline to the outside world and the insanity of that day as it unfolded. I was very thankful for the DIS that day.

 

[U2_rocks]

Wow, thanks! I wasn't a DISer back then, so I wasn't on the board. I was actually heading to a funeral when it came over the radio. I had to wait until I got home to see the TV footage.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

God I remember this like it was yesterday. I was driving to work (worked at Target then) and my old Buick didn't have a CD player, just a radio tape deck. I'd turned on the tapedeck so I could put in something to listen to when Kidd Kraddick (local DJ) started freaking out about a plane flying into the WTC. I thought for sure he was joking, because he's made some pretty bad jokes before. But then ABCNews cut in and I knew it was for real after listening to it for a few moments. I don't recall how I got to work..must've been on autopilot.

The store was completely dead that day and the mall across the street closed at noon so everybody could go home and watch TV. There was also the fear that Dallas (which is about an hour away) would be the next target. My boss didn't allow us to have any radios or anything at our checkstands, so the only news I got all day long was from the few customers who came in. I would beg them for information and I was able to convince my boss to let me call my mother. One of her friend's sons is a chef in NYC near the WTC. He used to babysit me and my brother and sister, so I was afraid for him. Luckily, he'd been off that day and had been in his apt when everything happened.
I didn't actually see any news footage of the disaster until I got home that night. Neither of us felt like cooking, so DH ordered a pizza. We sat in the living room and watched the 6 pm news. I cried so hard and DH just kinda had to hold me up. It was way worse than OKC had been and I couldn't believe something like this had happened. I wondered if Dallas would be next or Fort Worth (my hometown). I didn't know what to think, what to do. We somehow made it through though and my birthday eight days later was very very somber.

This also reminds me of the first time I ever heard "Where Were You On That September Morning" (I think is the name) by Alan Jackson. I had to pull off the road and just sit there and cry and cry and cry. That song really touched me. Right after the attacks, they were playing "God Bless the USA" a lot and a mix version of Jewel's "Hands" that had news clips dubbed in.

TOV

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

I had no idea this thread existed and I am glad it was bumped. Thank you.

 

[Jennasis]

Thanks for the bump. I can't forget that day. It changed my life completely. It was election night on LI, and I was supposed to be doing live camer for the elction coverage that night (I worked for the news station). I got up to watch tv...cartoons in fact...and they broke in with the news of the first plane. They were speculating that it may have been a small single engine type plane. I called DH (then Dbf) at work and he flipped on the tv on his desk (he worked for AMC/Bravo etc..). I was on the phone with him when we watched the liveshot of the second plane flying into the tower. We were speechless. I cried. The I hung up and called my mom. She was hysterical, my sisters were devastated.

Then I called the news station to see if they needed me earlier than I was supposed to be there. It was so insane (I could hear screaming in the background) but my boss told me to come in at 2 like I was scheduled and they'vd figure out what to do with me. Then the buildings collapsed....I cried more, knowing my colleagues were there, possibly wounded (turns out one of them was killed).

As I drove to work on the LIE (the Long Isladn Expressway) what an absolute eerie feeling to see NOT ONE OTHER CAR on the road. Occassionally a police car or Emergency service worker would speed by (100mph easily) heading towards Manhattan.

They stationed me on the North Shore of Long Island operating our live truck, in Glen Cove (the only place we could get a signal out of). I was there for about 7 hours. I watched on our feeds in the news van, everything that was coming out of Manhattan...it was horrible. As I was watching, this punk looking teen guy comes along (covered in tatooos and piercings) and saunters up to the truck. I was all ready to tell him to get the he-ll away from the vehicle, that it wasn't a free viewing stand for the carnage....and he knocks on the door (which was actually open) and says "Scuse me..." I was already for the verbal smackdown, so I snapped "Yeah?" And he glanced up at my monitors, filled with horrible video and said "You know where I can go to donate blood?" I started crying uncontrolably and called the news station to get locations of blood donation centers for him. He thanked me, gave me a hug and walked away.

My colleague who died, was a NYC police officer. Glen Petit, was great guy. he was part of the NYPD video unit and was trailing a firefighter brigade into the tower when it collapsed. He now has a street named for him in his hometown and a few scholarships in his names as well. I actually had to go and "cover" his funeral, as one of my assignments with the camera.

 

[hellokitty86]

I'm glad this thread was bumped. I wasn't on the Dis at that time either.

On September 11, I was in school as usual and in a Science class. All I remember was seeing my teacher frantically using her cell phone, saying there was a "family emergency" and she had to get ahold of her relatives in New York. She turned on the TV just before the second tower collapsed.

I remember we had a test scheduled for that day, and she just passed it out and sat there, like in a trance watching the TV. Needless to say, I failed that test and then just went home. I was totally freaked out.

 

[imsorry]

I don't know why it was bumped, but now I am sitting at my desk crying...I was here in NYC that day.....