Inspired by leopardspot, where were you on 9/11?

[Stepharoonie!]

I'm curious about everyone's stories and hope you do not mind sharing.


I was actually at home asleep. A little bit after 9, my mom called me and told me to turn on the news since she had heard something about a plane hitting the WTC. Since she was driving around, no radio stations really had any other news. I turned on the news and said that they thought it must be an accident.

As we were talking, I continued to watch the news and told my mom that someone must have recorded the accident, because they were playing it on the screen. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was actually the second plane on live tv. I started saying, "Oh my God....oh my God...." and explained what had just happened.


My ex was in his police class, and didn't hear anything until he called me about 11 a.m.

While I didn't go to Disney at all that day, I did have to go to Orlando to pick up our shipment. The traffic coming from the parks was amazing, a constant stream of people.

 

[kdibattista]

DH & I were actually in Disney World.... Caribbean Beach to be specific. We were getting ready to go to MGM and saw it live on the Today Show. We stayed in our room most of the day and watched the coverage.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Driving to work. I was driving a tank of a Buick at the time that was an older model with only a cassette deck and no CD player. I had turned on my radio in order to pop a casette into the player when I heard the local DJ Kidd Kraddick come on. I honestly thought that what he was saying was another one of his far out there tricks to get people to listen until ABCNews broke in with their broadcast. I remember going into work and asking my boss if I could have a small radio (kept in the back for bad weather purposes) at my station so I could keep up with what was going on. My boss said that we should continue on with our work, that what was going on wasn't THAT important and that nothing would change. I was shocked at her cold attitude and begged info from any customers that came in that day, of which there were very very few. I remember going home that night and watching the footage of the crashes on the 6 pm news and crying so hard I couldn't see straight.

TOV

 

[faithinkarma]

I was at work, at a daycare, in Canada. I did not hear the news until after the second tower was hit. My now husband was in NYC, and I was frantic with no way to get in touch with him. It was hours ( felt like centuries ) before I would learn he was okay.

Being with small children all day and having to hold everything in was very dificult. Even auto pilot which has served me so well on so many occasions was difficult to achieve.

I just remember the tear stained faces of each of the parents as they picked up their kids. And none of us could really say anything aloud. Just writing this brings tears to my eyes.

 

[Jolie C]

I was in my apartment in NJ, watching it on television. Could see the smoke plume easily from my balcony, but nothing else. DH was at work, watching Lower Manhattan from across the river. Will never forget that day, or the smell of the smoke, or the way people were behaving, or the people we knew who died there.

 

[buzzlady]

I was meeting my friend for breakfast. When she arrived, she asked if I heard what was going on. I hadn't. We went inside and they had the radio on. As we sat there, the 2nd plane hit and the plane in PA had gone down. We all just sat there in disbelief. Living by the Raritan Bay, I went home and could see the thick black smoke in the distance. Also living in a flight path, it was so eerie not to hear any planes overhead.

 

[WDWLVR]

I was at work when DH called with the news. We went into our customer lounge area to watch on TV. One of our sales people was on a plane at O'Hare waiting for take-off to head to New York. Needless to say she got the most hugs when she got in the office that day.

Certainly a day that changed everyone in one way or another.

 

[themepark]

I was working at our church's preschool. DH called first to tell us since he knew we did not have any TV's or radios that would be on a news station. The phone rang and rang all morning long with people calling to tell us about it. We did get a TV hooked up so those of us who weren't in the classroom could see what was happening. Many parents came to pick up their kids early. Everyone was very scared and naturally we couldn't believe what we were seeing and hearing on TV.

 

[6_Time_Momma]

HIFS in Lake Buena Vista. It was such a surreal day. They had extra activities and opened all the restarurants to accomodate everyone since noone was going home or to the parks. We went to Disney the next day. Very subdued and quiet there actually.

 

[lsyorke]

I was at work at a local N.J. Hospital. I think the gravity of the situation really hit when they started taking inventory of how many days of food and water the hospital had stockpiled to maintain service if we were cut off. Disaster mode was called and we started discharging anyone we could to make available beds.We were locked down, no one in, no one out, very scary stuff!!

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

I was at work. One of the girls' DH called to report that a plane hit WTC. We logged on to CNN.com and the photo on their homepage was beyond belief. This gaping hole billowing a black plume of smoke, it was surreal.

We thought maybe the pilot was heading for the airport and erroneously crashed. Then, before we could grasp the idea of one plane crashing, the second one hit the WTC and then the crash in PA and yet another in to the Pentagon. It got very scary. I felt safe in my office, but really wondered if WWIII had just begun. I wanted to go home, but DD was in school and I figured she was safest there, and I at work. I don't think the school let on to the kids what had happened. It was a tense, eerie night. The Brady Bunch was the only alternative to the news.

My boss and her fellow colleagues were on a bus heading to NYC for a day in the "market". Fortunately the bus was halted on the NJ side of the tunnel and they never were in Manhattan. They had a prime viewing spot of the tower and really had no idea what was happening.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

i was in my junior year of high school in my english class in nj...the principal made an announcement and made it seem like no big deal, so we went back to class....in between classes, i saw my dad, who is a firemen in the hallway...then i knew it was bad..he was coming to say goodbye because he thought he was going to have to go to nyc with his shift from the firehouse....the rest of the school day all we did was watch the news and everyone was crying...

 

[kilee]

I was blow drying my hair, I remember DH & I had an appt and we were running late-- he kept calling me into the living room and I remember being annoyed. When I went to see what he wanted I seen the TV w/ the first footage-- before they really knew what was happening. I called my mom-- just to see if she was watching. She said something about terrorism, and I said- no, they think it's just a fire of some sort-- then the 2nd plane went in about 5 seconds after we hung up!!! My dad was in the area on business and it took us all day to hear from him. Anyhow, DH and I went to the bank where my mom works (they kept it open but thankfully nobody came in), and we watched TV for hours. I remember being terrified because on the way to the bank the radio was reporting so many mishaps-- that never surfaced it was awful! I just remember being terrified. I really wanted to go get DS out of school but they weren't releasing anyone I had heard-- so we didn't.

 

[KingsFanInRI]

DW, DS (who was 9 days old) and I were in the car heading to Lowell, MA to buy hockey tickets. We were just off of our street and onto the main drag (about a mile, maybe less) when we heard about the second plane.
We turned around and came home to tell my mother, who was getting ready for work. Needless to say we were glued to the tv the rest of the day.
After hearing that two of the planes were going from Boston to LA, one of my first selfish thoughts was that there could be hockey players on the planes who live in New England and were headed to CA for training camp, which was to start on the 12th. As it turned out, two members of the LA Kings' scouting staff were on Flight 11.
What is really eerie for me is the fact that in all the times I have flown back and forth between LA and Boston I'm quite sure I have been on both Flights 11 AND 175 at different times. I'm more certain that I had been on AA Flight 11, but neither would surprise me.
I hope nobody ever forgets what those jerks did to us.

 

[gshoemate]

I had just dropped DD off at preschool...I was 2 months pregnant and had to stop at McDonalds for a sausage mcmuffin and hashbrown. I get home and snuggle up on the couch with breakfast and turn tv on to tune into Judge Joe Brown when there was news on. My first reaction was not happy because my morning routine was broken. Then as I watched I couldn't believe what happened. I had tuned in just minutes before the second plane hit. To watch something like that unfold, I can't even put into words. I called DH up who worked at a school at the time and he was in the middle of a meeting. They turned the TV so they could keep up to date on everything. I also was a DJ at a radio station at the time and I called them up to see if they new what was going on and surprisingly they didn't. The morning DJ was like, so thats why the fax machine is going nuts. So much for keeping listeners informed.

 

[JetMom]

I was putting some laundry away and I turned on the TV in my room to catch a little bit of Regis while I hung up the clothes. The first plane had already hit, but there were no real details yet. While I was watching, the second plane hit.

It seemed like I was frozen in front of the TV for hours. I remember the horror of watching the towers actually crumble.

I remember getting my little one and going to pick up my other two DS's at school. I knew that logically they were safe, but I needed to have them with me.

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

I was home from work that day. Had minor surgery the day before and DH was home with me. I got up and was checking the internet - saw the report about the first plane. I woke up DH and turned on to CNN just in time for us both to see the 2nd plane hit. We watched the TV all day after that.

 

[wendym]

I was up at our Games field supervising pupils. With the time difference it was about 3.30pm when I phoned my mum to check on something when I heard about it. We listened to the radio on the way back to school and then I phoned one of the bosses as our school was due to go to NYC on a trip. Our whole school was effected and faithinkarma I cannot believe your boss's attitude.
Wendy

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I was working at the Studios- I had picked up a Rock n Roller Coaster shift and had just started when the planes hit- We closed about 2 hours later and I spent the rest of the day at the Yacht club passing out cookies and telling people their options for that night-


One of those days Ill never forget

 

[CDoobeeJr.]

I was in fifth grade. My mom and I were at home, and my dad called from work telling us to turn on the tv. We didn't understand what was going on at first. Especially me. I didn't know much about the WTC, especially not how many people were there. I think by the time I got to school, the second plane had hit, and we were watching in the classroom as the first tower fell. It was Lunch with Grandparents Day at school, and that's all my granparents and I were talking about. When I came home, my mom told me not to watch tv. I was angry then, because I wanted to know what was going on, but the next couple of weeks, I got so sick of it. Every time I turned on the tv, that's all I heard, and it was just the same depressing thing over and over to me. I didn't want to hear it anymore. I wanted it to be over, but now that it's been a while, people are forgetting. That makes me sick, too. People that go to my school weren't really affected by it, so they don't see it the same way a lot of other people do. I don't even. I'm just sure the people who lost their families haven't forgotten.