Where Were You On 9/11/01?

[magic452]

I had just woke up and turned on the news about 5 minutes after the first plane hit and just sat there all day watching everything.

I sometimes use to say " I think I'll watch the morning news to see if the world ended and nobody told me" I said that that day and for many in NY the world did indeed end. I haven't said that since.

Magic

[Flaxpants]

Sitting in a restaurant in Koh Samui eating lunch. My neighbour at the time was an american, when I got back home I told him what had happened, at first he thought I must have been joking....till he turned on his TV.

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Is that a joke?

Why do you ask?

[Betonov]

Preparing my books in my room while watching a movie. It was a start of my first year at a high school. A friend of mine called me that the US was under attack. My first thought was a millitary invasion (World in Conflict anyone?) but then proceded to tell me that airplanes have struck the WTC. Turned on the TV and there it was.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

I was in 7th grade and I had habit of checking what have happened around the world right after coming home. I opened TV and there it was. At the time North Tower was in fire and few minutes later United 175 hit South Tower. I was quite shocked and angry. I knew that someone will pay heavy price for this but Afganistan War came as surprise to me.

[Hottentot]

No idea. I heard about the whole thing only next day in school. Nutjobs were already fantasizing if it was the Russians who did it.

[Rhodes]

Doing my driving exam! And listening in the radio, of course the examiner and my instructor were allways talking about what was happening. The attack, not my driving.

[AVGWarhawk]

I was at work. My trucks were loading for the days deliveries. A few were already on the streets starting their routes. One driver came to my office stating a plane hit a one trade center tower. I did not think much about it. He came back later and stated a second plane hit the second tower. At that point I knew something was not right at all. The day progressed as we know it. I pulled my trucks out of DC for safety reasons. That night I hugged my kids knowing their childhood would be very different than mine. The world would never be the same. I was in utter disbelief.

[Anthony W.]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Why do you ask?

Because this event was our second Pearl Harbor.

16 year old German's account from a magazine I was reading at the doctor's office, "in a nation where waving its own flag was too great a show of nationalism, here we were, all dressed in red white and blue, waving flags and singing anthems"

And you said it like it was nothing

[Hottentot]

*Gets popcorn*

[AVGWarhawk]

Jumpys response was honest. Drinking some beers at the time. When he could afford it. Simple enough.

[TarJak]

I was in bed sound asleep. When I got up I watched the wall to wall coverage on tV for a while before going to work. It was a very strange day at the office as one of our major competitors at the time folded that day as well.

[Bilge_Rat]

I was home sick from work that day, had a massive migraine the night before, something which almost never happens to me.

When I woke up and turned on the TV, the first plane had already hit and the tv commentators were still trying to figure out what had happened. I was watching when the 2nd plane hit, stayed glued to the TV the rest of the day.

[Takeda Shingen]

I don't remember.

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Because this event was our second Pearl Harbor.

16 year old German's account from a magazine I was reading at the doctor's office, "in a nation where waving its own flag was too great a show of nationalism, here we were, all dressed in red white and blue, waving flags and singing anthems"

And you said it like it was nothing

As you're only a young lad, I'll offer some free advice: don't allow your preconceptions to run away with you, it usually makes your indignation look foolish.

But I'll not hold it against you for all that.