Where were you on this date 2001.

[Fatman LOU]

I was in old area of Roselle old subdivision redo, waiting for the curb guys to clean up their mess. A co-workers wife, who was sick and had cancer had called him to tell him about a plane that flew into one of the towers, and we didnt think much of it . His wife called him back a little later and i remember him saying he thought his wife took to many pills. I remember woman coming out of their homes crying....... such a terrible day

 

[Axl Rose]

I was in school (3rd grade). I really don't remember much.

Seems like i remember my teacher saying something but i could be making that up.

 

[KoreanBear]

On my way to work... Still can't believe it really happened...

 

[Tater]

I was on a 8 story construction site near Ohare. There were planes flying overhead almost constantly and there were no windows in yet. We had a radio on and heard about the first plane and figured it a small plane accident. After the second plane hit, the news changed and everyone knew there was more to it. It was very strange for days following not hearing any planes taking off at all. When I got home, I poured a stiff drink and watched the news and footage for hours. Sad memories.

 

[brett05]

I was in bed and got woken up by my future wife telling me that a plane hit the World Trade Center. I turned on the radio and then the TV. I saw the second plane hit.

For me initially it was almost surreal. I felt nothing one way or the other. Over the days I never ran into someone that even knew someone that was in any of the collapsed buildings. It wasn't until the last few years that sorrow and grief would hit me around this time every year.

I do recall how proud I was being an American with all the work that President Bush and his administration performed. I was so proud that Congress pulled together and even more so, regular American's put aside the day to day stuff and just cared for people.

 

[Fatman LOU]

I was on a 8 story construction site near Ohare. There were planes flying overhead almost constantly and there were no windows in yet. We had a radio on and heard about the first plane and figured it a small plane accident. After the second plane hit, the news changed and everyone knew there was more to it. It was very strange for days following not hearing any planes taking off at all. When I got home, I poured a stiff drink and watched the news and footage for hours. Sad memories.

I remember the skies were clear , no jets flying then we heard the sonic boom of a fighter jet.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

In my apartment at the time. ( i was in grad school) Watched pretty much the whole thing on CNN after the first plane hit. Saw the second plane hit live. The thing I remember more than that was driving to Dallas about two days after it happened and it seemed like literally every car and every home/business had the flag waving or something patriotic showing. I've never seen such true "we're in this together" attitude from citizens and politicians. Makes me sad that it took something so awful to bring so many together.

 

[Fatman LOU]

In my apartment at the time. ( i was in grad school) Watched pretty much the whole thing on CNN after the first plane hit. Saw the second plane hit live. The thing I remember more than that was driving to Dallas about two days after it happened and it seemed like literally every car and every home/business had the flag waving or something patriotic showing. I've never seen such true "we're in this together" attitude from citizens and politicians. Makes me sad that it took something so awful to bring so many together.

Amen to that .

 

[AussieBear]

I was 22-23.....I was on my way to work to quit the truck driving game. me breaks went out on a mountain the day before....I stopped to watch some news and caught the second plane going in... woke up me wife from me first young and dumb 1-2 yr marriage cause she worked fer the FBI.. then I went n handed in me keys and quit.. i member stopping at some store and being like we is under attack... cashier looked puzzled...

little did i knows.. it was an inside job.. a false flag works.... dat be life i guess

 

[Briggs is GOAT]

I was at home...I don't even remember it.

 

[number51]

I was at work, wife took the kid to the dentist and saw TV coverage in the waiting room. She called me after the first, I told my co-workers we all shrugged, then the second plane hit. We moved some TV's into a commons area, and about 75 people watched as the towers fell, I said everything just changed, the guy next to me was giggling for some reason, about a dozen people were crying. Most people finished the day, some went home, one guy went to pick up his wife who worked in either Sears Tower of John Hancock.

 

[number51]

What's up with all the lazy ass libtards sitting at home on a work day?

 

[Briggs is GOAT]

I was at work, wife took the kid to the dentist and saw TV coverage in the waiting room. She called me after the first, I told my co-workers we all shrugged, then the second plane hit. We moved some TV's into a commons area, and about 75 people watched as the towers fell, I said everything just changed, the guy next to me was giggling for some reason, about a dozen people were crying. Most people finished the day, some went home, one guy went to pick up his wife who worked in either Sears Tower of John Hancock.

Wow, that's pretty crazy.

 

[Ares]

I was in junior high.... 7th grade, I think.

I remember eating breakfast downstairs while my mom and sister were getting ready for work/school upstairs.

I wasn't watching the news.

I was finishing my cereal and I heard my mom calling me from upstairs to come up to her room.

I walked upstairs and into the master bedroom and all my mom/dad ever had in that room was this tiny like 19" tube TV.

My mom pointed at it and goes, "Look at this, a plane crashed into a building in New York."

And I stood there watching it with her and she walked away for a minute to finish getting ready.

Then the 2nd plane hit the other tower and she ran back over and we watched it for like 20 or 30 seconds, but we had to get going so she turned it off and we went downstairs and like 5 minutes later we left.

I remember feeling kinda numb.... I got to school and there was a little bit of chatter about it, but the staff didn't really talk about it or tell us about it and we didn't have TVs in the class rooms, so it wasn't like they could just turn on the news even if they wanted to.

I remember coming home and being glued to the TV after that, trying to understand what had happened and what was still happening.

I remember feeling very angry.

I remember I went to every Bears home game that season with my Dad and there was some chatter about if they would cancel the games that Sunday.

They didn't, and I went to the game with him following the attacks and I remember that "United We Stand" and over-the-top patriotism that everyone generally remembers.

Even going to that game there was this like "**** em, we going this game, damned terrorists can't stop football!"

I remember feeling like just going to that game, we were being brave..... seems ridiculous looking back on it, but I was a kid.

 

[bearmick]

Believe it or not, I was on the old CBMB when someone posted something saying "That's two planes have hit the WTC now, this can't be a coincidence". I was on a 10-7 shift at the time and turned on the TV to see what was going on. When I went in to work, the whole floor just had a somber, quiet aura about it. Nobody was talking about it, I think they were just in shock. It was surreal.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

I was working. Wife called me and said she couldn't get out of the city to pick up our baby girl from daycare so I left work and went and got my baby girl. Went home and watched invisible airplanes go through buildings. Then a while later those buildings were brought down with explosives in symmetrical free fall fashion.

 

[Houston]

5th grade. My teacher got a phone call from his wife and then he told us that two planes crashed into two buildings. Us kids thought it was funny at first and had our own silly speculations about what happened. He then wheeled in one of those school TV stands from back in the 90s and we watched it on the news. The first building collapsed right before we went to breakfast/snack.
As a kid, that was one of those experiences where you learn about a number of things all at once. The Middle East, Muslims, terrorism etc...

But it didn't really hit until I got home later that day. I remember thinking it was unfathomable that people out there would want to attack us. I took it personally.

 

[Fatman LOU]

My daughter just got home from school. In her back pack there was a ribbon attached to a a piece of paper that said " Never Forgotten Sept 11, 2001

I'm glad our schools are not trying to be politically correct bullshit and still teach the proper history.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I was at work was wondering why it was a ghost town then a sales person came in and said what happened. Probably slowest week at work everyone was scared and glued to the tv. Then I found out later that day my cousin made it out of the tower which was a relief. Just think 9-11 happens in other countries as frequent as we celebrate holidays. As unfortunate event that was we got it good here #merica

 

[Houston]

When most people die fast and unexpectedly, it's of course just a mundane every day happening. But has anyone ever thought about what it would be like dying during a major event like this?

As someone who doesn't believe in the afterlife, the people who died during 9/11 would never get to know how big the event that killed them was. I've thought about this in the context of something like Columbine too. An event that was a catalyst for so much change in our culture and country, yet the kids that died 19 years ago would never have any idea. To be completely in the dark on something major that you were involved in, scary stuff.