Where were you on 9-11 ?

[football5680]

I was in 3rd or 4th grade and was probably at school when it happened. I don't remember the specific day, I just remember the general time period and what it was like.

 

[Dave-W]

I was sitting about 15 feet from my present location. I had on NPR and heard some very strange story about a small commuter plane hitting one of the WTC towers, and then several minutes later another story about a fire in the OTHER tower. (boy did they mess that one up) Then the local news said a plane crashed into the Pentegon - and it was a possible terror attack.

Then my boss comes around and says that the smoke from the Pentagon can be seen from the top floor of this building and they sent us all home.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

I was eleven years old and I remember I heard some rumors of a plane crash on Manhattan, apparently it rammed one of the skyscrapers. As I said, it was all rumors at that point and I remember how the mothers waiting for their sons, my teammates talked about this.
I didnt understand the gravity of this before a day or two later when I watched it on the news. I mean I saw it on the news the same night, but it was only later on, when the twin towers collapsed and the firemen and rescue workers searched the ruins that I fully understood how severe this was.

It was horrific even for us in Europe. As I said, the ruins and the screams for help from from under the massive ruins is what stuck with me and will continue to do so for the rest of my life.

 

[Multifavs]

I was only five years old and in kindergarten...so I don't really remember anything about it.

I do remember the anniversaries some, though. In elementary school they raised the school flag on September 11th, and in middle school they would have a message about it on the loudspeaker and a moment of silence.

 

[charsan]

Many such stories. I watched one where they interviewed a blind man who was making his way down stairs of one of the towers. He and his dog where taking up two spaces and slowing progress down, so he let his dog loose to run down the stairs but his dog came back up and they made there way down together. He cried his eyes out in telling of the unconditional love his dig had for him.

Makes me cry

 

[tampasteve]

I was having breakfast before heading to my college classes for the day. We did not have the TV on, but there was a contractor doing work at the house and he had a radio on. He came running over and asked to turn on the TV because " a small plane, they think a Cessna" had hit the World Trade Center. We still did not know much at the time, so I went to my first class and then they canceled classes about 12PM that day.

 

[Messerve]

Yeah they said somewhere around Cleveland is when it turned around because it was hijacked. The airport lost contact with them as they flew past the airport.

I just read some of the transcribed cabin recording... It sounds like the pilot was definitely struggling for control of the plane and that he feared it would crash into Cleveland. It lost a lot of altitude right about then which correlates with your account. Scary...