Where were you on 911 ten years ago?

[TXmomma]

I was 6 months pregnant with my daughter and was on the way to my checkup when they broke in with the news about the first plane hitting the World Trade Center.  At the doctor's office all the tv's and radios were on and we were all listening to the reports as they came in.  I went home right after my appointment and turned on the news and watched it all night.  I just couldn't believe what was going on.....it just didn't seem real....it all looked like scenes from a movie.  I was so numb watching everything that day.

The next morning, when I got up and turned on the morning news, there it was again.  That's when I finally broke down, thinking about all the people on the planes, in the buildings, on the ground and all the families that were looking for their loved ones. 

I will never forget.....September 11th will stay with me for the rest of my life. 

[jessicak83]

it wasn't even 6am here in cali yet. I was in college, in my dorm room asleep and the phone rang.
i got up to answer it, it was my roommate's mom crying telling me to wake her up and turn on the news.
i woke her up, turned on our tv and she called her mom back and we both sat there shocked and confused watching, then the second tower was hit and we both said it wasn't an accident.
my mom called me from work to tell me she was worried they might attack LA (which I wasn't in, but close to) but I wasn't worried as much as she was.

we sat there like that until 730, watching different stations listening to what they all had to say, our RA showed up at 7 knocking on everyone's doors telling us the school was having a meeting before lunch (for prayers, counseling, etc) and that we still had to go to our classes today to at least check-in.
So at 730 half of our dorm walked quietly up to the classrooms, but my professor didn't show up for us to check-in until after 8 because she was frantically trying to contact her relatives in NY to make sure they were ok but the phone lines were jammed. Since it was sociology class, she actually had us stay and talk about it. Then after class my roommates and I grabbed breakfast and headed back to our room to watch more news. That friday the entire school did candlelight vigils on street corners throughout town.

The events of that day will always be with me, even though I suffered no personal loss, it was a very historic and shocking day. As my professor pointed out, it was like the day she was in school and heard Kennedy had been killed.

[bjohnson16]

I was taking my son to school and then off to work. 

[lucylaw]

I was working and was kept updated by a co-workers mom then in church. It was a terrible day

[delgadoe]

At school, sitting in my sophomore english class when I heard the news from other students and teacher 

[Phx0808]

I was in South Korea. I just got home from work. I flipped on the TV on it was CNN international. The first tower had just been hit.

My British roommate heard the word terrorist as he walks in, and he said, "hey Mate, what is CNN dramatizing this time?"
I was standing up watching the TV and he came closer to where I was, when I didn't answer,

I had tears rolling down my face, and turned and looked at him and quietly said, "It's not drama this time, Mate." We stood and watched the second tower get hit and the buildings collapse. I stayed up all night watching the news and spent the next 3 days with very little sleep.


Fortunately, we had just started a week long break. He was on the phone most of the night as some of his British friends worked in the twin towers. Also fortunately, they were okay. My roommate kept apologizing for his drama remark. I told him several times, it was okay as CNN international did at that time tend to dramatize any events.

The Koreans were the best, many of them showed up at my door very concerned if I had any family back and if my family was safe. Of the 2977 people that died, 28 of them were South Korean.

[StLlama]

I was the last child in the school building in 5th grade, lol.. I had no idea what was going on and why everyone else had gone home. So, I just read in the library until I was dismissed and my parents came to get me at the end of the day.

[kl70364]

I was in junior high school history class and the entire school had televisions in each class. The principle allowed us to watch the whole program until we went home that day! Everyone was crying and was so sad!

[lvstephanie]

I had graduated from grad. school and was actively searching for a job during the summer. As a part of my house-hunting routine, I was checking different job-listing sites as well as different companies' job listings on-line. That morning, I began to notice that the internet seemed extremely slow, esp considering that most of the sites I was visiting was mostly text and not multi-media and so should have been loading pretty quickly. I didn't really think much of it at the time; it just struck me as odd...

I had a phone interview later that morning at 10am, but after 10:15 rolled around and I had still not gotten called, I decided I'd take the initiative and call the interviewer (just to see if she had forgotten, or needed to reschedule). When the other end of the line picked up, instead of saying "hello" the interviewer said "Samantha?". I told her no, that I was calling about our 10am interview. A long pause and then she said she'd have to reschedule since she was waiting for a phone call from her daughter out in NYC. Sensing my confusion, she told me that the US was being attacked, and to turn on the TV.

I did as she suggested and all of the issues I was experiencing that morning suddenly became crystal clear. I spent the rest of that day watching the news, completely awestruck by what I was seeing.

[fourfoot12]

I was a Junior in High School (11th grade). My friends and I were in our English class (1st period). We were all in the library on the third floor doing reports on Puritians. Our English teacher came up to our table, he had a strange expression on his face and he told us that the United States was under attack and mentioned the World Trafe Center in NYC. I had no idea what he was talking about. Then one of the librians turned on the TV. I'm pretty sure by that time, at least one of the towers had fallen because all I can remember seeing was huge clouds of smoke/ash.

[EAngels]

At home watching TV then suddenly a alert report pop up. I still pray for those who lost there love ones.

[ladycasshmere]

I was in high school in 11th grade. All the teachers turned it on in the classrooms and I was just in total shock at was happening. I wanted to go home.I live in Illinois and everyone was freaking out like will downtown Chicago be next.Since we got alot of tall buildings and landmarks I didnt go downtown or take the trains for awhile after that.

[ghunter]

I was at work (Atlanta Techincial College) when it happen and we thought it was a plane just crashing, we never consider it would be a terriost.

[derrick12480]

I just got home from picking up some kfc chicken and sat down and turned on the tv. I was wondering what on earth happened.

[mzbrowneyez22]

i was in class, 5th grade