Where were you ~ 9/11/01

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ping1970

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Every year on this date I think back to that morning when I saw that smoke billowing out of that first tower. I had been watching the news that morning ~ I was sitting on the floor filling balloons with candy for a bake sale at school and had gotten up to answer the phone. When I came back I remember Katie Couric and them talking about a small plane hitting the first tower. I was just stunned.

I was watching when the second plane hit the second tower. Right then and there I knew that we were under some sort of attack. I was still on the phone with my sister, Karen and I told her two things ~ 1st that somewhere out there would be pictures of the first plane hitting the first tower and 2nd that our whole country had just changed!

I got off the phone with her and called my friend, Mary, and told her that she wouldn't be able to go to her brother's military graduation that weekend. She didn't understand why I kept on saying that. She said that it wouldn't effect it. I finally told her to just call and check before she headed out. Sure enough, there wasn't any way that they were letting people on military bases for any reason that weekend.

My BIL, Danny, got stuck in Canada. He was there on business and couldn't fly back out. The bad thing with him was that he is on a special medicine that isn't approved in Canada so he was running out and had no way of getting it there. They wouldn't let him cross the border and get any either. He almost ran out before he got back home.

I remember driving to Long John Silver's later that day to get dinner and them playing 'God Bless the USA' and just crying uncontrollably. I cried for the people that we lost, I cried for their families, I cried for my kids, and I cried for our lost innocence! It is amazing that it has been 7 years and people seem to have forgotten what that day was like!

I don't want to forget ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-x9kMPauc
 
I was on my way to work and I heard it on the radio. At first I didn't think it was real. It was one of those moments when I felt sort of frozen and I thought it was a joke. When I got to work all I could think of were we going to be attacked.
 
ping1970 said:
Every year on this date I think back to that morning when I saw that smoke billowing out of that first tower. I had been watching the news that morning ~ I was sitting on the floor filling balloons with candy for a bake sale at school and had gotten up to answer the phone. When I came back I remember Katie Couric and them talking about a small plane hitting the first tower. I was just stunned.

I was watching when the second plane hit the second tower. Right then and there I knew that we were under some sort of attack. I was still on the phone with my sister, Karen and I told her two things ~ 1st that somewhere out there would be pictures of the first plane hitting the first tower and 2nd that our whole country had just changed!

I got off the phone with her and called my friend, Mary, and told her that she wouldn't be able to go to her brother's military graduation that weekend. She didn't understand why I kept on saying that. She said that it wouldn't effect it. I finally told her to just call and check before she headed out. Sure enough, there wasn't any way that they were letting people on military bases for any reason that weekend.

My BIL, Danny, got stuck in Canada. He was there on business and couldn't fly back out. The bad thing with him was that he is on a special medicine that isn't approved in Canada so he was running out and had no way of getting it there. They wouldn't let him cross the border and get any either. He almost ran out before he got back home.

I remember driving to Long John Silver's later that day to get dinner and them playing 'God Bless the USA' and just crying uncontrollably. I cried for the people that we lost, I cried for their families, I cried for my kids, and I cried for our lost innocence! It is amazing that it has been 7 years and people seem to have forgotten what that day was like!

I don't want to forget ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-x9kMPauc
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I was not only crying...I was sobbing. I cried for all of those reasons and fear. Fear of everything being totally out of my control, fear of our country being out of control. All while hugging my youngest tight to my chest. He was 2 months old at that time.

I was at home and had just laid my newborn down for an early morning nap. I was running dishwater, preparing to do the breakfast dishes. I had clicked on the TV and went back into the kitchen and turned on the radio by the sink. And then I heard it. A plane had flown into one of the towers. What? Come again? What plane? How? When? Why?

I raced into the living room and there it was...the first tower was coming down. I looked at the TV and thought I had gone mad. I remember thinking, "Do you realize how stupid you are? You're thinking you're seeing one of the twin towers falling from the sky. Get a grip!"(I was sleep-deprived from a colicky baby). The phone rang. It was hubby and he was like OMG are you watching TV? And then it all hit me at once.


Tammy, I don't know how you typed all of that out with dry eyes, but thanks for sharing all of it. It's horrible to remember but we must. We owe it to all that perished that day.
 
I was living in an apt that time and was walking down the stairs with my youngest when my dad told me to come see the television (he was staying with me for a few days). It was such a heart wrenching event, I cried for everyone involved and I was so paranoid that I kept my son home from preschool.
 
I was at home watching it on tv.. crying like a baby and my oldest son who was almost 5 at the time walked in asked why I was crying. I told him planes just flew into a building and he looked at the tv, looked at me and asked why didnt they just pull up? I really started crying then. what could I tell him.. they didnt want to, they did it on purpose. He wouldnt have understood. I just hugged him and bawled.
 
:cry: It's a day I will never forget. I was watching the news and chatting with my dh online.I told him to turn on the tv. I remember thinking that it must be a preview for some movie. It was one horrific event after another as I was glued to the television seeing it all played out.
I was in the process of packing up my things to move to Oregon to be with my dh. The following week he was flying to Michigan to meet my family, help me pack up the semi trailer and fly back with me to Oregon. Flying to Oregon 2 weeks after 911 was very nerve wracking. There were only a few people on the plane and you could sit wherever you wanted.
 
I remember that I was getting ready to go to class and had turned on the tv for some background noise. I walked through the room and looked at the tv and thought there was some sort of documentary on...Then I realized it was the news. I turned on the computer and went to the Universities website and it said classes were cancelled for the day. I called my friend to let her know there would be no classes that day...Then called a few more friends to talk about it.
It was weird when you went outside...there were no planes in the sky, few cars on the rode...It was just silence...
I found out later my 2nd cousin Jennifer Fialko had died in one of the twin towers...
 
cathyann27 said:
I remember that I was getting ready to go to class and had turned on the tv for some background noise. I walked through the room and looked at the tv and thought there was some sort of documentary on...Then I realized it was the news. I turned on the computer and went to the Universities website and it said classes were cancelled for the day. I called my friend to let her know there would be no classes that day...Then called a few more friends to talk about it.
It was weird when you went outside...there were no planes in the sky, few cars on the rode...It was just silence...
I found out later my 2nd cousin Jennifer Fialko had died in one of the twin towers...
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Oh my goodness. My prayers are with you and your family.
 
:love: ok I had a whole post here and it got deleted. I will try again. I am so sorry you had such a bad experience with those who call themselves Christianss. Thank you for sharing your story. It is a very heart wrenchingg story.

Your story brought tears to my eyes I wish my original post had not disappeared.
 
Cathy, so sorry about your cousin. There was a young lady from the neighboring town who had been a stewardess on flight 93. I sat with my husband and we watched her funeral procession from our big window. It lasted over 2 hours. One of our neighbors had his elderly father over who had been in a couple of different wars. I will never forget how the father went outside and saluted her procession. It moves me to tears to this day. May your cousin rest in peace.

Michael, words escape me. So very very sorry for your loss and what you went through, with everything. I can't imagine the depth of your loss. John sounds like a wonderful man.
 
That month was a very hard time for me. On that particular day I had slept in. I woke up and turned my television on to see what time it was. I don't use clocks. At first I was confused. I thought it was just a huge fire that had broken out in one of the towers. About the same time I got a call from my best friend who asked me if I was watching the TV. I told him yes and that I was watching the news about the fire at the WTC. He explained to me that it was a plane hitting the tower that caused the fire. I still didn't get it. I asked him if the other tower was damaged because they were only showing the one on fire and it was pretty bad. I remember distinctly that the said "There is no other tower. It's gone" I didn't grasp it at all. I asked him what he meant and he told me that the other tower had already collapsed because it had been hit by a plane also. Just waking up and having all this thrown at me, you can imagine how confused I was. Then they showed a replay of footage from the initial attack and then the second plane and the first tower collapsing. It all sank it very quickly. And just as I finally began to understand the situation the second tower fell right before my eyes. I went numb. It was terrifying to me to think how many people had just been lost The rest of day was a barrage of horror stories and images. That afternoon I was at my friends house watching news coverage and they started showing clips of people falling from the tower. That was my breaking point. I couldn't watch any more. I told my friends goodnight and drove into the mountains to get away from everything. I stayed out till 2 a.m. The next night I went to work as usual. It was sad and very unnerving. Breaks outside were quiet. No planes above in the sky. No one talking. At the beginning of that month a friend and coworker died in his sleep of a heart attack. Two weeks after 9/11 a close friend commited suicide. It was a tragic and sad month on a personal and national level. For the past 6 years I've avoided the television on this date. I'm not ignoring the fact that it happened. I'll never forget it. But I can't take reliving that time over and over again. There's still too much pain for me.
 
:cry: Michael, I am so sorry to read of your loss. How devastating for you and your family. I cannot even begin to imagine to have such a loss especially during 911. You must have felt like your whole world was coming to an end. What a wonderful person you are to be able to stay strong for your children. Bless You!
 
I knew when I started this thread that so many tears would fall. Why do it then? Because I have grown to know the people on this board. I feel like you are 'my' family and I love you all. Families go through all sorts or things together happiness and sadness ~ joy and pain. And each of you have been there for me through all of these things!

As much as I would love to forget this day in history we can't. We owe it the people that died that day to remember. We owe it to our children to remember the past and tell them so that maybe we can keep things like this from happening in the future. We need to teach our children love and tolerance. On days like today party lines should cease to exist ~ colors should cease to exist ~ sexual orientation should cease to exist...on days like today we should all just remember that all our blood is red and that we all hurt when we bleed.

Hug your kids for me when you put them to bed tonight and know that I love you all my SA friends! You all have made my life a happier place and I don't know what I would do without you all!!
 
I was working in Washington, DC that day. I was nine months pregnant with my son. I was trapped on a metro bus for four hours trying to get out of the city. I was so scared.

I believe the people in the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania are some of the biggest heros. That plane was headed to DC, and my unborn son and I were in the vincity of the white house and capitol bldg.

I'll never forget that day. I am one of the lucky ones. I am one of the most grateful ones.

God Bless America and all of those who lost their lives!

NEVER FORGET!

Janet
 
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