September 11 - Remembered! What were you doing?

[dreamyjeanie]

It's hard to believe 6 years have gone by. I thought it would be neat as a remembrance of the day, if we all post what we were doing when we first heard about the attack 9/11/01.


I was at Bally's working out and I saw everyone gather under one of the TVs. I could see the Twin Towers burning, but didn't know yet what had happened. I came home and turned on the TV and just sat there and watched in disbelieve. I think I spent almost the whole day in front of the TV.


May we never forget this day and those who lost their lives. May we also never forget all the heros that tried to make a difference.

Jean

[deanie]

I was home with my 2 children, 5 and 18months at the time. A friend had just called to cancel a playdate (ironically, the play date was to take the kids to the airpark and watch the planes take off and land) My DH called from work and told me what had happened, and told me to put on the TV. We couldn't believe it. My DH is from NYC, and I am a Jersey girl, spending most of my college/post college years in NYC. We were/still are, shocked by our history going up in smoke, and the senseless loss of life.


Deanie

[TeTe]

Six years ago, I spent hours on the phone with my best friend, Linda, discussing what was going on. We were on the phone when she said, "There goes the second one." So many things and feelings happened that day.

Well, on this day last year, Linda died of complications from breast cancer.

Quite honestly, I'm going to enjoy this beautiful day...and try to think of as much good stuff (and forget as much bad stuff) as I can.

[Liann]

Jean - I was working in Columbia, MD, at a security company. I saw what was happening on the internet and told everyone. We ended up shutting down the company and going home. I was a nervous wreck because my dad was working at NSA and at that time there were all sorts of rumors about what might be hit next. I remember going home (was living with my parents) and telling my DH (who was then my DF) about it. He was sleeping because he had just worked a night shift and was so out of it he didn't process anything. I sat on my parent's bed alone and watched the coverage. I can remember very clearly seeing both towers fall live. I cried so hard, it was just awful. :(

[Miss Lee]

I had just sat down with a cup of coffee to watch my favorite morning news show. I saw the whole thing unfold live, right before my very eyes. It was surreal -- and then the tears came and I cried all day.

[sarab]

Well, I was at home with my son, who was almost 1 at the time. I did not turn the tv on that morning. We had just moved into a new home and I was trying to get my phone line straightened out. I remember calling the phone company and the guy I was talking to said something about what had happened and I had no idea what he was talking about. I just kind of blew off what he was saying. An hour later I turned the tv on and realized what he was talking about! That operator probably thought I was heartless!!!

Then everybody around here started freaking out about gas and some stations raised their prices way up. Dh called and told me to go fill up the car. When I got to the station, there was a line about a mile long! It was crazy, people were filling up big barrels of gas despite the gas station owners telling them not to. It was chaos.

Sara

[crazystepr]

I was actually in high school--I know, I know. I'm a baby. I was a senior and on my way to my Calculus class and as I walked through the hallway there was a whole group of people by the Principal's office and they were watching a televison. I walked right by and when I got to my class everyone was talking about what happened--that was when the first tower got hit. My teacher told us to sit down and be quiet and I remember thinking "who is this woman? does she not realize what's going on?" Halfway through the class the second tower got hit. She still refused to let anyone leave the class and we sat there, not knowing what was going on until the end of the class period.

The school kept us there the whole day and acted like nothing ever happened. I was in tears the entire day. It was horrible. All I wanted was to go home and see my parents but the school wouldn't hear of it. When I got home my entire family (including several older sisters who didn't live at home at the time) were at my parent's house in front of the tv. The whole day was a complete blur. Made worse by my highschool's handling of the situation.

Allison

[KimDW]

I was driving into work (we are an hour behind NY) and I was listening to a CD - this was the first morning that I had a CD on instead of the radio. I got to work and one of our superintendents called (I work for a govt painting contractor and we have a job at West Point Military Academy)and he said somebody just attacked the twin towers. I thought he meant vandalism or something. I had no idea what he was talking about. Then my boss turned on the TV and we watched in shock at the news. I had a sick feeling in my stomach all day about what was going to happen. Most of our jobsites were shut down for security reasons. It doesn't seem like it's been 6 years.

Kim

[LauraMax]

I was in the dentist's chair getting my teeth bonded. Absolute torture watching it as a captive audience.

[Jennifit]

I was actually driving down the highway listening to Howard Stern and I thought he was making a horrible joke...until HE started to almost cry...

My dad was in the air at the time coming back from Europe and he had to be diverted to Canada for a whole week. We were so scared. Then, my DH and I flew out that next week - I remember all the airport cops with huge guns.