re: 9/11 Thread. Where were you? What'd you do that day?

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Tasmanian

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like the devil?

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She had a bad stutter so i kinda laughed when she said "the t t t t terrorists have at t t t t tacked"

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CAD class in college. Radio in my old truck didn't work so I had no clue until I got to school.

Walked into class and everyone had a miserable look on their face. Asked a guy what was wrong and he just said "bad day." It wasn't until I went in the next room that had a tv that I saw what had happened.

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shite there are people in high school that were born after 9/11 so even I feel old

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You know what's really fricked up?

There are people that weren't even born by 9/11 that will likely be fighting in Afghanistan in the next couple years.

I was a HS junior in science when the principal came on the intercom and announced the attack at the end of 1st period

I didn't have class in 2nd period so went to the JROTC class where they were watching it and relayed the news of the 2 towers falling to the other JROTC class (who weren't able to watch it b/c an administrator was sitting in on the class)

my 1st real foray I guess into transmitting breaking news... something that would be my life for roughly 5 years

On a Delta flight to Cincinnati...got diverted to Dallas, had no knowledge as to why (they didn't want to tip off potential hijackers on board) and had a terrible time getting home. I always say, if I had known that that morning would be my last easy breeze thru airport security I would have enjoyed it more....

Elementary school. I can only recall a few things from that day, but the parts I do remember from are still very distinct.
The first thing I can remember about that morning was getting to school early because my mom was volunteering to help out with something in the front office. My guess is that was close to an hour before the attacks.
Next, I can remember sitting in class, and the tv was on, but the channel it was tuned to was only for the morning announcements so nothing about the attacks had made it on screen. The tv being left on after morning announcements was pretty normal, but I first became aware something was wrong when a woman came into our classroom frantically telling our teacher to shut the tv off. It's kinda blurry after that, but I remember the teachers acting like nothing was wrong and at no time did they attempt to discuss what had taken place.
The last thing I can recall was coming home like normal, but my mom was sitting out on the back porch. She asked me if I knew about anything that happened, but I was 9 and no one at school was allowed to explain it to us so I had to hear it all from my mom. She said they told her not to take me out of school when the news broke and she watched from inside the front office. After she explained it the best way she could to someone so young she turned on the news for me to see for myself, but I really had no way to understand what it all meant.
I guess it's weird what sticks and what doesn't, but those few moments are so clear in my head it's scary and I doubt they'll ever go away.

My submarine was in dry dock at Kings Bay, GA. I was topside and somebody came up saying a plane hit the WTC. I figured it was a small private plane. I went below to watch it on the TV and saw the 2nd one hit. I was standing next to my CO and he said "If you don't have to be here I suggest you leave the base while you still can" so I GTFO and watched the rest of the day with my roommate who was from NYC.

Every sub that could leave left. We were stuck. The next several weeks sucked arse. I was standing armed watches on an 8 hours on/16-off schedule for about 5 or 6 weeks.

In a hotel room in Cincinnati. Thought it was an accident until I saw the second plane hit live. It was a very different/difficult feeling since I was only 10.

Learned that the second plane had hit as soon as I got to my office floor. To me, one of the more terrifying things shown on TV that day was when Bush entered the bunker at Offutt air base.