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re: Where were you on 9/11/01?
Posted on 9/11/23 at 9:29 pm to LSURussian
Posted on 9/11/23 at 9:29 pm to LSURussian
Learning Arabic.
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Posted on 9/11/23 at 9:48 pm to Funky Tide 8
Fell asleep in my car before class and woke up barely making it to my 8am. Heard nothing about it until my 9am someone asked if we were having class and then had to walk around until someone had a radio that I could hear reporting.
Called the gf on the way home and had her describe what was going on because I couldn't imagine it.
I remember her asking "What channel?" And I only replied, "I don't think it will matter"
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My current gf (grew up in Brooklyn) has her own story that I can only imagine thousands or millions had that day. She was in middle school, but her brother worked across from WTC and was always in/around the buildings. She saw him off that morning and went to school. Then the reports came in and she had no idea where he was or what condition he was in. Several kids at her school were all together not knowing the same. Think he had to walk home and it wasn't until late that night they knew he was ok. His bus was stopped just outside the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel and he watched the buildings fall from there.
Called the gf on the way home and had her describe what was going on because I couldn't imagine it.
I remember her asking "What channel?" And I only replied, "I don't think it will matter"
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My current gf (grew up in Brooklyn) has her own story that I can only imagine thousands or millions had that day. She was in middle school, but her brother worked across from WTC and was always in/around the buildings. She saw him off that morning and went to school. Then the reports came in and she had no idea where he was or what condition he was in. Several kids at her school were all together not knowing the same. Think he had to walk home and it wasn't until late that night they knew he was ok. His bus was stopped just outside the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel and he watched the buildings fall from there.
This post was edited on 9/11/23 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 9/11/23 at 9:48 pm to LSURussian
doing whatever 7 year olds do in a school week
Posted on 9/11/23 at 9:50 pm to I 10 one lane merge
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Stanford at Perkins ready to go to class @ 9 am
I was at the exact same place. Listening to Walton and Johnson on 98.1. How bizzare
Posted on 9/11/23 at 9:54 pm to Flyingtiger82
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Listening to Walton and Johnson on 98.1. How bizzare
If you were a male of thar era you were listening to W&J.
Posted on 9/11/23 at 10:32 pm to LSURussian
I was in class when someone came in and whispered something to The People’s Professor, the amazing Professor Warren Mengis.
He calmly said, apparently there’s some craziness happening right now. A couple airplanes flew into some buildings.
When class let out we went into the lobby and they had a couple CRT TVs on the carts they used to wheel into classes when you had a substitute in early school times. People were gathered around in awe.
I rode my bike home and took bong rips and watched for a bit. Then played GTA III.
He calmly said, apparently there’s some craziness happening right now. A couple airplanes flew into some buildings.
When class let out we went into the lobby and they had a couple CRT TVs on the carts they used to wheel into classes when you had a substitute in early school times. People were gathered around in awe.
I rode my bike home and took bong rips and watched for a bit. Then played GTA III.
Posted on 9/11/23 at 10:45 pm to fightin tigers
I was at Wickes Lumber in Pensacola. I worked for a backoffice software company. We had a sort of temporary office setup there. Heard about the first crash ran down to the Sherwin Williams store because they had a TV. We were watching and the second plane hit. It took me a second to process what I was seeing.
After that shock I called my brand new wife to see if they knew about it. She was working at a local hospital. They were all pretty shook up.
Then we heard they were grounding every plane in the air, and some planes were possibly unresponsive. The company I worked for had a lot of people in the air that day, mostly along the Atlantic seaboard. Communication got difficult with the cell phones but I remember theNextel radios worked fine. Took the better part of the day to communicate with everyone and verify they all got on the ground. We couldn’t get good intel on how many planes were hijacked. Could have been 2, could have been 20.
Also, when we heard about the Pentagon we realized that it could have been widespread across the country. I lived near the back gate of Pensacola NAS.
When they shut down air operations that was the most eerie quit at home. The jets taking off had become normal. The only ops taking place were gunships patrolling the base perimeter. Scary times.
After that shock I called my brand new wife to see if they knew about it. She was working at a local hospital. They were all pretty shook up.
Then we heard they were grounding every plane in the air, and some planes were possibly unresponsive. The company I worked for had a lot of people in the air that day, mostly along the Atlantic seaboard. Communication got difficult with the cell phones but I remember theNextel radios worked fine. Took the better part of the day to communicate with everyone and verify they all got on the ground. We couldn’t get good intel on how many planes were hijacked. Could have been 2, could have been 20.
Also, when we heard about the Pentagon we realized that it could have been widespread across the country. I lived near the back gate of Pensacola NAS.
When they shut down air operations that was the most eerie quit at home. The jets taking off had become normal. The only ops taking place were gunships patrolling the base perimeter. Scary times.
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:09 pm to LSURussian
senior in high school. went to our library and watched it most of the day with our librarian and a couple other teachers. just skipped classes to watch. very vivid memory
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:11 pm to fightin tigers
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If you were a male of thar era you were listening to W&J.
W&J was great until Obama got elected. He broke them
And they stopped playing the funny songs and stories
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:31 pm to LSURussian
Yeah, I remember vividly where I was the day ...
JFK was assassinated.
Robert was assassinated.
MLK was assassinated.
John Wayne died.
The Bear died.
Johnny Vaught died.
Paul Dietzel died.
Frank Broyles died.
Billy Brewer died.
Jim Carlen died.
9/11 ... I had judt come out of my tree stand on the back forty. I had walked nad walked back to my truck and my wife called me on my StarTech Motorola Star Trek flip phone ... I was unloading my JM stamped Marlin 35 Remington .... my wife tells me she just let my dog out and she (dog GSD) took off headed for the back forty and for me to be on the lookout ... then my wife says (OMG, a plane just slammed into the WTC (which we had visited a broker friend of mine just three weeks earlier). So I keep her on the phone and jump in the F150 (I've still got that jelly bean) and I turn on WVOC 560 AM.
First words I hear are, "It looks like we're under attack."
I hang up with my wife and we both start calling the kids.
My GSD shows-up, jumps in the back of the truck and, etc., etc., etc., we get back to the house and I watch the rest go down on CNN.
JFK was assassinated.
Robert was assassinated.
MLK was assassinated.
John Wayne died.
The Bear died.
Johnny Vaught died.
Paul Dietzel died.
Frank Broyles died.
Billy Brewer died.
Jim Carlen died.
9/11 ... I had judt come out of my tree stand on the back forty. I had walked nad walked back to my truck and my wife called me on my StarTech Motorola Star Trek flip phone ... I was unloading my JM stamped Marlin 35 Remington .... my wife tells me she just let my dog out and she (dog GSD) took off headed for the back forty and for me to be on the lookout ... then my wife says (OMG, a plane just slammed into the WTC (which we had visited a broker friend of mine just three weeks earlier). So I keep her on the phone and jump in the F150 (I've still got that jelly bean) and I turn on WVOC 560 AM.
First words I hear are, "It looks like we're under attack."
I hang up with my wife and we both start calling the kids.
My GSD shows-up, jumps in the back of the truck and, etc., etc., etc., we get back to the house and I watch the rest go down on CNN.
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:48 pm to LSURussian
The future spouse of one of my kids was in third grade at the Catholic Elementary School in Annandale.
Doesn’t care to discuss it to this day.
My wife’s (no pics) brother was a USAF Major with an office at the Pentagon but was at Langley for a meeting that morning.
He’d been involved with “remediation” of Khobar Towers so he had insight as to the enemy.
Doesn’t care to discuss it to this day.
My wife’s (no pics) brother was a USAF Major with an office at the Pentagon but was at Langley for a meeting that morning.
He’d been involved with “remediation” of Khobar Towers so he had insight as to the enemy.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 12:46 am to LSURussian
At work. Mrs M. called asking if I’d I heard something about a small plane hitting WTC. Turned on Conference Room TV to find out. Not long after that, I saw the second airliner hit the second tower.
All I could think about at first was that my oldest son’s MEU was in Darwin on his first deployment and that they were probably going to war.
All I could think about at first was that my oldest son’s MEU was in Darwin on his first deployment and that they were probably going to war.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 1:01 am to LSURussian
I missed it all. I had no cell service at my farm while I checked cows and rode two young horses. Maybe 2, or 3 pm I drove back to town and I realized that the world had changed. It was surreal. Now 20 years later What’s more surreal, is that America with a capitol A as in our gobment, doesn’t give a shite anymore. It makes me sick.
This post was edited on 9/12/23 at 1:04 am
Posted on 9/12/23 at 1:46 am to WinnaSez
Heard the news from KLOL in Houston as I was waking up. Took a minute to realize it was real and not a bit from the morning show.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 2:36 am to LSURussian
I was at work in a training class for our 2nd field post. Someone came in and said a plane hit the WtC. We all went to the main lunch room to see if it was on TV. They showed a plane and we all thought it was a replay. It was the 2nd plane live.
You could hear a pin drop in the room.
You could hear a pin drop in the room.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 2:52 am to LSURussian
Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA
We were in drydock with all kinds of equipment torn apart for maintenance. Heard about the 1st plane and went to crew's mess to watch the news coverage... then the 2nd plane hit. The captain was watching with us and said, "if you don't HAVE to be here I suggest you leave now while you still can."
Spent the next several weeks standing armed watches. I've hated Islam ever since.
We were in drydock with all kinds of equipment torn apart for maintenance. Heard about the 1st plane and went to crew's mess to watch the news coverage... then the 2nd plane hit. The captain was watching with us and said, "if you don't HAVE to be here I suggest you leave now while you still can."
Spent the next several weeks standing armed watches. I've hated Islam ever since.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 10:09 am to terd ferguson
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Spent the next several weeks standing armed watches. I've hated Islam ever since.
At least you were armed. They gave us rubber duckies, then M16s with no damn ammo, lol.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 10:20 am to LSURussian
I was taking the ASVAB with classmates and the Air Force rep had left while the Navy and Marine kept vigil at a laptop and it was only the Army rep keeping an eye on us.
We had no idea what was going on and we finished and walked out to the outdoor common area where a fighter, in Bush’s escort, flew over headed to Barksdale.
We joked that that’s where the air force rep disappeared to so he could give us a flyover.
Then we walked into math class acting like normal instead of scared or somber and teacher told us that the buildings were bombed.
We had no idea what was going on and we finished and walked out to the outdoor common area where a fighter, in Bush’s escort, flew over headed to Barksdale.
We joked that that’s where the air force rep disappeared to so he could give us a flyover.
Then we walked into math class acting like normal instead of scared or somber and teacher told us that the buildings were bombed.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 10:38 am to Rip Torner
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On a plane
Where where were you going and where did you actually get to when routes were grounded
Posted on 9/12/23 at 10:53 am to LSURussian
I had gotten a ticket for having an expired tag on my truck (ticket was issued by a bike cop in Athens LOL...may be the only person ever ticketed by a bike cop) and was getting ready to go to drop my son off at day care on my way to court. After the attack I forgot about court until about 2 PM when I remembered in a panic where I was supposed to be. I called the clerk and believe it or not they were in the office but court had been suspended.
I made that call around 2 PM EST on 9/11/01. By 230 PM EST on 9/11/01 I was on the internet, in the fledgling days of the internet, looking for American flags wholesale. The only ones I could find were printed fabric that had to be cut and sewn. I invested $3500 in that material and my wife and her mother made 800 flags out of that material and by 9/24/01 we had sold nearly $20,000 worth of American flags at an intersection between Athens and Commerce Georgia. If I could have found them I could have sold 20,000 at least. As it was we made about $16,000 cash in less than 14 days....and could have made 100 times that if I could have sourced the merch and found people to hawk it....folks were excited to get those flags. It made them feel comfortable and allowed them to do something when they were helpless. I know it sounds callous to have thought of money at the time but I soon realized that the people buying those flags appreciated them...they never thought poorly of me for having sold them, they were very happy to have them.
I made that call around 2 PM EST on 9/11/01. By 230 PM EST on 9/11/01 I was on the internet, in the fledgling days of the internet, looking for American flags wholesale. The only ones I could find were printed fabric that had to be cut and sewn. I invested $3500 in that material and my wife and her mother made 800 flags out of that material and by 9/24/01 we had sold nearly $20,000 worth of American flags at an intersection between Athens and Commerce Georgia. If I could have found them I could have sold 20,000 at least. As it was we made about $16,000 cash in less than 14 days....and could have made 100 times that if I could have sourced the merch and found people to hawk it....folks were excited to get those flags. It made them feel comfortable and allowed them to do something when they were helpless. I know it sounds callous to have thought of money at the time but I soon realized that the people buying those flags appreciated them...they never thought poorly of me for having sold them, they were very happy to have them.
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