re: Where Were You on 9/11?

New Orleans working out at elm wood downtown. Drive back to my place and immediately called my sister because my BIL worked in the FiDi. Couldn't contact him for about 3 hours because no cell service. Scary as hell

8th grade history class

8th grade. I surprisingly don't remember hearing anything about it on the radio during the ride to school. I walked in the classroom and the teacher had a little radio set up front and center in the classroom, broadcasting coverage of the events. Can't remember if the second plane had hit yet. We didn't do anything during homeroom or the first class period except listen to the radio as the story developed. It was just crazy. We were at P.E and a teacher told us that the buildings fell down. My assumption was that the tops fell off above the impact zones. I didn't realize how big the whole event was until getting home and watching all of the footage

9th grade Art. Had an announcement requesting all students go to a room with a TV. The art class didn't have one so we went next door to the health teachers class. Was very surreal.

I remember the health teacher who was also the football coach telling us how important this was and how it whatever the event would be named would still be a household term in 25 years. We knew it was a big deal, but we REALLY knew it was a big deal when we saw tears in his eyes when the first tower fell. He was a stern man.

He then told us that if we had any family members in the armed forces to give them a hug next time we saw them because they were bound to be called upon. My first cousin who was as close as a big brother to me had just finished basic training. Was an unsettling feeling for a 9th grader.

Playing bass in jazz band senior year high school. Someone came in stopped the band and turned on the TV. Never forget

I was at work. Listening to the radio in the control room.

A engineer I worked with was from NYC and called saying a plane hit the tower. She thought it was a small plane.
I turned the tv on and it definetly didn't look like a small plane hit the tower.

Rifle range at Marine Corps Base Hawaii

At work putting together a catalog for a fishing lure manufacturer. Sat at a table and watched tv all day

Senior year coming out of 7:30 art class at LSU. Met a friend in the quad and followed the words "bombs" and "planes" all the way over to the Union.

I cannot imagine if 9/11 had the internet ease that cell phones have now that anyone would not have found out within 3 minutes.