Where were you when you heard about 9-11 ?

[Nostalgiabuff]

what I remember most about that day is how scared I was and how I cried as I watched the news. all I wanted was to have my children and wife home with me so I could hold them and be sure they were safe. the rage came the next day. I was on standby that morning to appear for a deposition right there and was on my way to my office in Westchester to wait for the call when I heard about the first plane on the news. the building where my office was, shut down because of the threat still pending. there were still planes unaccounted for

[Nostalgiabuff]

I also had a friend from high school who was killed in the Pentagon. he was there working on the renovations to provide for his wife and 2 young children

[Toy Timelord]

I had just mailed off my college application, and was walking back to my house when a neighbor mentioned the twin towers were struck by a plane. I put the news on and shortly thereafter, watched the second one live.

[JWLJN]

Sleeping on the living room couch. I had just graduated from high school in June and was taking a year off, so I was staying up very late at night. My mom had saw the breaking news online and quickly switched NBC onto the tv and woke me up to tell me. The small plane that flew into the Empire State Building in the '40s was all that I could think of. When we saw the second plane hit...just like everyone else...the thoughts changed just as the world did.

-J\/\/

[cjefferys]

I was staying at my parents' place for a few months at the time (saving up for a house down payment) and I woke up because my dad had the TV set really loud (I was working afternoons and usually slept in). So I got out of bed to ask if he could turn it down and he basically said "You gotta see this, a plane hit the World Trade Center and all hell is breaking loose!" I ended up watching CNN for the rest of the day in stunned silence. I called in "sick" for work, I cross the border into the US to go to work, and on that scary day you didn't know what was going to happen next, I was honestly worried about the US shutting down the border, and I didn't want to get stuck in the US and not be able to get home (turns out that didn't happen of course, but one of the international bridges in Niagara Falls did temporarily close down that day)

[rche]

I was getting ready to get on a plane to go play some music in the NW. We had to reschedule that tour.

[HardyGirl]

I was at home, watching the news.

[LadyZod]

I was asleep. I usually woke up at 9am to get to work by 10am.

My dad called and woke me up and told me to put on the TV. He said something was going on in NY (where we were originally from.)

I watched a bit, thought nothing of it... "just an accident." Got dressed to head to work. Bam second plane.

Got in the car feeling uneasy about my hour commute to work. Put Howard Stern on to get the play by play.

A plane hit the Pentagon. We're under attack.

The highways were deserted.

I got to Lauderdale in less time than it usually took me from Miami, but I had to pick up a coworker who needed a ride.

His folks invite me in. My friend is running late due to everyone staring at the TV. His dad tells me one of the Towers went down. We watch TV for a little while waiting for my friend to finish his shower.

His dad says: Hey look they're showing the footage again of the tower going down.

I look at the screen. It says "live." It's the second tower.

We finally make it into work, 45 minutes late. Everyone is standing in the breakroom watching the TV. This goes on until almost noon.

The boss says, go home to your families. Nothing's going to get done anyway. I take some stuff to work from home for the next day, in case this is a prolonged thing.

I finally break down and cry on the way home.

[Confessional]

Woke to a frantic phone call from a dear friend back east with siblings dodging glass, shrapnel and fireballs in the Financial District. He was hysterical and needed some quick advice/help.

Like many, turned on the TV; watched the rest play out *live* while the phone went crazy and country cried… it was surreal and difficult to be in California as a fairly new resident with many friends and family members across the country experiencing madness. Got back to NYC in mid-2002 as I just had to see it for myself and touch base with people I cared about. Collectively mourned with hundreds of others at the church gates and at Battery Park. ****ing mess of things that still stings.

[Duncan]

I was just walking into work in central Ohio. We had CNBC on, and watched it all unfold. Within the previous two weeks, the wife and I had just learned that she was pregnant with our first. I really wondered what kind of a world we were bringing him into. Thank you to our troops and first responders for keeping us safe.

[ScottA]

I was at work. But we had radios on around the office when the news started. Surprisingly we didn't have a working tv in the building so I went home and got a small portable and put it in the break room. The whole office watched it the rest of the day.

[johnmiic]

I was at work, in Manhattan, 6 blocks or so away, on the 45th floor, watching it live. When the 2nd plane hit it sent a shock-wave which shook our building's windows like jello. Then everyone ran for eht exits.

[WannabeMego]

Like John, I was in Manhattan, and when the 2nd plane hit, our offices (next to City Hall) bailed over the Brooklyn Bridge, but I remained behind to man the midtown office with my manager.

We stayed until late that evening receiving visits from ash-covered co-workers throughout the day wanting to call home. My manager met his wife and took a ferry home, I caught the first available train.

I remember every vivid detail of every hour that day, but for me, it was the day after that will stick with me for the rest of my life.

People tend to say "Never Forget"...for those that were there...We can't Forget.

[Red Hulk]

I was at work at my previous job finishing an order for shipment.

[madmarva]

I got in my car to head to work and the announcer was going nuts about it but not bring very clear. I was unsure what was going on until I got to work and saw the TV. Shortly thereafter the second plane hit.

At the time, I was the sports editor of the local paper and our big story was whether or not the local high school teams and the Southeastern Conference would play football games that weekend. All of our high schools played and the SEC was leaning that way too until the NFL called it's games off. The SEC then followed suit.

The thing I remember most was the uncertainty of it all, and everyone wondering how we would be affected. Also, how everyone feared more attacks were on the way.