I'll start the where were you on 9/11 and tribute to those lost post

veggiechick120 · September 2010

manhattanbride212:

I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

wow...this brought tears to my eyes. im so sorry for your losses

collrob2101 · September 2010

manhattanbride212:

I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

hugs

nicole1016 · September 2010

I was walking to work, across the street from the WTC. I was with my sister by fluke and we heard and felt the impact, but we didn't know what it was that happened. We went up into my building together and my friends told us what happened. We did not know we were under attack until we saw the second plane hit as we were looking out the window. Then it clicked and we were evacuated. I couldn't get in touch with my best friend so I walked to her building where I used to work too. I went in and all of my former co-workers were telling us about the the planes hitting the Pentagon and all the rumored planes unaccounted for around the country. We got evacuated from that building too and as we got to street level the first tower fell and the funnel cloud of dirt ripped down the street. A security guard pulled me back into the building and helped us into a closet to wait while we figured out what was going on (we didn't know it was the tower that fell, we thought it was another attack). We left that building and headed toward the Brooklyn Bridge, as we were walking up it started shaking and everyone ran off the bridge; that's when the second tower fell. We walked over the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn and I just remember the silence, the only exception being sirens and people crying. When we got over the bridge all of the office workers in the buildings in Metrotech were just watching us walk by in silence. We got on a bus and went further downtown and luckily got a ride home that day. I still remember so much about that day and the stupidest thing, I was carrying a Godiva shopping bag with a box of granola bars and a can of pineapples to work. I never put the bag down and when I finally got home I looked down at my hand and noticed that I still had it. Once we were home it was non-stop phone calls trying to make sure that all of our friends and family were accounted for. Getting the last "I'm OK" call was so unbelievable. I will never forget that day and all those who were lost. There but for the grace of God go I.

nicole1016 · September 2010

manhattanbride212:

I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

I cannot even fathom what you went through. I'm so sorry for your losses.

ddelo23 · September 2010

manhattanbride212:

I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

Wow. I've never "known" anyone so close to the action. I am so so sorry for your losses. You're in my thoughts and prayers today! ((hugs))

I was in my ex-boyfriends dorm room when we flipped the tv on. I tried to get in touch with my mom, but couldn't. Finally, I was able to get through. I'll NEVER forget!

melbride2005 · September 2010

hugs to you, manhattanbride.

i was in my office in Midtown, getting ready to go to a client in Westchester...the car picked up my coworker and i at 9am and as soon as we got in her phone rang and it was her mom, telling us what she was watching on tv...we looked up and over toward downtown and there was the smoke, etc.

the car continued up to Westchester and we listened on the radio to what was happening...got to the client and obviously all decided the meeting wouldn't be conducted...got back in the car to go back to the city (my coworker lived there, and we thought we'd be able to get her back in) but got stuck in the Bronx.

saw one of the towers collapse. went back up to W. where she got picked up by her mom, then he drove me to my parents' house in Paramus, and my good friend who works near there picked me up and we drove back to Hoboken together...barely making it there as the police were closing all the roads behind us. got to my apartment around 1:30...i was one of the lucky ones who wasn't stuck in the city all day.

my friends and i went to the bus/train terminal in the early evening and volunteered our time helping people who were finally getting across the river and routing them to their buses and trains, giving them water, etc. we felt it was the least we could do. plus, i lived directly across from the hospital and didn't want to be anywhere near there, since they were bringing people there who needed treatment (which ultimately ended up not happening). i slept at a friend's house a few blocks away....again, didn't want to be alone in my apartment.

spent the next several weeks/months walking my neighborhood and seeing tons of smoke, praying harder than i ever had each morning that i went through the tunnel (or whichever way crossing the river didn't take 2+ hours that particular day), going to wakes, etc.

i remember EVERY detail of the day...down to each exact item of clothing i wore. i could recall every minute if i needed to. i will never forget.

Temp159135562506975 · September 2010

manhattanbride - your story hurts my heart... I'm so sorry you went through that and lost so many. The man i was dating who survived from tower 1 lost many friends/coworkers, too - he suffered a lot of survivor guilt. I haven't talked to him in many years - but will never go through this day without thinking of him and hoping he is OK - because I know for years after he suffered from his experience, as I'm sure you have. Hearing you are doing better this year makes me happy- for you- and hoping that Mike is also feeling better about it now.

I'm also glad you joined us!!

sh4602 · September 2010

i had an 8 am class at college i went into lounge with a tv just as the towers were hit. i remember thinking wow. i didn't know it was my cousin 2nd day a work across the street from WTC. i talk to my mom and she said ron was in there. luckily he went in early for training or he would have been just getting out of the train as the towers fell. i went home as classes were canceled. my aunt passed out when she found out. i went over to her house and she cried and cried. he finally called around 2. a owner of a shop let him use the phone he left everything and ran. he got home at 7:30 he was able to get on a ferry and my uncle picked him up. we went over to see him. that's how i remember today.

melaniekt · September 2010

I was in Queens, in my first year of law school, in my Legal Writing class. I remember freaking out and leaving class because MH's office was right by the WTC and that was his subway stop. I didn't know if he was alive or dead until about 3:00 that afternoon. I packed up my cats in our Queens apartment and kept them in their carriers, ready to evacuate them off the fire escape if I had to. I still remember exactly what MH was wearing that day. He's said, since then, that when he came out of the subway that morning he saw airplane seats strewn around.

manhattanbride212 · September 2010

Goldie_Locks_5:

manhattanbride - your story hurts my heart... I'm so sorry you went through that and lost so many. The man i was dating who survived from tower 1 lost many friends/coworkers, too - he suffered a lot of survivor guilt. I haven't talked to him in many years - but will never go through this day without thinking of him and hoping he is OK - because I know for years after he suffered from his experience, as I'm sure you have. Hearing you are doing better this year makes me happy- for you- and hoping that Mike is also feeling better about it now.

I'm also glad you joined us!!

Yeah I can relate with the survivors guilt for sure. I kept thinking to my self, how did I get down 97 flights in an elevator and be ok, I was probably on the 30th floor when it happened. I was also thinking about how and why did people on the 3rd floor not make it out. I call Ben's family every year and chat with his parents, they stopped coming to NY a couple years ago. I did not just know people from my office, I knew the workers at J crew and Starbucks in the mall below, I knew the chef and the wait staff at Windows on the World and The window washer who always brought me stale wheat thins thinking I liked them and saying I looked like an angel when I wore my white shirt. And would always tell me the places in Italy I should go when I get to travel. ( I still have that list from him in a frame) I was going to be an attorney. After that day I changed ALOT I no longer cared about billing hours or the need for power, I had the need to help. School made me go to counseling when i got back to school because my roommate told them about my nightmares and such at night. I was allowed to stay at school, but they only let me take chorus, one psychology class and community service as they thought it would help. I changed my major to psychology and international relations. Got my masters in Social Work and Phd in Autism Education... and working in special ed since... Bad things happen, but good does come out of horror.

Kim0721 · September 2010

manhattanbride212:

I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

OMG, your story is incredible. I am so sorry and wanted to say how brave you and your brother were.

knittygrl · September 2010

I'm so sorry manhattanbride, I cannot imagine. I was at work in Newark at the time. We watched the towers fall to the ground from our window. I wound up driving a whole bunch of "strangers" from my work home to my house because they could not get back into the city. I remember every detail. It was so scary, many of them slept over at my parent's house (I was still living with my parents). I remember being so scared and I still have dreams about planes crashing into buildings to this day.

Kim0721 · September 2010

I was still at home getting for a late college class. My mother called and told me what was going on , I put the news on and watched the second plane hit.

My husband (boyfriend at the time) was at Steven's and watched the whole thing from across the river.

I have read every post in this thread and its just so sad. I will never forget.

CNJ110505 · September 2010

By chance I took the express bus into the city that day b/c I was going to the Yankee game that night. I would normally take the SI Ferry. I had stepped off the bus at 42nd & Madison when I heard someone say a plane hit the WTC. I said a little pray to myself. It wasn't until I got into my office that my parents called me b/c they were at their home in upstate NY watching on TV. I stayed at work for awhile trying to figure out how I was going to get home. When I heard the express buses were running I got on one. It took me over 5 hours to get home. We would normally go thru the Lincoln Tunnel but they were all closed, so we ended up at the GWB and that was closed for a brief period of time b/c of bomb threats. When I finally got home & walked to my apartment (living all by myself) it was so eery to see NO-ONE in the streets. It was between5-6pm and there was NO-ONE around. When I called my mom that night we found out a very close friends son was working at the Towers and hadn't been heard from and that was the start of all those of whom we lost. There are really just too many to name in my family/friends but so many memories of those loved one. May you all rest in peace!

clmontan@aol.com · September 2010

manhattanbride212:
I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

WOW. I just read your post 10 times over, just to take in your story. I'm glad to hear you're ok today, but I am so sorry for your losses. It was so brave of you and your brother to help out others on that horrific day, when you were in so much pain yourself. I pray for your continual healing and blessings over your 3 precious bundles ion the way. ((HUGS))

wrysmyguy · September 2010

At school. About 5 weeks pg. We were told to tell the students nothing and we all stayed until we were informed that the every child had either been picked up (many distraught parents came rushing into school to get their kids - which only made the kids hysterical) or were dropped off on the bus. Got home to hear that family members (one 4 years old) had been on the second plane to hit the WTC. Watched TV for maybe 5 minutes, saw video of people jumping and then turned off the TV for the next two weeks. We had school the next day (though Rutgers canceled classes). Sang at 15 funeral masses in the next month and attend three.

olsentobe · September 2010

i was student teaching in White Plains Ny, which is a big commuter area. 8 of the 20 kids lost a mother, father and one child lost both.

MH (then BF) wa ssuppose to have a mtg in the the city that day but was running late and never got there instead he sat by the river in NB and watched the 2nd plane hit. the follwoung day we learned of one of his friends who passed. he was a port authority cop who was transferred to NYC from Newark that MOnday. he went back in to try to save his partner, however, he never came out. RIP Chris and all those who were lost that day!

olsentobe · September 2010

manhattanbride212:
Goldie_Locks_5:

manhattanbride - your story hurts my heart... I'm so sorry you went through that and lost so many. The man i was dating who survived from tower 1 lost many friends/coworkers, too - he suffered a lot of survivor guilt. I haven't talked to him in many years - but will never go through this day without thinking of him and hoping he is OK - because I know for years after he suffered from his experience, as I'm sure you have. Hearing you are doing better this year makes me happy- for you- and hoping that Mike is also feeling better about it now.

I'm also glad you joined us!!

Yeah I can relate with the survivors guilt for sure. I kept thinking to my self, how did I get down 97 flights in an elevator and be ok, I was probably on the 30th floor when it happened. I was also thinking about how and why did people on the 3rd floor not make it out. I call Ben's family every year and chat with his parents, they stopped coming to NY a couple years ago. I did not just know people from my office, I knew the workers at J crew and Starbucks in the mall below, I knew the chef and the wait staff at Windows on the World and The window washer who always brought me stale wheat thins thinking I liked them and saying I looked like an angel when I wore my white shirt. And would always tell me the places in Italy I should go when I get to travel. ( I still have that list from him in a frame) I was going to be an attorney. After that day I changed ALOT I no longer cared about billing hours or the need for power, I had the need to help. School made me go to counseling when i got back to school because my roommate told them about my nightmares and such at night. I was allowed to stay at school, but they only let me take chorus, one psychology class and community service as they thought it would help. I changed my major to psychology and international relations. Got my masters in Social Work and Phd in Autism Education... and working in special ed since... Bad things happen, but good does come out of horror.

omg, i am so sorry for your loss!

sabloja · September 2010

I was a freshman in college. I was coming back from a 9 o clock class. My friends room was right at the top of the stairs as I walked up the steps her door was open and she was watching footage. It was unbelievable. My dad and uncle were supposed to be coming home from a trip to Haiti that day flying into JFK. Luckily my dad broke his shoulder the week before and they didn't go. Their friend did go and he was stuck therefor awhile. Hugs to those who have suffered such tragic loss.

MrsGabbs4Ed · September 2010

I was a junior in college and only had one class later in the afternoon and then work that evening at the school's phone-a-thon. I was sleeping in late when my father called me and told me to turn on the TV so I did. At first I thought it was an accident. Then MH (boyfriend at the time) called me and said "terrorists are attacking" and asked me if my parents were okay (he heard that one of the hijacked planes crashed in a field in Somerset but he did not know it was Somerset PA and not Somerset NJ). I went to class but the teacher ended it early and then the rest of the day's classes were cancelled. I got back to my dorm room and had a VM that work was also closed. I was lucky that I did not know anyone who passed away in the attacks but I will still never forget. Huge hugs to anyone who lost someone esp. Manhattanbride's story. That post made my heart break and made me cry.

Benjen · September 2010

I was working in Weehawken. Saw the second plane hit from the window of my building. I felt as sad watching tv today as I did 9 years ago. It's amazing these feelings will always stay with me. A good friend of ours lost her husband. She is still not doing well and will never be the same.

lmac1013 · September 2010

I was teaching in Jersey City. I saw many dust covered people making their way back from the path. Students outside for gym reported seeing the towers on fire. We watched the scene unfold on a TV in the teachers' lounge. I couldn't do anything but shake my head in horror and hold my hand over my mouth.I called my mom at work to tell her that something happened at the towers, but not to panic. The principal came in to tell us school was cancelled for the next two days. As we helped students pack up to leave, we saw Air Force One fly over. I frantically tried to call my dad who used to work at 7 WTC , but moved to Greenwich street. I finally got a hold of him and heard he was on one of the last trains out of the city. I hugged him so hard when I saw him later on that night.

turtle520 · September 2010

I was out of work and making $ workin at the cafe at the gym my sister worked at. We went in that morning together and listened to it happen on the radio. z100 announced that a plane had flown into tower 1 and we both siad, at the same time, that's not right and just knew something was wrong. By the time we got to the gym and walked in tower 2 was hit. Shortly after we heard from our father who was in DC at the time, safe, stranded in the airport. J lived in East Rutherford at the time and saw it all happen before he got to work and then had to sit there for the entire day unable to find anything out cause his bosses wouldn't let them listen/watch anything.

I just got home actually from the shore and drove by the lights. I don't think I'll ever not cry when I see them. It's just......

turtle520 · September 2010

tpquinn72:
manhattanbride212:

I was an intern( junior in College) at Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower 2. I was internining in the Legal department. I went down stairs at 8:45 in the elevator when we were hit at 8:47 by th frist plain, for some reason the elevator kept going. There was no smoke yet, I just was still on my way when my boyfriend at the time called ( he was killed in the towers) Are you OK. I said yes I am on my way to Timothy's to get coffee for the bosses .what do you want. He said. We are surrounded by fire and I don't know what to do. it went on longer. as I crossed the park I saw the other plane hit tower one. I stood there in shock and the next thing I know, my brother is giving me a hug as I was just standing there ( he works on the NYSE) I could not say anything but Ben is up there. I got calls from co workers saying good bye and they advised I get out of the area. My brother then rememered our uncle has a sail boat at the world financial center so we ran over there and untied the boat, we just asked if anyone need a ride we are going to Hoboken. we loaded the boat. and sailed across ( my brother and I were on sailing teams in college) Then we said we got to go back and get more people. we did that while the towers were falling and untill it was dark.

That night I went back sat at St pauls church in the garbage... and sat there for 4 days with a sign of If you have seen Benjamin K please call..... He never came out nor was he ever found. As for my office mates I went to 178 funerals. It hurts a little less this year and this year I am ok really.

Wow, just wow! {{{{HUGS}}}} Glad to hear that this year you are ok!! You know, I meant to post this in your moving post when you said you chose to go to Morristown High...I like you. You seem to have such a good head on your shoulders, and you give off a great vibe. I'm glad you joined this board!

Ditto

Laurms15 · September 2010

I was a college freshman at Fairfield U in CT. I had an Italian class that morning I had just enough time normally before class to watch host chat of regis and kelly and they were interrupted and i saw that a plane had hit the first tower. Thinking it was just a propeller plane or something small I shut off the TV and headed to class. I mentioned it in class when I walked in but the class and the prof had no idea what I was talking about. We sat through the 45 min class (which was being audited by a random woman that day) and when we walked out people were saying another plane had hit and that classes were canceled for the day. I went back to my dorm room and had TONS of IM's from friends back home and from other countries checking in to make sure all friends/parents were accounted for. We lost our neighbor from down the block who I had known a bit, but whose daughter I was close to in high school. I didn't know too many others who were lost personally. However that woman who was auditing my Italian class that day lost her daughter. She was on one of the planes that crashed. Such a sad day and one that will never be forgotten.

Edit: manhattanbride212 wow....the story you wrote I read a few times. I'm so sorry for your loss but also awestruck by the courage you and your brother had to help so many others when you were hurting so badly. Welcome to the board and a happy and healthy 9months for you and those babies!

Luvin*Livvy · September 2010

That entire day is crystal clear to me....I had just gotten to work (I was working in a Nursery School in Chester) and I was getting my things together for the day in the classroom...the kids were shuffling in and a girl I worked with came into my room and quietly said, "Is Joe in the city today b/c the world trade center was hit by a plane" (he is in NYC a lot) and I wasn't really sure, I called him immediatly and he wasn't. We had a lot of parents who worked in the city (including a few NYC firemen)...so we decided to close early..not realizing how impossible it would be to get in touch with everyone. We filed all the kids into our largest room with movies and games while I (and 2 other teachers) sat outside with cell phones and had to call about 200 families.....I kept redialing, b/c the phones weren't working (and only got thru to abt 10 families in like 2 hours). I was outside so even the weather is so clear in my mind. Once most of the kids left (around noon) I drove to Joe's house and we sat there for 24 hours just watching the news (I didn't go to work the next day). 2 of my uncles who are Newark firemen decided to go and volunteer.. i remember being so scared for them. It's a day I will really never forget.

Sending tons of prayers to my friend Christina who lost her fiance that day. RIP Bryan.

BlueDiamond923 · September 2010

I remember this so clearly. I was living in Edison and in my "2nd" senior year of college and woke up around 10. I signed onto AIM and immediately one of my friends asked if I was okay and if any of my family was in the city. I said no and asked why. She told me about what happened and I swear I typed, "Oh come on. That didn't happen. What is this, the new Terminator movie set? That couldn't have happened." I even laughed at it to my boyfriend that slept over.

I signed onto Yahoo and sure enough, there it was all over the page. I turned on the TV and remained glued to it for hours. I remember being so emotionally raw and frayed.

My douchebag boyfriend was incapable of understanding. When I didn't want to have sex, he left the house and told me to call him "when I stopped acting like such a b!tch." Needless to say, I'd gladly give his life for any of the 3,000 killed that day.

Mrs.TheresaT · September 2010

tpquinn72:
manhattanbride212:
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Wow, just wow! {{{{HUGS}}}} Glad to hear that this year you are ok!! You know, I meant to post this in your moving post when you said you chose to go to Morristown High...I like you. You seem to have such a good head on your shoulders, and you give off a great vibe. I'm glad you joined this board!

This is exactly how I feel and I'm so sorry for all of your losses! I can't imagine. I too have read your post a bunch of times. I'm glad you are feeling better this year also! Your 3 little miracles are lucky to have such a strong mom!!

I keep turning on and turning off all of the different things on about it this weekend. My thoughts and prayers are with those that were lost and those that lost someone.

whirlygal · September 2010

I have not had a chance to get on the nest since yesterday morning. Thanks everyone for replying. It helps to share our stories. Manhattanbride, I am so sorry for all you have been through. But I am so glad to see today that you are I. A good place. Congrats on your pregnancy with triplets!

whirlygal · September 2010

Bump, for those who are looking.

I'll start the where were you on 9/11 and tribute to those lost post

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