So... Where were you?

tbearsangel · September 2011

With all the remembrances scheduled this weekend for the ten year anniversary of 9-11-01, I got to wondering... where were you when you heard?

tbearsangel · September 2011

I was a senior in high school, but dual enrolled at the community college. It just so happened that my first class was over, and on the way to the second everyone was gathered in the lobby areas watching the news coverage. We watched the second plane hit and our professors never held the class, we all just watched.

I also started giving blood at the first drive that was held at the college afterwards.

I will always remember.

eMiLee920 · September 2011

I was in my first week of college, in my calc recitation. Some guy said something about a plane hitting WTC and I thought he meant a small two-passenger type plane. I think he convinced our TA to let us out early and went back to my dorm room where my roommate already had the TV on. We spent the whole day watching. We saw military helicopters flying over the campus (I went to Rutgers) when we left to get lunch.

I was extremely worried about my sisters, who were in high school, because I knew my dad had been going into the city for interviews. Somehow I got confirmation that he was IN the city and wouldn't be able to get home. I wasn't even sure if they knew what was going on and I was worried about how they were going to find out. They had to spend the night alone.

SusieQ1981 · September 2011

Junior in college. They had it on the television in the dining hall at breakfast, but at that time only the first plane had hit and no one knew what was going on yet. By the time I got to my Hippie Lit class at 9:30, they knew it wasn't an accident. My prof knew what it meant for our country's future and was really reminiscent of the protests against Vietnam in the 60's and dismissed class.

My roommates and I were glued to the tv b/c we were so in shock. We watched the towers fall on live television and it was like it happened in slow-motion. I remember my heart hurting...I couldn't imagine how the hijackers could hate people they didn't even know so much that they commit such an atrocious act.

exictedbride · September 2011

I was a sophomore in high school. It was just after our first hour class and I had p.e. second hour. One of the guys in our class said something about a plane hitting a building in New York, but we just went on with our normal class. The rest of the day our teachers had the news on in every classroom. I also remember that we were supposed to have a basketball game that night and it was cancelled because of the attacks so that families could be together. When I got home that night my parents and I continued to watch the news coverage.

citygirl17 · September 2011

I was a sophmore in high school coloring a poster out in the hall for my history class. When we went back inside, my history teacher said "I don't know if you've all heard, but a plane has hit the World Trade Center. God Bless us all." For the rest of the day at school, classes were not held and we went from room to room when the bells rang watching news coverage on T.V., even in the cafeteria. I got home and waited for my parents and sister. I just remember us all having a family hug outside in the driveway then watching the news coverage all night and for days after.

emilyann21 · September 2011

I was a sophomore in HS sitting in World History when the first plane hit. We watched the 2nd plane hit during the student council meeting on our "break" and we watched the news all day in every class. Shock, uncertainity, greif are only a few of the emotions I remember feeling. God Bless America.

diablesse · September 2011

ha! you guys all make me feel old. You were all still in school

I was working by that time. My best friend and I decided to go home (where I grew up in Tobago) for a couple weeks though. My mum is addicted to CNN and she just leaves it running in the kitchen all day. That morning, we were getting ready to go to the beach and we were standing there, towel in hand, when the reports of the first plane came in. We figured we would stop and watch for a bit. We saw the second plane hit and saw the towers fall. My bff's uncle had an office in one of the buildings so needless to say, she freaked out a little. We cut our vacay short and we were on one of the first flights back into the country. I'll never forget walking through Miami International and being one of maybe 10 people there. Eerie as hell.

Xtine22 · September 2011

I was a sophmore in college. When I got to my morning class the first tower had already been hit but we didn't really think anything major of it. By the time we left class and hour and 15mins later everything had changed. I remember watching across the quad to meet my BF and he told me what had happen so we went to my dorm room and sat there most of the day watching the news.

DatsyuksMommy · September 2011

I was a sophomore in high school. Sister Serra (the vice principal) made an announcement about it, and said that the teachers were allowed to turn on the TVs. My drama teacher said we had too much work to get done and refused to turn on the TV to watch the news. When I got to my next class, and saw everything on TV, I was in shock. To this day, I hope Miss P knows what a ridiculous b*tch she was for not letting us see what had happened. Ten years later, I have no idea what was so important in our first 3 weeks of drama class that was so important. All I remember is that she didn't turn on the TV, and she never apologized for it.

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