Remembering Sept. 11

[lizbud]

I remember it like it was yesterday. I had called in a sick day at work
early that morning as I had a bad cold & felt lousy. I was laying down on the
sofa watching morning TV when they interrupted to make the news announcement. I quickly changed the channel because I couldn't believe
it was happening. All channels carried news coverage of the planes hitting
the towers.I just sat there in disbelief & it took hours to really sink in.Such
a sad day in history.I didn't personally know anyone that was inside the
buildings but my children both knew friends who they had to check on.

[Dorothy39]

I can remember that Day, as though it happened , yesterday!!!


I was making a Gift for a friend, had all the stuff out on the dining room table,~~~~~ Wow, I turned off the TV 15 minutes before the first plane struck the North Tower.

My phone rang at 8:50 A.M., of course, it was my MOTHER!!!!!

Sooo, I turned the Televison back on, and, you all know what happened after that!!!!!

[mustlovedogs]

I was too little to actually realize what had really happened that awful day, and I couldn't realize that it was making history and I really didn't know what happened. All of those amazing souls, lost underneath the rubble, ashes and smoke that were scattered all over the area. Can you imagine just walking down the street, thinking it was a regular work day, and then hearing a loud crash, looking up and seeing a Twin Tower falling down right before your eyes?! I can't even imagine what horror and confusion raced through so many people's minds. May all of those amazing souls forever live on in all of our hearts, and may they forever Rest In Peace!!!

[RedHedd]

I was home recovering from one of my cancer surgeries and had my first post-op medical appointment that day. I will never forget that day.

[kb2yjx]

I found out after 9/11, that a woman who worked for Cantor Fiztgerald, who was killed, that we share the same name. Every year when I watch the reading of the names, when I hear " Sandra Campbell," I say(which I do everyday for her)a prayer. When I visited Ground Zero, it was very strange to see " your " name on the placque of those for died at the Towers that day. I think if we ever met, we could have been good friends, we sound very similar. RIP Sandra Patricia Campbell

[Suki Wingy]

I don't want to think about it, too hard. I was on my way out the door to go to school when my mom checked the news for the temperature, and then she started to cry. I knew it was big, and going to 6th grade I didn't know just how big. Before September 11, I didn't know what the World Trade Center was. I knew it was a blow to our country and right down to the indevidual level, and that was bad, however messed up the country may be. No one deserves this.
I tried telling my 6th grade friends what had happened, they wouldn't believe me untill the math teacher turned on the news.
I don't want to think about it. Last night I couldn't sleep, and at 2:00 in the morning they played "One More Day" on the radio with recordings of GW Bush, newscasters, and people who lost loved ones saying things about it and I couldin't take it, I couldn't listen. People on the country station seem to always say "Never Forget", as if we could! Why relive all the horrid details day after day? I've had "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" in my head all day, and it's been a bad one. I can't imagine how bad for people directly envolved in it. I'm so greatful that they didn't bother US Airways, my uncle is a pilot for them and he lives in Pennsylvania, and he usually takes off in the morning so there was a good deal of chance that if they picked his airline to hijack, he could have been flying it.
My heart goes out to all of the poor thousands of people who had to go through this on a personal level, who's friends and family died. ...

[todd]

wow 5 years a go