September 11, 10 years later

[Roxyluvsme13]

I was nine years old. In 4th grade. I kept wondering why everyone was leaving and why everyone's parents were coming to get them.

I don't think I fully grasped the event until I got older. There was a lot I didn't understand that I do now...

I won't forget though. It's a terrible tragedy that I lived through during my childhood. I can't believe it's been ten years...

[krazyaboutkatz]

I was still at home and I had a doctor's appt. that morning before work. My roommate at the time was also still home and she received a call from a friend on the east coast. The friend told her to turn on the tv. She did and then told me watch it too. We both couldn't believe what we were seeing. It was also very quiet at the doctor's office and they had a radio on so I was able to hear what was going on. When I got to work, we had the tv on in the break room and everyone kept going in to watch it throughout the day. It all just seemed like a bad dream. May everyone who lost their life RIP and ((HUGS))) are going out to any one who lost a loved one.

[JMCsGirl]

I went to school that morning and had class. It was my first year of big girl grown up college. I had gotten out of class and was sitting at a table when a friend of mine told me a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I remember thinking, "Ok, so what?" and, "Where is the World Trade Center?" I learned fast! I remember going into the library a short time later and the television was on. That was when I saw the sheer magnitide of what was happening. I remember standing there with shock and awe of what was truley happening. I remember the months of news coverage and how it was all that was on the television. I remember the lines of people lined up to get gas and the sudden hike in prices. They never really went down after that. I remember that day very well.

[davidpizzica]

I also clearly remember flight 93 crashing in Shanksville, Pa. which is only about 60 miles from Pittsburgh. To me, those 40 men and women on that flight are real heroes who prevented an even bigger catrastophe.

[carole]

I have just watched a hour show on our Sunday programme, regarding sept 11th, it really makes you realise just how awful, horrific this was, but it was awesome to see two survival stories, one a fireman and a woman,and another gentleman from the building next door.

It will be a day never forgotten worldwide.

[Kirsten]

I also clearly remember flight 93 crashing in Shanksville, Pa. which is only about 60 miles from Pittsburgh. To me, those 40 men and women on that flight are real heroes who prevented an even bigger catrastophe.

Oh yes, they definitely are!!

[carole]

absolutely, they interviewed the wife of one of the men on that plane,it was a very touching story, and made me feel very sad,they were indeed heroes.

[Karen]

I have not watched the media coverage, but from what I have seen, it seems so centered around New York City. But people may forget that there were victims from all over, but many from Massachusetts on those two planes, and that they originated in Boston. Not that it matches the number of New Yorkers in the two buildings and all the firefighters and police that sacrificed their lives that day, in New York, but many local companies around here lost employees, and families did as well.

It was eerie the continuing silence in the skies over the Boston area, so, so many planes fly in and out of Boston's Logan airport that it has become just part of everyday life to hear planes overhead. And then there were none, save the screaming pass of a patrolling fighter jet, and the silence afterwards that echoed even louder.

[pomtzu]

I too, found the silence of no planes, to be deafening. We are near no commercial airports, but there is Dover Air Force Base about 12 miles south of here, and a couple of small private fields, so we do hear some planes throughout the day. It was eerie to hear nothing. I don't really remember how long it went on, a few days maybe, but it seemed like an eternity.

[Pinot's Mom]

It is burned in my memory. I was at work, talking to one of my favorite customers in New England who owns his company. He said, "Maggie, a plane just hit the World Trade Center." We both speculated it was a rogue small plane off track. We soon learned how wrong we were. Internet access became problematic, but I managed to get CNN on line and never cut the access. People from all over my company came to check on my computer. We were absolutely numb. Our duties went on, but we weren't really functioning. The whole nation was on anesthesia as all the events unfolded.

[luvofallhorses]

I was in the 9th grade and only 15, almost 16. My brother and I were getting ready to go to school and were watching the news... it was unbelievable and I was shocked because everyone knew it was an accident. We didn't even do any work that day, just watched tv and were completely silent. My heart hurts for all the people's families that were torn apart that day, who lost their loved ones, and ones that lost their friends and even those special firefighters trying to save people. They were our true heroes and my heart goes out to those who lost them as well.

[momcat]

A day that will live in infamy!

Mike was working as a stable manager then. His boss came out saying she just got a call about the first plane. At first those of us who were there thought a small plane had a horrible accident. The news was turned on, when we heard about the second plane all we could do was look at each other and say, "What the h... is going on?" Then we heard about the Pentagon. Just about all riding lessons called to cancel. The Lakehurst Naval Air Base is a few miles from the stable. When I went on a coffee run, three armed MPs had the road closed. That's when I got scared.

The next day at work we had a prayer vigil. The minister that organized it asked each of us to tell how we were affected. One woman said her son was active military and he received orders to report to base because he was being deployed. The orders didn't say where he would be sent. Then another woman said the pilot of the first plane was her neighbor. Stunned silence filled the conference room.

Those who died, those who somehow survived, the brave and heroic first responders, and those left to grieve remain very much in my prayers. In your honor we will never forget!

[dab_20]

I was 9 years old, just arriving to school. I specifically remember watching the towers in smoke and the second plane hit. I didn't understand the significance of it until a few years later, honestly. We were all confused. I understood when my other brother had to go to Afghanistan, my whole family was upset.

My heart goes out to all the families affected by this tragedy.

[davidpizzica]

My sister lives in a town called Monroe, NY. about 40 miles northwest of New York City. She commutes to Englewood NJ to work and she said that even at that distance in 2001, she could see the smoke cloud rising from ground zero.