What were you doing six years ago tomorrow?

[RJF]

Tomorrow is September 11th, the sixth aniversary of the worst terrorist attack in our history.

Please remember those that died that day and our troops that have fought and died so we can continue to live our lives in freedom.

Edit: Almost forgot...WeST and I were in New Jersey on business, having flown into LaGuardia on that Monday. We were working in the client's data center when someone came in and broke the news. I thought it was a joke until we got to their TVs in their workout room and saw the video replay.

[LongGrain]

i was at home desperately trying to get ahold of my dad, who was working there at the time..

he's ok though. it ends up he didnt have to be into work until later that day, but he saw it happen from his hotel room.

[BustedS13]

sitting in high school chemistry class, and then there was a fire drill for whatever reason, where i found out about the WTC attack.

[Dirty Habit]

Sophmore year of college, here in Ohio.
My roomate woke me up and told me I needed to call my family. I tried to get a hold of my dad and my mother. My father worked in the Pentagon at the time and we lived out in Fairfax, Va. My dad was fine but he lost 3 of his co-workers and friends. Since then my father has been to Iraq 5 times, two whole years straight at one point.
Its always funny to read dumb asses on forums say the pentagon strike was a fraud. Theres a piece of the plane in my fathers old office to this day.

[hotlavaflow]

I was running out of the towers and trying not to get covered in all the dust.

[Phoenix_95]

sitting in french class...our teacher refused to let us watch and see what was happening. The class had to revolt in order to see what a couple of crazed camel jockies did to this country

[deadpirate]

getting ready for school. i hear my dad cussing in the living room. i come out and see the 2nd plane hit the tower.

all day at school we watched the news

[kdashy]

Originally Posted by deadpirate

all day at school we watched the news

x2

dddddddd

[Sil-Abc]

i was sleeping and then my tv usually turns on as my alarm clock and my dad walks in with my lunch for school. hes just standing there watching the news and im thinking it was a reality show. went to school and watch the news all day :/

[HalveBlue]

On September 11th, 2001, I got up at 4:30 in the morning and drove up to the Salt Lake City Military Entrance Processing Station to sign my enlistment papers.

Right when I was about to sign and have all my information put into the computer the sytem crashed. The NCOIC at MEPS told me to come back the next day. My recruiter drove me home and I walked into my house just as my parents were leaving for work.

I turned on the TV and switched to CNN where they were reporting that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. A few minutes later I saw the second plane hit the South Tower live on TV...

I enlisted in the Army on 13 September 2001

[DRavenS13]

I was dead asleep when my sister called me at 6am to tell me. I was 8 months pregnant with my daughter, and I went to the doctor that day scared as hell. The school i was going to cancelled classes for that week.

My mom had it the worst- 9/11 is her birthday.

[hippo_chips]

Waking up to my TV alarm. I couldn't really comprehend what was going on when the news was on(I was barely awake), I just saw a burning building thinking it was a bomb. Then two minutes later the camera is focused on a plane, and I'm thinking to myself, "NO F**king way." I got up in disbelief, as I saw the plane hit the second tower. I still can't believe what happened that day.

[Daniel.]

I was driving at around 7:30am on the way to highschool when I heard about it on the morning radio show The Dog House.

[mrmephistopheles]

Originally Posted by Phoenix_95

The class had to revolt in order to see what a couple of crazed camel jockies did to this country

Secure that shit, or get the banhammer.


I had just gotten off work at the dispatch center at MCAS Miramar, and had been asleep for about 15 minutes when Lisa called me and told me that there had been a terrorist attack on the WTC. I laughed it off as a joke, thinking she was messing with me. I turned on the TV and saw the towers on fire. I spent the next 20 minutes calling family and getting my uniform ready, then I went back to work for the next 3 days.

[SimpleS14]

Originally Posted by DRavenS13

My mom had it the worst- 9/11 is her birthday.

I had a classmate who's birthday is that day too. Speaking of which...I was in econ class when I first heard. At first I pictured just a private jet, but once we got to some TVs...it was a different picture altogether.

[Cam B]

I was sitting in school when i first heard. One of my friends came up to me and said some guy flying a plane hit a building in NYC and i just kinda laughed and pictured some drunk guy flying a cessna. Once i realized what had really happened... i felt like shit that i actually laughed.

[PhilthyS13]

At the time, I was working nights at a group home for kids. I stayed up and did bed checks, made sure kids stayed in bed, supervised the house, etc. The ad/hd kids would wake up around 4am and the only thing on tv at that time is music videos or news. Because the kids wanted to watch music videos, I'd leave it on the news.

I saw the 2nd plane hit in real time. Initially, I thought the first plane was a small plane. Word spread like wildfire. It was surreal.

The only thing I can compare that experience to would be JFK (and the 89 earthquake). Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing.

[BOROSUN]

i was at home (nj) and i just woke up then heard the news, nobody knew it was terroist attack at first. but, my brother got to see the first plane struck while heading home from nyc in the bus.

good thing everybody in my fam was at home or just got home.

[qwikspool]

was getting my job interview. seen the second plane crash and both building crumble. im from queens ny. was the worst day of our lives.

[lucky7]

it was my senior year of HS. i was getting scolded by Fr. Chuck (principal) in the library because i had ALMOST successfully skipped first hour study hall. needless to say, i didnt get into trouble that day. but deep down, i wish i had. had it never happened the way it did, i would have spent 4 hours in detention the following saturday.

nothing can ever be said to eas the pain we all felt that day, so i'll refrain. not one of us could honestly put our thoughts into words. its just not possible.

ill never forget that day. getting yelled at for skipping class, having my uniform shirt intucked, shoes untied, no belt. its so vivid. while im thinking about it, god rest father chuck's soul. 6'5", 350lb, cigar smoking, cussing priest/principal. he died in a car accident a couple years ago. passed out at the wheel. his BAL was 2.5x's the legal limit. great guy. sad on both accounts. ill stop, im depressing myself. dont get me wrong though. noway would i ever compair his tragic loss with that of 9/11.

[mRclARK1]

High school in 12th grade, just arrived in the morning for 1st class when the second plane hit...

...and making an appointment with a recruiter in the afternoon.

[lucky7]

Originally Posted by mRclARK1

...and making an appointment with a recruiter in the afternoon.

i envy the crap out of you. i never had the balls to go through with it. i was a signature away, too. thank you sir, for being the bigger man.

[mRclARK1]

Originally Posted by lucky7

i envy the crap out of you. i never had the balls to go through with it. i was a signature away, too. thank you sir, for being the bigger man.

Don't thank me. I was by no means the only one. I've done ZERO when compared to many others.

So from me as well to them... Thank you.

[dert420sx]

i was up getting ready to go to work. i flipped on the tv just to catch jillian barberie on ch. 11 before heading out but all that was on was the first tower on fire. then just as they were gonna explain what happened, the 2nd plane hit...live. as soon as i got to the office, my coworkers were all crowded in the conference room watching the news from the only channel the antenna was able to pick up. i think it was one of those mexican channels and they were showing people leaping off the buildings. i vividly remember a couple who held hands all the way down.

i worked in cypress, right off katella, at the time and i watched fighter jets taking off and landing at the air base all day from my cubicle on the 5th floor. i never knew there was an air force base there. i always just saw little planes land there but never fighter jets.

i wish this never would have happened and i worry everyday that my lil bro, who enlisted the next day, is still ok out there on his 2nd tour in iraq.

[LB.Motoring]

Damn, it doesnt seem like 6 years ago.

so crazy,

I remember sitting in a Spanish class watching it like it was a nightmare.

[rican_nick]

I was working for America Online.... I had to go into work and help call all the employees to tell them to not come into work..

dealt with plenty of customers asking if we could trace emails to see if they have been read.. pretty sad some of the calls from customers i took that day.

then it got sucky when the government started routing calls all around NY and DC through different routes... some people were oblivious to what was going on.. Had to tell these folks to turn on the damn news.

[NiSmOKnIghTsRBS14]

gettin ready for skool, senior year of high skool, just chilled in class watching the news, Not a good day at all

[Adikt]

sitting in freshman year biology, some broad came in and whispered something in my teachers ear, she left and he told us there's been a terrorist attack in new york, the rest of the day was watchin the news in every class.

[miucus]

i was getting ready to go to school when the 2nd plane hit.. i rode my bike to school confused

RIP to all those who died in the attacks of 9/11

[azndoc]

I was on 24 hr duty at Mount Fuji Marine Corp base.

At the medical clinic.

Saw it happen live on tv. Thought it was a commercial joke.

Sat there like wtf.

Then the towers collasped.

Got up the next day and the front gate had two 50 cals pointed at the entrance. Everyone was locked down on base.

Then they fed us lobster, steak, fried shrimp, shrimp cocktail, and ice cream.

We thought we were doomed.