On the bus heading home from school. Rock FM was on the radio and I didn't really understand what was happening, I assumed a plane hit a control tower on take off or something. I didn't know until I got home and all channels were on the news that I saw it. I don't think I ever felt as sick as I did watching it happen live.
How weak can you be crying on this at that time and still feeling sad:| .Dont know why would anyone be sad on such a thing just becasue they happen to see it on TV.Many people die everyday,just becasue it was the WTC,doesnt mean that now you have to get sad lol.:lol:
Hitman_887
The Six Degrees of Separation dictate that everyone in the world knows everyone else by at least 6 people. 2,998 people died in the attacks and a furthur 6,000+ were injured. Knowing that, a large percentage of people in the world were directly or indirectly affected by the attacks as people who lost loved ones or people who knew said victims.
I was sick so I stayed home. I saw my mom watching it on TV so I joined her, then the second plane crashed. Not exactly something you forget. Watching the aftermath of an attack on the news is one thing, but actually seeing it happen is something else.
Just get back from school and started to playing Batman & Robin on PSX,after a moment my mom came and told me that a plane hit the highest building in NYC,so I turned on the TV and started watching there was something that couldn't let me stop watching it,I also don't know why I remember this whole day that good.It was terrifying even though it happened so far from me.
I didn't have work or school that day. I was on the phone with a friend when my sister told me to turn on the news. So, I was watching as the second building got hit. One of those "you'll never forget this one" sort of things, I suppose.
6th grade science class. my teacher broke down and started crying when a coworker told her what happened cause her father was in new york at the time. he was actually in a hotel across the river or bay (whatever you call the water between manhattan and mainland new york) and he helped with the rescue efforts.
[QUOTE="astiop"]I was playing xbox. I heard a shout from downstairs saying to switch to the news and so I did. A bit later I continued playing xbox.Ryeferd
that's very impressive...mostly because the xbox wasnt out yet :P
My class was walking in a line past another class and my friend was like "Did you hear what happened? Planes hit the WTC! We're watching it on TV" and I was like O__o "Suuure they did"
7th or 8th grade art. We had a sub that day. We watched it on our 15 inch TV. we stayed until lunch, and then they released us. I remember lots of people didnt even know until like 10am.
In my 7th grade health class, far right row, very back desk sitting next to a kid named Rob Adams,we were outlining little cartoon characters in our agenda books when my homeroom teach Mrs. Mollander came running in and said that a plane had crashed into the Twin Towers and in Washington, she was out of breath and must have ran to tell us. We had no idea what was going on, many tried to call home, a few of our classmates were in DC at the time for a choir concert. At lunch I remember talking to kids who were in computer class when the first tower was hit and were watching the live feed when the second was. When i got home I was glued infront of the tv watching the reports, I remember they were showing home footage of the attacks in which people were swearing yet the news agency didnt even bother editing them out. Crazy day that Ill never forget.
I was on a conference call with the people in the second building to be hit. No joke. At the time everyone thought the story about a plane hitting it was just some rumor.
I was on a conference call with the people in the second building to be hit. No joke. At the time everyone thought the story about a plane hitting it was just some rumor.duxup
what floor were the people you were having a conference call with on?
I was home sick and in third grade. My nanny had the tv turned on and called me over, and I saw the second plane hit and all the images, thinking it was an accident.
At school,My teacher told us to come look at the computer we had and she told us that a plane just hit the world trade center,And thats all I can remember,I was in the second grade.
[QUOTE="duxup"]I was on a conference call with the people in the second building to be hit. No joke. At the time everyone thought the story about a plane hitting it was just some rumor.Premier1101
what floor were the people you were having a conference call with on?
They never said, we never asked.
We were connected to equipment in the first building hit and lost connectivity.
The conference call was just interrupted by their discussion of a fire in the other building. Comments like "woah that's a big fire" and such. We talked about the issue we were on the call in the first place for a bit and then they announced they though they should leave the building. At first they didn't seem sure they should leave but someone in the company decided for them and ordered everyone to leave. It was a very casual conversation. Everyone assumed it was just some fire that started and nobody really believed a plane hit the building at that time. None of them had seen it happen just the resulting fire. They said they'd call back after they were allowed back into the building.
I didn't hear from them for about a month until they got setup in another building. They all made it out ok.
8th grade going to school late as I walked into my math class the teacher told everyone what was going on. They put us downstairs while the parents came to pick us up and my mom came very late even though she use to work in my school :|. No trains were running so we took the bus home. At home I remember no tv channels were working because once the WTC fell no TV antennas worked. But the only channel that did was channel 2 (CBS). I remember smelling the burning flesh and materials from the WTC because the smoke was blowing all into Brooklyn. Its a day ill never forget. Nice, clear, beautiful sky day ending in such terror.
I was only 13 but I was old enough to know what was going on. Me and my family was tuned on CNN, Sky News & BBC News the whole day and even the next couple of days after 9/11.
Not really, it was very calm. We turned on the TV to see what was up and not long after the news coverage started. Only later did we realize what was going on.
Not really, it was very calm. We turned on the TV to see what was up and not long after the news coverage started. Only later did we realize what was going on.
duxup
I guess I was sort of looking at it from a retrospective viewpoint. You look back and think... what if that boss hadn't ordered the evacuation promptly? etc.
Who is watching MSNBC right now? They are showing the live feed from 9/11. It is really weird on how they commented on all of this.
"The first building wasn't suppose to go down, but now they are wondering if the second building will fall also."
"There seems to be some explosions in the Twin Towers."
Really makes you wonder what really happened.
helium_flash
many said the building wasnt suppose to come down that day because of its structure but were wrong. Which is why many continued to help others and allowed people 100ft away from the WTC. Also there were many different reports coming in , many didnt know what was going on. I remember hearing a whole bunch of things that day and seeing all the rescuers rushing, nobody had a straight answer.
I was sleeping when the first plane hit, but i think i was awake when the second one hit. I remember i'd gotten up for school and was watching it on GMTV.
Not really, it was very calm. We turned on the TV to see what was up and not long after the news coverage started. Only later did we realize what was going on.
Jandurin
I guess I was sort of looking at it from a retrospective viewpoint. You look back and think... what if that boss hadn't ordered the evacuation promptly? etc.
Totally, one of the dudes on the call wondered if everyone left the building "wouldn't we just get in the way". He was talking about the emergency vehicles arriving at the first building.
Nobody really was sure what was going on, a plane hitting the building seemed crazy, and who would have thought it would have done so intentionally? So why would there be another? Lots of reasonable reasons that day to not leave that building...
Who is watching MSNBC right now? They are showing the live feed from 9/11. It is really weird on how they commented on all of this.
helium_flash
On the NBC (I think it was NBC) footage they had a reporter on another building with the first building on fire in the background. During a live shot talking to him you actually saw the second plane hit live in the background.
Who is watching MSNBC right now? They are showing the live feed from 9/11. It is really weird on how they commented on all of this.
duxup
On the NBC (I think it was NBC) footage they had a reporter on another building with the first building on fire in the background. During a live shot talking to him you actually saw the second plane hit live in the background.
I dont know if its on YT but I remember that day on CBS a reporter was in WTC7 LIVE moments before it fell.
I was at school when a teacher entered running and told us about it, my reaction was: "World Trade what?", yep, not being american and still fairly young I didn't even knew what happened..luisen123
I'm American and when I was 11 I had no clue what the Twin Towers were :P
Well I was in the 6th Grade, some kid told me that a plane had flew into the Pentagon and WTC. We were in between classes as I recall, standing in the hallway. Eventually later on in the day they gathered us together after lunch and gave us the news. After that the day just kinda....eeked by, when I got home I turned on the TV and watched it for hours on end. I couldn't believe what was happening.
During a live shot talking to him you actually saw the second plane hit live in the background. duxup
Yeah. That's what I saw way back when. It was like. What was that streak and explosion. Just so unexpected. You were like holy **** the WTC is on fire and explodey and the dude is talking about it or whatever and you've already committed yourself to the world being insane, and then the second plane hit. It was very jarring. Surreal.
I had just come home, jumped into the couch, and when the TV came on I thought there was a war going on in the US. All I saw was smoke and people running and screaming.
I remember calling for my mom and my brothers, telling them to "come to the living room, there's something big going on in New York"...
I'm kinda pissed off at how cavalier my school was about the whole event. I was in 6th grade, and the principal announced that two planes crashed into the towers at around 9:15am.
That's it. No one was briefed. No one was sent home. I had no clue what had happened until I got home and my mom looked in shock.
When I got back home my grandfather was hysterical (only time I ever saw him upset) and I just watched it over and over again crying.
DigitalExile
I'm not saying your grief is unjustified, but do you cry for the thousands of soldiers dead, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of civlians dead from the wars raging across the planet, or their families, or the poor bastards that make it away alive with half their bodies missing?
Unless your directly effected by 9/11 or any attack your not gonna understand. You dno't understand when something you love is taken away. I loved those buildings. I loved when we would drive through NYC or drive to NYC and we'd see the towers. I used to work with my dad, and we were doing a job at Ellis Island at night, and I made a turn outside and saw the NY skyline lit up and was amazed by the towers. I was on top of the towers with my grandma (a year before she died) and the site was breathtaking. All those memories, the last memory of my grandma, were taken away. Thats why I grieved like I did. You just don't understand.
I should also add that my friend's father died (he was a firefighter) in the attacks.
I think its sad when soldiers die, and I wish them the best and support them. But we're talking 3,000 people who were going to work.
I woke up for school and was taking a shower when I got changed and came in for breakfast my Dad was watching the news an apperently the WTC was hit by two planes. When I went to school the flags where half mast and we had a moment of silence.
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