Your 9/11 Story

So, this is a threat about 9/11 stories.

Just thought of it after I saw someone telling there story on the news, so here's mine.

On Tuesday, September 11 2001, It was a normal school day. And work day for some people. I was in the fourth grade and 9 years old at the time. People say, "you don't remember anything you're to young!" But yet, I do remember it. Too well.

I woke up at normal time, 7:45 AM. (EST) I live in Delaware. I came downstairs, and before I made it all the way downstairs my mom told me to get my brother up. So I did. I came downstairs, and my mom was watching Good Morning America, just like every morning. I asked my mom to make me oatmeal. Like I would have EVERY SINGLE MORNING!!! I loved that stuff, i never eat it anymore though.

So, when I sat down I changed the channel to 54 ( Cartoon Network ) and watched Ed, Edd, and Eddy. Which was my favorite show! When I was done I was talking to my mom and she made sure that I had all my homework done from the night before. So It was about 8:15 and we headed outside to wait for the bus.

Our bus came at 8:25 just like every single day. But it was a beautiful day outside and that's why we went outside early that day, so my mom could chat with her friend and I could talk with mine before we got onto the bus. The bus came and I got on. Sat in my normal seat and headed to school. My mom went back inside, and went to sleep. (She works nights, and get's home around 1:00 AM)

We arrived at school around 8:40am and headed inside to our lockers. I went to my locker, got my books and hung my windbreaker up. I went inside my Homeroom class & waited for class to start at 9:05am. Shortly before 9:00am the office lady came over the announcements and said "Teachers please check your e-mail. Thank You." So, that didn't bother me, i barely listened. I mean it was normal.

At 9:05am class started. We began reading our SSR time. (Sustained Silent Reading), Until 9:30am. But that time was cut short. One of the office lady's came onto the announcement again, the same office lady, and said "Teachers & Staff, there is an emergency in New York City. Please sign online if you haven't already. America is under attack." We all sat around and kept reading, but that had me worried. Shortly later around 9:15am, the buses arrived and we were sent home early. Along with probably every school in the State of Delaware.

We got onto the bus, and sat down. I was excited because we were getting out early! So, we were half way home and I asked the bus driver. "Why are we being sent home? Is it because were being attacked?" and he said, "Your parents will tell you when you get home". So I said "Ok?" I arrived home at about 9:40am or so. I walked inside and my mom said "Thank God you two are home and safe". And I said what's going on? She said that two planes had crashed into buildings in New York City. So, I said those people on the planes must have died, and she said Yes.

A couple minutes later when I was pouring my drink and about to sit down and watch cartoons in the other room, the tv said we have word that a plane has struck the Pentagon in washington. My mom screamed and said Oh my god, what's next! She struggled to get my dad on the phone but the phone lines weren't working. Probably overflow. So, I went into the other room and it was about 10am and my mom starting screaming and crying saying Oh No, Oh god all of those people. And I walked in and I saw a huge dust cloud on the tv. my mom said that a building has collapsed. She then started crying and frantically trying to call my dad.

Around 10:30am the same thing happened except with the north tower. She started crying, once again. This time on the phone with my dad, she said she couldn't believe it. Shortly then after my mom got chalk from the garage and started drawing an American Flag on our driveway. As a symbol of our freedom and what happened that day. Around 10:30am i was inside and my mom was drawing and I heard on the tv that another plane has crashed in PA. I went out and told my mom, she said Oh God, did it crash into a building? And I said I don't know? and she ran inside and they said that it didn't it crashed in a rural field near Pittsburgh.

That does was one of the most clearest days that I can ever remember.

May everybody that died, rest in peace.

So, everybody else share there stories !!!!

May everybody that died, rest in peace.So, everybody else share there stories !!!!HaloGuy616

I skipped skool that day to play Starcraft on Bnet. Some guy in the pregame lobby said that the WTC had been bombed. Thinking that it was a very minor bomb similar to the '93 bomb I mostly ignored the news until the game had finished. I won btw, but after the game I turned the TV on just in time to see the collapse of tower 1. That came as a shock to me because my first report was from some guy on Bnet who just said "bomb". To my surprise every single TV channel for the first time in my life that I can recall shut down. Every channel was showing the WTC and it's collapse.

Nothing else really happened that day except for sitting around with family and discussing the magnitude of the attack.

I was overseas. Needless to say, I promptly found the nearest embassy.LukeAF24

Where overseas?

Way to keep everyone calm, teacher-guy. Announcing "america is under attack" over the PA system at a school? :?Ninja-Hippo

Yeah I know!!! HAAHA

I was in fifth grade, in my science class extremely bored. Announcer came on, "We would like to take a moment of silence for troubles in eastern regions of the country."

So we did, not having a clue. I remember my parents and their reactions and will never forget them, nor where I was/what I was doing when the event was announced. Oh yeah, and my fall baseball practice was cancelled.

I woke up and turned the Tube on to watch Arthur. All the channels had the two towers and one of em burning. I woke my parents up and let them know what was going on. I got to school and found about the other planes and it was a pretty quiet day during school.

i didnt go to school because it was teachers day here in Argentina, i heard on the radio that the twin towers fell and i thought they were talking about the petrona towers in Malasya, and i said "oh noes!!1!! an Argentine architect designed the petrona towers"

later i turn on the tv and saw it was on NY and everyone was saying it was either Russia or China that invaded US

I was on the bus heading to school (I was in the 8th grade) Some kid (known wierdo) gets on at a stop and he decides to sit next to me. He then starts telling me all about it and I don't take anything he has to say seriously becuase he was very well known for being... odd.

When I got to first period all we did was watch the news. My first reaction was aww crap there goes the country.

I was in 3rd grade and its really the only day i can remember clearly.

I woke up like any normal day ate and watched TV before going to school. We live in a very small town next to one of the largest milatary bases in the country so everything was pretty crazy. There where actually soldiers block roads with hummers. We saw it on the way to school we thought our litle town was under attack the way the Milatary police where. I was going to the library to at school to turn in a book and i saw on TV the 1st images of the attack. there where several soldiers in there as well watching. They told me if i told anybody else in school what i saw that i could be kicked out of school so i didnt do it. we sat down in class and did our work. When a MP came into each class and said everybody has to get home now. so we where let out still not know what was goiing on (except me,the MP thought that the base was gonna be under attack next) we found out what happended when i got home. and i stayed up the rest of the day playing some shooter saying die terroists die.

I was in 7th grade at the time. I arrived to homeroom and everyone is just going on daily business in homeroom. Our homeroom teacher turns the tv on, and we all see the World Trade Center on fire. Everyone is at a loss of words. My best friend is remarking that we probably are going to go to war over this. During the rest of the day, all our teachers talked to us about our reactiong to this. The only real assignment we had that day was a test in Pre-Algebra "that I failed". Our subsitute teacher in math remarked, "theres so many poor souls who probably can't climb down to safety". The news came about The Pentagon being attacked as well, and we finally realized just how serious this all was. When the towers fell, everyone was in shock and I had an uneasiness in my stomach. No one was able to focus on anything else.

When mom picked me up from school, she had the radio on. My mom felt extremely uneasy and told me how the neighbor had called her to watch what was happening on tv. At home, the news was turned on and the entire family watched it for the entire day. Dad was very pissed at terrorism in general and wanted war to happen. Every non-news tv channel was pretty much showing CBS News except for cartoon channels. I guess it was best to make sure children were still able to live innocently that day.

I went to school, got home, saw the news, didn't realise how much of a big deal it was until later.SolidSnake35

I was in the Far East so I got the news on the midnight edition (the night of Sept. 11 since it was almost 16 hours ahead of NY). The papers that came it the next day was full of photos.

At first I coudn't quite believe it. It took quite some time to get into me.

Well, I live in Canada, I was 11 at the time, and I just remember coming in from Lunch and my homeroom taking our class *just ours* into the auditorium to watch it with him and some of the other teachers that were free that half hour.

I remember it being a big thing, and we weren't supposed to tell people, especially the grade 5's, but I didn't really get how serious it was until later.

I was at work, I heard about it on the hanging storefront television and didn't care. I didn't care becaue I know americans have thee "That will never happen." attitude so it was just a matter of time until it did.

There's a difference between being paranoid and being aware & prepared. It's just too bad they learned the hardway. But it will happen again because people will become complacent and believe they are untouchable. It's just a matter of time. It's a problem that won't go away by ignoring it, but they won't accept this until the threat is imminent. They will wait until they are face to face (as in a postion in which they can't ignore it) before they acknowledge the problem.

So I didn't care. When security is expendable safety becomes expendable so ultimately the people are expendable because apparently their safety isn't worth the cost of security. It's either overhead that the budget can't cover or they decided to cut it from the budget because less expenditure equals more profit. The airports are to blame as well as the government.

I was at work, I heard about it on the hanging storefront television and didn't care. I didn't care becaue I know americans have thee "That will never happen." attitude so it was just a matter of time until it did.

There's a difference between being paranoid and being aware & prepared. It's just too bad they learned the hardway. But it will happen again because people will become complacent and believe they are untouchable. It's just a matter of time. It's a problem that won't go away by ignoring it, but they won't accept this until the threat is imminent. They will wait until they are face to face (as in a postion in which they can't ignore it) before they acknowledge the problem.

So I didn't care. When security is expendable safety becomes expendable so ultimately the people are expendable because apparently their safety isn't worth the cost of security. It's either overhead that the budget can't cover or they decided to cut it from the budget because less expenditure equals more profit. The airports are to blame as well as the government.

MagnumPI

pretty much mine too, but I did feel sad that people died though

I went to school, came home, and found out about it.Cube_of_MooN

Yep. I was in 6th grade btw.