Where were you on 9/11?

[Thumpalumpacus]

My girlfriend woke me up telling me that a plane had hit one of the towers.  Being a former Air Force firefighter, I immediately thought of the 1945 accident involving a B-25 hitting the Empire State Building, and said as much.  She roused me again about three minutes later with the news that another plane had hit.  AOL was going nuts with the news.

At the time, I lived about 200 foot from the main gate of the big Naval Base Ventura County, and was able to dispel my disbelief by stepping outside my door and seeing the traffic jam that the base's lockdown had imposed.

I'm glad I didn't have to work that day; I would had to have walked.

[xSilverPhinx]

I had missed the school day and didn't know of anything until my younger sister burst into the room after school saying that world war III had started. At first I didn't take her seriously, she was only 12 at the time and didn't know squat about world wars 1 and 2 but then saw it on CNN myself. WWIII or not, it took awhile to digest.

[Tank]

I had missed the school day and didn't know of anything until my younger sister burst into the room after school saying that world war III had started. At first I didn't take her seriously, she was only 12 at the time and didn't know squat about world wars 1 and 2 but then saw it on CNN myself. WWIII or not, it took awhile to digest.

You know she may well have been right. One day our descendants may look back at 9/11 and see it as 'the smoking gun' that started WWIII.

[Gawen]

Back in those days, I worked in trash, or rather the solid waste department. I was on the side of the truck when we came up to the last house on a street and there's this Gallagher looking guy that runs out to us and yells "They've flown airplanes into the World Trade Centre." I reply "What?"  And he says it again. I figured he was somewhat nuts. At the time I didn't know what the WTC was but I knew it was in New York.
So the next stop I get off the truck and tell the driver; he shrugs his shoulders. When we finally get back to the shop and in the break room, it's on TV. Then I recognise the towers. We were back on the road by the time they collapsed. Later in the day, a Christian woman I know, who's house we stopped at to pick up her trash happened to be out and I asked her if she heard the news. She says yup and every Muslim should be wiped out for it.

[The Black Jester]

I was just leaving my apartment on the UWS of Manhattan when the first plane hit.  One of my roommates told me about it in passing, as I was leaving the building.  My sleep-deprived brain didn't process what he was talking about until later.  I was on my way to a rehearsal for a show I was doing in Chelsea (also in Manhattan, for those who don't know the area, it's a neighborhood on the lower west side).  

By the time I arrived, and walked into the rehearsal hall, the 2nd plane had already struck, and the buildings were beginning to collapse.  Everyone in the rehearsal studio was gathered around the television.  I'll never forget the chilling sound of wails and shrieks of the people next to me in the room, or of the sight of the buildings, knowing it was happening mere blocks away.  I called everyone I knew in the city that day, just to make sure.  Turns out one of my friends was in the 1st tower, but was able to get out in time.

[Tank]

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread, it has been very enlightening to read your stories.

[xSilverPhinx]

I had missed the school day and didn't know of anything until my younger sister burst into the room after school saying that world war III had started. At first I didn't take her seriously, she was only 12 at the time and didn't know squat about world wars 1 and 2 but then saw it on CNN myself. WWIII or not, it took awhile to digest.

You know she may well have been right. One day our descendants may look back at 9/11 and see it as 'the smoking gun' that started WWIII.

Yes, could be.

One thing it started was the stronger division between "west" and "east"...and only time will tell where that division will lead.

[skwurll]

In school, I was in first grade.
I had no idea what was going on.

[Tank]

In school, I was in first grade.
I had no idea what was going on.

He the worldwide audience what age is first grade?

[pinkocommie]

In school, I was in first grade.
I had no idea what was going on.

He the worldwide audience what age is first grade?

Usually 6 and 7 years old.

[Tank]

In school, I was in first grade.
I had no idea what was going on.

He the worldwide audience what age is first grade?

Usually 6 and 7 years old.

Thanks!

[Cecilie]

In school, I was in first grade.
I had no idea what was going on.

He the worldwide audience what age is first grade?

Usually 6 and 7 years old.

Isn't it 5 and 6?

[pinkocommie]

5 and 6 is usually Kindergarten.  :yay:

[Cecilie]

5 and 6 is usually Kindergarten.  :yay:

Meaning the first year you don't actually learn something? If that's what you ment; very true.