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Post by nhmountains on Sept 11, 2019 3:59:02 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 11, 2019 4:00:41 GMT -6
I was at work when a coworker came walking in and said she’d heard on the radio a plane had hit the WTC. I got on Yahoo just as the second plane hit. Not a good day.
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 11, 2019 4:22:14 GMT -6
I was at work when a coworker came walking in and said she’d heard on the radio a plane had hit the WTC. I got on Yahoo just as the second plane hit. Not a good day. I was also at work when the news spread. We quickly moved to a large conference room and watch the second plane hit on TV. It was a terrible day. When I think about it it angers me, makes me wonder why we did not make a parking lot out of Afghanistan.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 11, 2019 4:52:45 GMT -6
Same as you guys; at vwork when someone said something about it, ended up watching bits and pieces of it throughout the day on a tv in the front offices.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 11, 2019 5:18:14 GMT -6
I was driving out and pregnancy checking dairy cows. The dairyman and I were listening to the radio and I doubt we got much written down with the cow checks.
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 11, 2019 5:31:51 GMT -6
I just started my freshmen year of college. I was getting back to the dorms right after the second plane hit. Lots of scared kids when that went down. Never knew terrorism was a thing until that happened.
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Post by wklman on Sept 11, 2019 7:23:31 GMT -6
Getting ready for work that day. My mom called and told me to turn on the news because a plane had hit. Like you guys I watched the second one go in. Went to work and kept up with things threw my customers. Still remember how quiet the skies were for the weeks afterwards.
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Post by badbrad on Sept 11, 2019 7:29:29 GMT -6
Sitting in college class. We had lab that day so we were on the computer and I remember other students talking about it and I was thinking nothing of it. Then I watched the second plane hit from the lobby of the school and did not leave all day.
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Post by daydreamer on Sept 11, 2019 7:40:23 GMT -6
Senior year of college walked upstairs in our house and tv was on. I think we all grew up a bit that day. Quit my piece of shit job at school that night so I could go get gas at the gas station as there seemed to be a run on the gas pumps.
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Post by jbird on Sept 11, 2019 7:54:24 GMT -6
I was sitting at my desk at work, when a female co-worker comes into my office and says something to the effect of an airliner had just flown into the twin towers in New York. It seemed a little far fetched and figured she was involved with some sort of office prank. I figured if it was true it was some sort of accident.....then as more info became available (second tower, pentagon, flight headed to Chicago) it was clear this was no accident. The internet wasn't as ingrained in our lives then so information was fuzzy and only until later that day did the pieces start to fall in place of what had happened. The school sent the kids home and the wife was pretty shaken up. I explained to her that those responsible for this had no reason to target and Indiana corn field!
I remember 9/11, the challenger explosion, and the start of the gulf war (desert shield - worried about if they instituted the draft). I was alive when Elvis died/went home, but I was 3 or 4.
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 11, 2019 8:01:20 GMT -6
Eating breakfast at the cafeteria. First year of college. Saw the second one hit on tv.
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Post by buckvelvet on Sept 11, 2019 8:27:53 GMT -6
I was in high school, watched part unfold at school, drove home (only lived 2 blocks from the school) watched the rest with my mom in the living room. I'll never ever forget the terror of that day watching live people jump from buildings to their deaths. Absolutely horrific scene, it was my senior year of high school. Crazy!
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 11, 2019 8:29:37 GMT -6
in bed. Daughter was born Sep 5th so I was on vacation for a week. Wife came up and said, " a plane ran into the WTC". My thought was a cessna hit it. I turned on the tv and didnt take my eyes off of it for the entire day. Numbing feeling watching the second plane hit and that really set in anger. Anger at what, I didnt know, but you just feel it in your soul.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Sept 11, 2019 8:45:56 GMT -6
I was working on my combine in front of the shop listening to KQRS. Heard it there.
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Post by kooch on Sept 11, 2019 9:08:22 GMT -6
I was on my way to work. I didn't turn on the TV that morning. I was heading down a road, bluebird clear morning. Up in the distance was a business flying a giant American flag. It was flapping in the gentle breeze. I turned on the local sports talk station and they were playing "America The Beautiful" by Ray Charles, which I thought was odd. When the song ended, they talked about the news. I turned around and went home instead of sitting on a help desk resetting passwords.
I can't hear that version of that song anymore without experiencing a ton of emotion. I was semi-fresh out of the USAF back then and I knew the news meant a lot of my friends would be in harm's way again pretty soon. I was right. I lost a few. I still feel guilt about getting out of the service and abandoning my friends. I really started drinking hard about that time, which became a pretty big issue in my life. I've since quit. I still feel the guilt.
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