Where Were You During the World Trade Center Attack? Tell us your story!

The World Trade Center Attack
September 11, 2001

Where Were You When You Found Out?
How did you find out?
How has this affected your life? What has changed?

Everyone is saying we will remember the day of the World Trade Center attack
for the rest of our lives, like we remembered the Kennedy assassination.
Record your experiences here of that day - 9-11 - and what has changed since !

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Dam

I didn't even know - San A M, Oct 28, 02
THE DAY THEY ATTACT I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING. WHEN I GOT TO SCHOOL I FOUND OUT THAT A PLANE HAD HIT ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERES. MY TEACHER WAS TELLING US THAT THE AIRPORT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THIS IF VERY VERY VERY REARE THIS HAPPENS. WE ALL STARED TO TALK ABOUT HOW TERRORIST WERE INVADING AND HOW THE USA WILL SOME DAY PUT AN END TO ALL OF THIS NONE SENCE AND WE JUST COULDN'T STAND THE FIRST TWO DAYS
THIS YEAR 2002 WE CRIED AT THE CERREMONY BUT BE WILL NEVER GET OVER IT

M, Oct 28, 02

Melissa

The Terrorism Attack on September 11,2001 - Forthoo,TX Sa, Oct 26, 02
That day I was at school.My teacher was crying and we didn't have any idea/clue what was going on.My teacher came and told us that there were a plane crushing into the world trade center and her cousin work there.She kept calling her mom,she found out that her cousin is alright.She was happy about that.I was scared and my classmates was too.We were sad about what happened and we were scared about going somewhere.We watched it in the t.v. in school about whats happening to the tradity.Well, I think everyone will always remember about what happened on Sep.11,2002.GOD BLESS AMERICA

Sa, Oct 26, 02

Luke

Sick - Chicago, United States F, Oct 25, 02
Well I was at home I was sick my best friend called me crying and said turn on the TV and I did I turned on to see the first Tower hit, and then moments later the second was hit as well. The worst part was I saw the people jumping from the buildings I have never gotten those images out of my head.

F, Oct 25, 02

carlene

WTC Shock! - ny Th, Oct 24, 02
Well of corse I was also in school when i hear about it to.
It all stared when my whole class just got back from P.E. My teacher settled us all down and said two plans just hit the WTC. We all were scared and confused. She talked a litte longer and then said trust me I know it's not to bad. That's all I heared everyone talking about the whole day. When I got home I turned on the t.v and every chanal was talking about it. I remembered my teacher said it wasn't that bad, but she lied to us. What I saw I couldn't belive. I was in shock . I will always remember that day and so will everyone else!!!!

Th, Oct 24, 02

Dave

911 - Lyndhurst - U.S. W, Oct 23, 02
I was at school in physics class when all of a sudden our VP walked in and told us that a plane had just hit the WTC, and he would just stare out of the window to see if he could see anything. All of our mouths dropped and we began to watch on the TV. Then at lunch we all headed out to a neighboring town that had a good view of the two buildings but by the time we got there it was just a massive cloud of smoke that marked the end of the WTC, which still seems unbelievable to me.

W, Oct 23, 02

Nicola

Surprise in LPP school - Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada M, Oct 21, 02
I was in french class when I heard the news. The teacher told us that 2 planes crashed into the WTC twin towers which I had no idea that they even existed. Once I got home at 3PM, I then heard about the pentagon.

All this prooves that the USA is not the strongest and most powerful country on the planet and that George Bush is of course, to blame.

Signed : Nicola from Quebec

M, Oct 21, 02

emily

sadness - ohio M, Oct 21, 02
when I was in school all of a sudden the t.v came on and there was the planes flying into the world trade center. it was hard to see something like that. i was so worried because what if one of my family members where on there!! but thank god that no one was on there!! it was the hardest thing i went through in my life!!

M, Oct 21, 02

Bridge over trouble waters

L. Louis Jordan - Asbury Park, NJ USA S, Oct 20, 02
@ 09:00 I was with approximately 250 local, state and federal law enforcement agents in Alantic City, NJ. Also present were representives from approximately 145 special interest groups from around the state and NY. One might begin to understand that this week long conference on Racial Profiling (Bias Base Policing)was one of the most serious things going on in the state. I think its also important to tell you that many of the major news, tv, and print media were present to include NBC,ABC and others. I remember that we were 15 minutes into the second day of the conference when a member of the tv station began to inform us that a plane had struck the WTC. I really don't think that anyone paid it any realy attention as we thought that a small plane may have his accidently. When the second report came in we still did not move. I was sitting next to the Col. of the NJ State Police, Rev. R. Jackson and Jerry Hamlin of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Then we were informed that a plane had struck a military building in Washington DC. As A Vietnam Vet I along with several other quickly felt that we were at war. People began leaving the conference by the hundreds heading north towards NY. I live approximately 50 miles from New York City and felt that I had to do something to help the people of NY but first I went to my wife job and informed her to pull the kids out of school and to stay there until she heard from me as I was not sure when I would be returning home. After a few days of assisting NYPD the community and my own state of NJ, I decided to rejoin the U.S. Military (Army. I was informed that I had received an honorable discharge and was to old to rejoin (I was only 46 years old). I'm currently the Police Director for the city of Asbury Park, NJ and I will never forget those days and what I was doing. We felt sorry for all the people, families and children who lost their lives doing these days gone by. You may say its easy to say that; but you need to understand I lost a lot of good police and fire friends in that WTC bombing. But must important I lost a dear friend who I spent many a day with in Isreal (Retired NJ Major of the New Jersey State Police Fred Marrone)Freddy later became the director of the Port Authority Police for NY and NJ. He was killed doing what he done all his life save others without looking for a reward. He paid the highest sacifice. Fred you and Pat King of the Long Branch PD will forever live on in my heart. And thank you for allowing me to vent.

S, Oct 20, 02

Talia (now 14 yrs old)

...Speachless... - Australia S, Oct 20, 02
I woke up at 6:00am that morning to go to school, and it felt really weird. I hadn't heard about the twin towers yet, but it was really hot that morning and nobody was making any noise, i could only here a TV buzzing far away in the family room, that was kind of strange becasue Mum and Dad don't like watching TV in the morning, and my brother was still asleep. I went into the family room to see what was going on, and Mum was near tears and Dad was looking really worried and both their faces were glued to the screen, it was really scary, they didn't notice i came in untill i shook Mum and asked what was wrong. She just pointed at the screen. It was then when i actually paid attention to the screen, I saw all these people just fly out of a building, i din't know which building. My jaw just dropped. I have never seen something so terrible ever. Then the news reporter said that the tallest building int the world, the twin towers had just been hit by two aeroplanes and they replayed the planes going into the towers again and again. Then they showed the picture of the people spiralling out of the buildings. I was... speechless... I couldn't bear looking at the TV anymore, i just stood in my room, thinking what it would be like for the families of the the people that every one saw just falling out of the buildings. I didn't realise how bad it really was 'till i went to school. Nobody said anything. They just all walked really weirdly to a TV set in room 201, which has reception aand watched. I was really freaked out, then my friend, Kim came to school, she was crying so much her school dress was wet. I asked her what it was, but it was self evident, her uncle had been in the twin towers. We didn't do work at school that day, i hated that day, i felt so bad. I don't cope with grief well, when i'm sad i try and distract myselft, but i couldn't i just sat next to my best friend, Joycelyn, and cried. Like Kim.

S, Oct 20, 02

C. James Buchko

Not a Time to be Online - U.S. Th, Oct 17, 02
It was kind of funny the way that I found out. I was online, having been up most of the night just surfing through webpages. A friend of mine from New York Instant Messaged me and asked if I was watching the news. I chuckled and said "Of course not" and deleated the message. About a minute later another friend, one from Los Angeles, Instant Messaged me and asked if I was watching the news. That's about when I thought I should check things out. I went into my living room and turned it to channel four. Everything was normal, so I thought, "Okay, it can't be too bad." Then I turned to Channel Five . . . .

Th, Oct 17, 02

Green Giant

School - La Crosse Wisconsin T, Oct 15, 02
I was going to court when I first found out about the attacks. At first I did not know what had happened, but when I got into the court room, I heard the judge say to someone on the phone to keep her posted on what was happening. When I got out of court and was back at the detention facility they had the TV on, and all the social workers were int here and they were watching everything that was happenign LIVE. I was so freaked out. I mean this is something that is going to stick out in ALL the new history books, it is soemething that I will never forget. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

T, Oct 15, 02

Jeff B

Jeffrey b - Venetia S, Oct 13, 02
I was in school in language arts and the prisapal came on the loud speaker and said a airplane has just hit the world trade center will the teacher please turn on the tv so the teacher turned on the tv and we watch it for 5 mintues. But we had to turn it off because we were taking a pretest. I wanted to watch it so bad,

S, Oct 13, 02

Danny Giroux

Sergeant - Tupelo, Mississippi F, Oct 11, 02
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 I was on my way to the fire station to meet some of the guys I work with. When I got to the station house, the guys that were already there were watching the news about the attacks on the WTC buildings. My self and the other guys were headed to a local business for a presentation for us. Earlier in the year we had saved a gentleman's life that had had a heart attack. He had to be brought back by using CPR and an AED. As we were getting an award for saving a man's life, people were actually dying in the building collaspes. That whole time we were there seemed pointless. I am a career firefighter for a city in Northeast Mississippi, and the loss of those victims and firefighter really hit myself and the rest of the guys really hard, as well as the world. God Bless America!

F, Oct 11, 02

angel BELCHER

The Home of 9-11 - west babylon NEW YORK F, Oct 11, 02
I WAS AT SCHOOL IN CLASS WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE TWIN TOWERS.IT SEAMED THAT YHE WORLD WAS OVER AT FIRST BUT THEN I SAID TO MY SLEF F***THEM BUT IN ALL REALTIE I MENT WHY.SOME PEOPLE DONT RELIZE THAT THE TERROIST HIT HOME WHEN THEY KNOCKED DOWN THOWS TOWERS THAT WAS LIKE A TRADE MARK FOR US.OTHER COUNTRIES/STATES CANT FEEL WHAT WERE FELLING UNLESS YOU'V BEAN THERE.IMAGIN GIVING YOUR MOM A KIISS ON HER WHY TO WORK NOT REALIZING SHE NOT GONING TO RETURN.......IF YOUR FROM ANOTHER STATE/COUNTIRE TO FEEL THE WHY WE FEEL LISON TO THE SONG HOME OF 9-11 BY:CAMRON AND JAY-Z

F, Oct 11, 02

michael

where i was at - canada T, Oct 8, 02
well on that day i had been waiting for my bus which never came so me and my friends went in and watched tv. later on there mother came in and said that a plane had hit the world trade center.i had heard of the world trade centers once before cause my aunt and uncle had visited there a while ago. we watched the hole thing happen, i was shocked i though it was adream or something but it was real. i can't believe somethinglike this happened. i was very upset for a long time. i pray for all those people that lost there lives and for the family's who had lost love ones. GOD BLESS AMERICA

T, Oct 8, 02

Where I was - Spfld,IL M, Oct 7, 02
When this tradgedy happened I was sitting in school in History class. The teachers were not sure on what was happening so they hadn't told us yet. The only thing they did was dismiss anyone who had family in the world trade centers. While sitting there in suspition we all had to pray although we didn't know anything but something in our society has changed forever. When I got home from bus I still wasn't sure but had only heard rumors I asked my mom what had happened and she helped me understand. The whole rest of the day I saw it replay and replay sitting on the couch in horror I prayedfor everyone. Even though noone in my family had been hurt I still had a whole in my heart for the other familys.

M, Oct 7, 02

trav

wakeup call - cali M, Oct 7, 02
i was just sleeping and my alarm went off and it automaticly goes on the power 106 so right when it went off he said a plane just hit the world trade centers. my dad was leaving so i ran out and told him that he didnt believe me but then when he got home he was a defenent believer. it was real emotional because my grandfather had built the top half of it. GOD BlESS EVERYONE!

M, Oct 7, 02

heather

scared - toledo, ohio Sa, Oct 5, 02
I was in school when the attack took place it was during lunch, all the teacher's afer lunch was acting really werid so they told us what was going on, and when he told us i was shaking and scared when i herd it, but at first I didnt no what they were talking about. so that is what happend to me, put then when i got home i turned on the news , well it was alrighty on put now ever seans i seen it on tv i am afrade to go to the fire works on the 4th of july.

Sa, Oct 5, 02

karen

sadness - toledo,ohio Sa, Oct 5, 02
I was at work one of my sisters called me and asked me if i new what had just happened. i had no clue what she was talking about.then she told me that we are going to war.and then she told me to turn on the tv.so i did after we had hung up the phone.i cryed as i watched what had happened.i felt a great deal of sadness just thinking of all those people,kids,firefighters,police,and of the familys of all the people that had lost there lives. i wish them all the best of luck.
god bless!!!!

Sa, Oct 5, 02

Tim Wegner

Senior '02 forever - Fort Wayne, IN F, Oct 4, 02
I was in senior class meeting when the assistant principal came over the P.A. and said that the world trade centers and the penta gon was attacked. We were dismissed to our next class and i went to lunch. I saw the horror on t.v. at a local resteraunt. I fell to my knees and tears streamed down my face. Later I went to the fire station worked at and more of the horro. I felt like I lost a big part of my family. A week later I went to the site and saw how catrosophically tremendous this was. May You in PEACE, Although Fallen But Never Will Be Forgotten. May GOD Bless YOU And GOD Bless America!

F, Oct 4, 02

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How has this affected your life? What has changed?