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?
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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.
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Gabby

- Tenafly, NJ T, Sep 10, 02
I was in my 2nd period class and I heard on the announcments by my principal that a plane has just hit the world trade center. First, I thought it was a crash or a mistake, the last thing that came across my mind was that it was a terrorist attack...Until the 2nd plane hit. I live about 20 minutes away from new york. And my friend took the day off for school to go to work with her mom in t world trade center. Unfortunatly they perrished in the buildings. I LOVE YOU DANA GIRL! 9/11 victoms had no reason to go through this. I am greatful to be here. I will allways remember you guys....

T, Sep 10, 02

koko

- england T, Sep 10, 02
i just walked in from school...i sat down and switched on the t.v! all the channels were showing this scene of a plane crashing into the wtc, i couldnt believe it then they showed how another plane had crashed into the other tower. i cudnt believe it and started calling my mum...she told me what had happened! i've been crying today looking at all the memorial sites...! this incident in a way has really brought people together...and i just want to say to all the people who died...MAY U REST IN PEACE...U MAY BE GONE BUT YOU'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTON...to the families...OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU...ALWAYS + FOREVER...all my love...koko

T, Sep 10, 02

Ciji Faye Johnson

Attack on 9-11-01 - sneedville T, Sep 10, 02
I was at school when the attack took place. the teacher came and got us during p.e. His name was Fred jones of Sneedville we all ran back to the class and whatched as the tradity took place. I will always remember the tradity and everyone will to forever.

T, Sep 10, 02

Ann

Where I was on 9/11 - USA T, Sep 10, 02
I was in Math class and this girl behind me said I am not going to NY. (We was suppose to go for a Senior Trip.) I said, "Why?" She said, "Because a plane hit a building." I said that is crazy for you not to go because a plane accidently hit a building. She said I am not going. Then, my teacher turn the tv on and I realize that it crashed into the building. I just cried and was in shock. The news reporter was talking about the WTC being hit and he goes oh my god the second was hit. Then he talks about the second one and it starts to fall and they set the camera down. You could see people just run and this big cloud coming. Then it went black and later the reporter come back and was talking to people about it. I will never forget that day or what happen. I will tell my children and grandchildren. I buy every thing that I can about Sept.11, 2001. God Bless America. United We Stand. One Nation Under GOD.

T, Sep 10, 02

Where I Was - Milwaukee, USA T, Sep 10, 02
I was in my second hour class and my teacher had left to run an errand. We were all sitting around and then she rushed in(my teacher) and said that a plane just crashed into one of the WTC buildings. The class thought nothing of it. Some made jokes. Overall the thought was irrelevant to the students. Then, in my third hour class, another plane hit the other building and this class acted the same. However, we had a history teacher to calm us down and to tell us what was really going on. He was there to answer questions some people had. After that, I knew that Middle Easterners did it, not necessarily muslims, though. It's a day i will remember for a very long time.

T, Sep 10, 02

Veronika

shocked riding - Austria T, Sep 10, 02
I can remember that I was horseriding, when the first plane crashed. When I finished, i went together with a friend and the owner of the horse I was riding to the next restaurant to get something to drink. In this restaurant there was a TV set and so I saw the pictures of the two crashing towers. It was terrible, I saw people jumping out of the windows and I felt terribly sorry for all families which lost the people they loved most, only because of some mad people.
Half an hour later my mother picked me up and we drove back home. There I switched on the TV, and again there were horrible pictures.
This was realy a sad day.
Later I phoned my best friend and spoke with her about the things that happend.

T, Sep 10, 02

ViNcE

In New York - USA T, Sep 10, 02
I had juss came bak from NYC the week before the 11th. i couldnt realli belive that this had happen until i went bak 2 NYC a yr later and saw a big empty hole in the ground.

T, Sep 10, 02

mariah

9-1-1 dredfull attack on the wrold!! - california/salinas-831 M, Sep 9, 02
THE DAY OF THE WROLD TRADE CENTER ATTCK!!
~~SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001~~
I REMEBER WAKING UP BEING REALLY TIRED, BECAUSE I HAD WENT TO SLEEP REALY LATE THE NIGHT BEFORE, I WASENT WANTING TO WAKE UP, AND WHEN I WAS TOLD TO WAKE UP, WITH THE LIGHTS BEAMING IN MY EYEZ I GOT REALLY ANGRY, AND STARTED YELLING AT EVERYONE TELLING THEM WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PUT THE LIGHTS IN MY EYEZ.. AND ECT. I HAD TOOK A SHOWER AND WAS GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL, JUST LIKE ANY REGULAR DAY OF SCHOOL! USUALLY I HAD SAT ON THE CHAIR AND WATCHED THE NEWS WITH MY GRANDFATHER TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, SO I WOULD KNOW EITHER TO DRESS WARM, OR TO; TO DRESSLESS, BUT AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE TELIVISION, I KEPT SEEING THESES TAll BUILDINGS FALLING DOWN, PEOPLE CRYING, PEOPLE RUNNING, AMBULANCE, FIRE TRUCKS, COPS, AND I SAWLL SMOKE, I SAWLL TONES OF THINGS, AND AS I WAS JUST SITTING THERE WATCHING IT, IT DIDNT HIT ME, WHAT WAS GOING ON! THEN FINALLY WHEN I HAD GO T TO SCHOOL,IT HIT ME, I RELIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND KNEW THAT I WAS NOW GOING TO BE IN A WAR, I WAS UPSET THAT PEOPLE WERE DYING, AND HURT, FAMILYS HAD GOT BROKEN APART FROM SOMETHING EVIL THAT SOME GHY AND SOME TERRIBLE PEOPLE HAD DID, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY, ADN WAS REALLY SCARED TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND EVEN TO GO OUTSIDE OF MY OWN HOUSE, I WAS EVEN SCARED TO BE IN MY HOUSE! I STARTED THINKING WHAT IF I WERE TO LOOSE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. IT REALLY HIT ME HARD, AND GOT ME THINKING!! AS THE DAYZ HAD WENT BY, I KEPT THINKING HOW HORRIBLE THAT WAS. AND THAT NOTHING IS EVER GAURENTEED TO BE THE SAME AGIN! PEOPLE KEPT SAYING THAT IT WAS A SIGN FROM GOD, SAYING THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE BELIEVING IN HIM AND ECT. SO I STARTED REALLY HARD TO TRY AND COMMITE MYSELV TO GOD! AS THE TYME WENT ON, I NEVER REALIZED HOW FAST THE TYME HAD WENT BY! AND NOW THAT IT IS ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE ATTACK HAD HAPPENS, ITZ BRINGING HARD MEMORIES BACK, EXSPECIAllY SINCE I HAD TURN TO REALIZE THAT ONE OF MY OLD TIME FRIEND AND HER MOTHER HAD DIED FROM THAT ATTACK! I KNOW THAT NOTHING IS PROMISED TO BE THE SAME, BUT NOW I AM TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY SINGLE DAY, LOVE AND CHERISH EVERY THING THAT I HAVE, AND THAT GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH, BECAUSE WITH OUT HIM I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY! AND LIKE THEY SAY THERE IS A REASON FOR EVERYTHING, EVEN IF U MAY NOT SEE IT NOW, GOD PUTZ A REASON OUT THERE ON PERPUS!

M, Sep 9, 02

Corinne "CC" Finnan

XXMy Day At SchoolXX - New Orleans, Louisiana M, Sep 9, 02
I remember playing volleyball during GYM and my friend running in from her orthadontist oppiontment. She was shouting "Someone blew up the White House! Someone blew up the White House!" I stood in disbelief. On my way to my next class I stopped in the hall to talk to a teacher and I asked, "Noone blew up the White House right?" She replied, "No." During my class the teacher asked if she could have our attention for a moment and she said, "Kids I don't know how to say this but the Twin Towers have collapsed." I was in a state of shock and disbelief. After a while I just started to think about how many people were injured and killed. It was a really sad day. New Orleans felt like a "Ghost Town." No one was on Bourbon Street...things felt very awkquard.

M, Sep 9, 02

Nick

Nick - Dubuque M, Sep 9, 02
I was in my 1st hour class and we had just gotten done watching a video for one of my classes, when we saw that the first plane had all ready hit. Our class didn't think much of it. Till we turned it back on to find out it wasn't an accident. By the time we got to our second hour class the Second plane had hit. Me and my fellow class mates watched in horror as we saw everything we knew about the world go up in flames. We all shared a moment of silence for the rest of that day. We will never gor get what we saw or felt. God Bless the USA and god bless all those who died in the Terrible act of hate.

M, Sep 9, 02

Amanda Long

God Bless America!!!!! - Hertford, USA M, Sep 9, 02
Hey Everyone,
I wasn't really there but my dad was in NJ at the time and he was working on his tug boat, all of a sutton he and his crew members looked up and saw the plain and they knew that the plane was flying way to low. Well they starting getting back to work but the next thing they knew they heard aloud "BOOM!" and they looked up and saw that one of the world trade centers had been hit by the plane. A few minutes later they saw another plane flying to low so they watched it and then they heard another loud "BOOM!" and they watched the world trade centers blow up in tiny pieces and collapse. Then thy started seeing people jumping out of the windows. After the whole thing was over him and his crew had to take the survivers across the water to get help. He said the only thing you could see is body parts from where the people died in the attack. He also said that was the most terrible thing that you could ever see and especially if you were right there. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND TH USA!!!!!!!!

M, Sep 9, 02

sliny

- Macon, Georgia M, Sep 9, 02
i was in school.I thnk it was the beginnng of firstpriod at first i didn't really know what was going to until i go home and since they broadcasted it all day I finally Found out what was going on. It took me a while to figure out why the hell some stupid a** person would do some kind of stuff like that. Takng others lives when they took their own. What kind of since does that make. My life has changed alot because now I have waken up and to do what i have to do before my life is next. I am very sorry for all the people we lost

M, Sep 9, 02

Wow, that sucks - Ohio M, Sep 9, 02
I was just sittin in class when we all heard that the north tower of the World Trade Center was struck by a jet. I've never been there before and I saw them in a movie and thought it would be cool to go there. It wasn't really a big deal to me because I thought it was just an accident. Until I heard that the second tower was hit then I was kind of pissed off. And after all that the Pentagon was hit and a plane crashed in Pennsylvania that was believed to have terrorists on it. All they showed on the t.v. was the planes crashing into the buildings, over and over again. I felt bad for all the people in the towers and the planes. And for all the people that jumped. I thought about what their families must be thinking. It was just a terrible day that sucked and we hope it never happens again but it might someday.

M, Sep 9, 02

Liz

On September 8th - Cromwell, CT M, Sep 9, 02
On September 8th my family and I went to Fort Dix, NJ for Family day to see my brother off to Bosnia for a peace keeping mission. I remember driving by saying to my boyfriend, "look there are the Twin Towers" as we were on the highway. His face lit up, because this was the first time he had ever seen them. We again saw them on September 9th.

Well back to work on the 10th and another day on the 11th. I was doing my normal duties, and I believe I was taking care of payroll, when I heard an announcment that a plane hit the 1st tower. I couldn't believe it. I thought it was a plane accident, and said to a co-worker, "what idiot wouldn't see one of the towers?" I felt bad, but I really didn't think to much about it at that time. Then the radio came back on, saying the 2nd one had been hit. That is when I realized this was an attack on the US. My family was calling me at work about every 5 min. We didn't know where my brother was. We never had a date of when he was leaving for Bosnia because of terrorists. All we were able to think about was where is his troop, where were these planes from, and the people who became victims, one way or another. The news stayed on the radio, all songs stopped, and it seemed everything stopped turning.

After that, we got a phone call about the Pentagon, and then another plane in Penn. I cried, and I couldn't stop. People around me trying to comfort me wasn't going to help. I just needed an answer why this happened.

My Sister-in-Law recieved a phone call from the 1st commanders wife stating everyone was OK, in the field Training. My family couldn't have been in such relief. And he went to Bosnia about 10 days later. He since then has retured safely with all the other Men and Women in his troop.

I call September 11th the day of Darkness. I will never forget all who tried to help, and all who cared. I will also never forget all who sadly lost their life to such a horrible incident. I will never forgive that bin Laden has done to us. But we have to always remember to tell the people we love, that we do love them. You never know what can happen in a moments time.

M, Sep 9, 02

ON THE COUCH - sydney australia M, Sep 9, 02
Iwas sitting on the couch a news flash came up saying american twin towers terrorist attack i laugh alot a thought it was a sten speilberg movie i thought it was bull sh** but then i cried i cried nearly for the rest of my life god damn osama damn him to hell all the way fu**in down
this letter is from all ur friends in AUSTRALIA were with u

M, Sep 9, 02

Ross

HELL - Sydney/Austarlia M, Sep 9, 02
Here we r 2day to look at a fat piece of land were the two towers lived now to only see graves for over 3000 people GOD BLESS AMERICA IM RIGHT BEHIND U!!!

M, Sep 9, 02

Dallas

At Home - Killarney Manitoba Canada M, Sep 9, 02
I was just at home watching T.V. when it all went down. Its weird though, Its been a year and it feels like its really hitting me, just now. More then it did on that bad day in september

M, Sep 9, 02

Dope fiend that is CLEAN!

Former heroin addict currently network Engineer - New york city S, Sep 8, 02
I was a hopeless heroin addict pre 9-11. A close friend of mine that is a VP @ A "MAJOR INVESTMENT BANK" said " you can crash on my couch" She had been living in one of the highest buildings on the upper west side. She had called on 9-11 and said " go up to the roof on the 67th floor."
I had witnessed the 2nd plane hit and both buildings fall!
The Term "Rolling Thunder" wouldnt fit.
We were in a door man building on 60th bet. 9th & 10th.
I had been on the roof and I had heard the "roar"
of the falling building's "roll" up the "vallies of the city"
I had witnessed thousand's of people die!!!
It took a week to realize 7 friends died!
BUT TODAY I DO NOT USE ANY DRUGS, MY LIFE CHANGED !
i WITNESSED THOUSENDS DIE THAT DAY!!!!
In the past I had people die in my arms from heroin but 9.11 made me realize how fragile life is.
I had been speaking @ my former rehabs since.
Den

S, Sep 8, 02

Brandon Maag

I was just sitting in class....and then it happened - Canton, OH U.S.A. (and proud) S, Sep 8, 02
It was just gonna be another boring day in school. I was just sitting in music class taking notes. It was about 8:46 when one of the teachers came in and told us to turn on the tv. When we did, we saw the north tower of the World Trade Center (tower 1) was on fire. She had said it had been hit by a plane. I thought it was just an accident. Then when we switched classes the tv was on in there too. Then at about 9:03 the second plane hit the south tower.(tower 2) It was no longer an accident. Then later, after school,I went to my friends house to do a report for science and it was all over the news. I found out the towers had collapsed! Even though I had never been there, it was shocking. Just thinking of all the people who lost their lives, either in the planes, their offices, or the people that jumpped. It was just terrible. And then I heard the pentagon was hit and about the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I will never forget where I was or what I was doing that day, and I hope everyone else remembers what they were doing that day too. My heart goes out to all the victims families and the victims. I will never forget that day.

S, Sep 8, 02

Nick J.

Worried for a year - Selden,Long Island,NY S, Sep 8, 02
I was in school,5th period to be exact as we were getting ready for GYM,the GYM teachers told us that a plane had crashed into The World Trade Center.I have never been in it and it was hard to visualize it.I went through the day hearing rumors of that it collapsed,people were jumping out of building and people were getting hit by falling building,they were disturbing but true.When I got home almost every channel had footage of the Towers falling and The Pentagon with a part collapsed.My jaw just dropped as I saw the bodies and debris falling out.My family were in the same room watching the NEWS for hours.Finally I felt phsyically sick,I felt like throwing up,I couldnt watch anymore NEWS stories of it.I couldnt watch MTV,I was stuck with Nickelodeon.I was a little bit worried about my uncle and cousin too.They are both NY Firefighters.My uncle was in Coram and my cousin was in NYC.I couldnt go to sleep and finally MTV came back to normal.But all video had to be suitable for 9-11.For the next days I was still shaking and worrying too much.I finally found out my uncle had a hurt shoulder and my cousin was OK.Still to this date I worry constantly about another terroist attack but my life is normal.I dont let that control my life.I have a fun life and I think about it every now and then.

S, Sep 8, 02

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