9/11 (12 years later)

[Damnittsteve]

was online when it happened, then it was like the internet crashed so I turned on the tv and saw the 2nd hit, started throwing up when I saw people jumping out the building to their death. work eventually called and asked if I was coming in and I told them to go to hell and watched the news for 48 hours. I can still here the sound of those lil emergency locators beeping in the rubble and seeing them dig despratly to find the bodies.


I do not like what we have become since then.

[Damnittsteve]

Have we largely forgotten?

there is a muslim in the white house so id say so

[Cujo_64]

I remember I was at work and on dfwstangs at the time. Never going to forget hearing the reports on the radio and images posted up.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

[Aceman85turbo]

In class at Berkner. At the time maybe 150 of the 1000 students wore the typical muslim dress to school. Not one of them was in class that morning. Most of the kids went home before lunch.

[Juiced4v]

I will say it once and say it again...I remember exactly what I was doing when this happend and watched the twin towers go down...


God Bless America!

[4bangen]

At the stop light of Springcreek and Jupiter in Plano when the first hit, and at the Discount Tire on Springcreek and 75 when the second hit. I took our little TV/VCR combo we used for training videos and crammed a coat hanger in the coax fitting just in time to watch the second plane hit live. And I stood in shock as I watched them both fall.
I remember the reporter saying "we are watching a replay of the plane hitting the..... wait what? that’s another plane? Oh my God..."
I run a flag on my truck every year today. It's not much, but it's my way of showing my respect for the dead.

As I strung it up last night, my neighbor asked,
"Are you going to in a parade or something?"
I said, "No tomorrows the 11th."
he responded, "oh, oh ya that’s tomorrow."
It actually upset me that he had to be reminded.

[black2002ls]

I run a flag on my truck every year today. It's not much, but it's my way of showing my respect for the dead.

Very cool!

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[JimD]

Was at the house, waiting on details of a load of oilfield junk to haul. Had tube on when they broke in after first jet hit, so watched the whole thing.

[bird_dog0347]

I was southbound on DNT in Plano headed to work listening to The Ticket when they started describing the scene of the smoke coming from the first tower. Got to work and had a TV and watched the second plane hit... RIP to all who died on that day or later because of it. I'll never forget.

[Steve@CJPP]

I remember laying in bed with my pregnant wife on leave after completing my first six month deployment on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and getting the call from my mother in law that I needed to turn on the television. As I turn it on moments later the second plane hit, then the Pentagon, then Flight 93 in PA. My next phone call was from my command telling me my leave was over and to report first thing in the morning to the ship. That day became even harder when I had to explain to my 7 year old daughter why there were men standing outside our houses with guns ( lived on base and my house was right next to the main road that became a check point before getting on to the small base I was next to.) She went to school that morning like any other morning and when she came home her eyes were opened to a whole new way of life.

To all those that I served with and to those still serving, god bless and thank you.

To those that lost someone on this fateful day, my condolences and may their memory live on forever.

[Ted]

I was getting ready for work. Heard on the radio about the first plane. Turned on the news to watch the 2nd plane hit live. Then headed into work to do nothing the rest of the day but watch the news. After work, I headed to a buddy's house and sat around and watched the new the rest of the night. I can still remember Tom Brokaw being on the air all day and how beaten down he looked that night when finally signing off.

[lowthreeohz]

I was skipping school watching it all on tv.

[Ratt]

I was late to school that morning. I pulled I into the student parking lot and heard it on the radio. I sat there shaking in my car as I realized the reality of the situation. My mom, my brother, and I had flown in the night before from a vacation in New Jersey, on standby. We were trying to get on any flight that would get us closer to home, which means that if we hadn't gotten out that night there was a chance we could have been on one of those planes. It hit me hard. The teachers all had their TVs in the classrooms tuned to news channels, and I'll never forget what happened that day for as long as I live, as it is one of the most insensitive, asinine things I have ever witnessed. The principal came over the PA system and said, "There's nothing to see folks. Turn off your TVs and go on about your day like normal. It's not a big deal." That's the day I lost the final shred of respect I had for that school's "administration."

[Probie]