Where were you 13 years ago today?

[fishhawk]

13 years ago......wife and I left early for a trip to Milwaukee to settle her brothers estate so some where along the way the planes hit. Remember walking into a gas station and every one was glued to the TV and all upset and I asked WTH is going on? My stomach hit bottom and when I got back into the truck wife asked whats wrong. A day I will never forget. steve k

[crowbuster]

I was at work, 12hr shift, no tv, radio,didnt have cell phone, nuthin. Guy came in the breakroom said his wife told him on the phone a plane had hit one of the towers. We couldnt believe it, went to the lobby but all phones were in use, that is not a good feeling, not knowing what is going on but having a very sick feeling in your gut. Terrible day

[jakec]

man i can still see exactly where i was i was. i was splicing up a crossbox in brookpark subdivision. heard about it on john boy and billy radio show. i packed up my tools and headed to my mommas house to watch tv and pray. pretty scary day.

[southpaw]

I was in my senior year of high school. I was walking in the hall between classes and people were saying that they flew a plane into one of the towers. Got to my cad class (teacher was my football coach) and saw the second one hit. Alot of people in school had friends or family in the city. Lots of people trying to get ahold of loved ones.

My sister, hubby and daughter lived just one block from the towers when they went down. Good thing they decided to have breakfast at home that morning or he would have been at the towers. She was unfortunate enough to see the second one hit. It wasn't too long after that they moved out here with us rednecks.

I trust there is a very special place for these extremist, and not what they are claiming.

Jerry Jr.

[cpileri]

in Washington DC on Active Duty. it was kind of an exciting day.

[shooterg]

At work, news spread fast, everyone in break room watching the news, no more work done that day. Mood was sad, then mad. Still am.

[Stonecrusher]

At work. The boss's wife told us a plane had flown into one of the towers. I figured it was a little Piper Cub or something and didn't think too much about it, until she told us the second one hit. We didn't get to watch it on tv until after work. Had to keep making chips until quitting time. We did get periodic updates though.

[cbrick]

I was at work, was just starting a new TV show that day, wasn't in production yet, just starting prep work. I had just walked into the mill where they had just begun building sets etc and there was a TV on at the tool room and they were showing the first plane when the second hit the other tower. Shocking is such a weak word. Company shut down and sent everyone home. The name of that TV show ironically was . . . "Six Feet Under".

Unlike our sorry excuse for news who kept harping about how terrified Americans were, myself and everyone I know weren't in the slightest terrified, not even slightly scared. A much better word is "p*ssed off". In the 13 years since fear is still very much the wrong word, just madder and madder.

Rick

[marvelshooter]

At work in the bathroom. My partner yelled under the door that a plane had just hit the WTC. As at least one other poster mentioned there was no more work done that day.

[jeepyj]

We used to own a small general store and we had a 12" TV in the corner. There was a crowd glued to it all day. Still sad the think what they did to this great country and all those innocent people.
Jeepyj

[imashooter2]

I was sitting in the dentist's office while the wife was getting root canal. The nurses all gathered around a little TV. I went over and asked what was going on and they said there was a terrible plane accident in NY. I walked over to see just as the 2nd plane came in. That's when we knew it was no accident.

After I took the wife home I headed back to the Boeing plant. Wife was scared and didn't want me to go. Security had the place no nonsense locked down when I got there.

[avogunner]

I had been retired from the USMC for just a few months and had hired on with a company supporting my beloved Marines. I was at a East Coast Marine base providing said support and all of a sudden SHTF on base. We found a TV and saw what was going on and then shortly after, the order came down for "ALL CIVILIANS" off base now! It took me a few minutes to realize that included me too and so on an additional level my heart was again broken.
Semper Fi.

[EMC45]

Was at work at ACE hardware and I thought when my coworker told me about the first plane, then the second plane it was a cruel practical joke. I told her that it wasn't funny and she told me she was serious. My cousin's wife laid out of work that morning due to morning sickness. She worked in one of the towers and lost some friends.....Bad day for America. So glad this current administration is taking such a hard stance on terrorism.......

[ShooterAZ]

I was just getting up and the clock/radio alarm went off to the news...a report that a commuter plane had just hit one of the towers. I imagined a small 2 engine prop plane. I turned on the TV and right before my eyes the second jetliner hit the other tower. Unbelievable. I was numb, and angry, and every other emotion you can think of.

[AggieEE]

I was house sitting/ dog sitting for a freind and his wife. I turned on the TV to catch the morning news and they were talking about a plane hitting the tower. I thought OK stuff happens I knew a plane hit the Empire State building in the past no big deal except for the people hurt/killed. Then saw the second plane and thought that was no accident. You're right I was mad, more than mad, if I was CIC and knew who and where they were at the "button" would have gotten pushed and the world could kiss off. I still don't understand why we're playing nice nice with the extremist.

[blackthorn]

I was at work in my office close to Vancouver BC international airport. I had a habit of starting work at 5 AM, so the first I heard was when one of the other guys got in. As the tragedy unfolded, there was a huge airliner (found out later it was Chinese) that was "escorted" (forced?) down by two US fighter planes. The story was that the liner had radio trouble and had not answered directions to land! Quite the sight with those two fighters above and behind bracketing that airliner. I sure would not have wanted to be those guys! Later we watched news cuts of people over there dancing in the streets. I said to my wife if I was Bush, the next thing they heard would be the rockets coming in! May those poor victims (heroes) RIP!

[GoodOlBoy]

I was at work. A co-worker was in the break room and said "Hey guys a plane just hit a building!" I walked in just in time to see the broadcast as the co-worker said "Hey is that another plane coming in?" I got to see it impact.... the rest of the day is kind of a blur.

GoodOlBoy

[Silfield]

I was at work here in the UK with an American colleague who had flown over a few days before. News reports were a little garbled initially but when the second plane hit we knew that this was no accident and a sense of despair and anger filled the workplace-I have never felt such and atmosphere before and hopefully never will again.
My colleague was a Floridian but had a lot of family in NY who he relentlessly tried to contact but without much success due to the volume of calls being made. I will never forget the sadness, rage and anguish etched onto that guys face in the following days as he tried to get a ticket home.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I was at work, Heard it on the radio, I went online and brought up a news website...CNN or FOX, I don't recall. Everyone was watching, I was the supervisor at that time. I made the decision to close the shop as everyone wanted to leave and so did I. I went home and raised the Flag, listened to talk radio, and hung out in my garage, a few neighbor came over and we talked and listened.

[searcher4851]

I was at work when I heard it on the radio. Started telling the rest of the office and no one believed it. Then the second tower was hit and everyone was listening. The wife at the time was in Texas on business and was supposed to be coming home that the next day. It took two days for her to find a rental car (actually had to rent a van) so her and her co-workers could get back home. The women at the office were mostly sad and a little scared, the men were just mad.