Where were you on this morning 19 years ago?

[68 MGB]

I was working in NJ near the coast, maybe 35 miles from the trade center. I still remember the smell of the smoke from the burning towers.

 

[Gs1987GT]

Working in the truck shop on a GM P series can at the time. We heard it on the radio and I said to the other tech "Did I just hear that correctly?" He confirmed it. I knew right after the second plane hit it was intentional and we were at war.

I remember thinking about my girlfriend (now my wife of almost 19 yrs) and hoping she was ok. We must never forget.

 

[TOOLOW91]

Let’s not forget the significance of today people. 19 years ago I was getting ready to go to work about now when CNN broke news about a plane crashing into the World Trade Tower. Let’s take a single minute to remember the 1000’s that lost their lives to a handful of terrorists that day.

And think back on the aftermath,...especially in these times almost 20 years later....It was the one time in my life where everybody in this country was on the same page. Not a liberal or a conservative USA,...ONE USA.

I was In my 5th grade class and heard the plane fly over the building in Staten Island . I’ll never forget it as long as I live . It was like no other low flying plane I ever heard . At the time we didn’t know but the girl who sat a chair from me - her father was a firermen as well who was in the building and didn’t make it out .

My classmates one by one started being pulled early from class .

I was eager to hear my name not realizing what was taking place . Finally I did . Got in my mothers truck and she started racing home with my 1.5 year old sister at the time . Once I saw the tv we were terrified as we watched the 2nd building come down .

You used to be able to see the towers from a far from my dining room window . I’ll never forget the plum in the air for days , and the silence outside that night and nights to come . It sounded like a snow storm had just occurred that’s how silent it was .

A younger friend of mine just turned 19 a few days ago . Big into cars - talks to me - sometimes for advice . His birthday was a few days prior to 9/11 . He never met his father and I was lucky to and am able to tell him what a good man his dad was . His father was apart of rescue 1 and the first on the scene . He never made it out of the tower and his son was never to Physically meet his father to actually remember . Only has a picture of him holding him in the hospital . Every year it breaks my heart more and more . Not only for him but the whole city i live and grew up in . So I’ll never forget .

 

[Steel1]

I was at a former job in New Haven CT. , basically across Long Island Sound from the towers.
Went out back to the loading dock and the doors where open, myself and another employee commented on what
a beautiful, bright, clear day it was.
Shortly after those comments we started hearing about a plane hitting one of the towers over the radio.
Ran into the offices where the owner had a small black and white TV on his desk, we all stood in disbelief as we
watched the second plane collide with tower 2 and sub sequentially watched them fall.
At some point got a call from my wife saying she was leaving work to go pick our two daughters up from school,
no one new what to expect.
I agree, no other event in my lifetime before or since has galvanized a country like that horrific terrorist attack !