Yes I have memories and plenty of thoughts. I am a seventy-five year old Marine. You know the theme…Once a marine always a marine! My first thought was “How dare they!” then…Ok, find out who, then dig them out! Hit them so hard they will be remembering what they did a thousand years from now. […]
I was reading the morning news when I got a call from Berlin, Germany. “What is going on in New York?” “Turn on your TV.” which I did and just in time to see the second plane hit the tower. My thought at the time was, “Lets take these nit wits out!” My President, George […]
I took off on a flight to Miami from Washington Reagan at about 0730 on 9/11/2001. While in the air the pilot told us a plane had flown into one of the World Trade Center Towers. He didn’t say what kind of plane so I thought maybe a small private plane. A little longer he […]
I has just gotten up, watching our local news show while I was getting ready for work when the towers were hit and I was so shocked. I called my bosses at the pharmacy and told them to get the TV out, that the towers were hit. I think the rest of the day was […]
I was stationed at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, D.C., as an USAF enlisted pathology technician. My rank was Master Sergeant. I recall stepping outside earlier that morning and noticing what a clear and delightful fall day seemed to be shaping up. Once word got out something was going on, Army, Navy, […]
I’m french and on 9/11 I was travelling in Vietnam. When I saw that horrific attack on TV it was unbelievable, I thought it was a movie, a very bad movie. Then I realised it was real and I was so shocked that I can’t find any right word to describe my feeling. I felt […]
It was a beautiful September morning. My mom had just called my wife and asked if we were watching the news. Our relaxed state of mind vanished quickly as we began watching the events unfold. Like millions of others we watched in disbelief and horror as the towers fell and the Pentagon was hit. Then […]
Anticipating offering an economic crime lecture at Cambridge’ Jesus College later in week, I telephoned a London-based daughter who told me to put on the “tellie.” I did so and saw the second WTC hit. International media played reactions in big cities including the USA embassy facing Grosvenor Sq. For the balance of the day in Cambridge, my wife and […]
Just as when JFK was killed I’m sure anyone of age you ask could tell you exactly where they were that fateful day. On September 10th I had traveled to Denver from my home in Massachusetts the night before and what stood out to begin this whole week was that when I flew out from Connecticut’s […]
We were sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast. It was only when the second plane flew into the second tower we realized what was happening. As our son often flew out of Logan International airport in Boston, we just sat frozen in our chairs. Soon our phone rang and it was our son saying he was alright, […]
