I was lying in bed watching the today show with Matt and Katie when all of a sudden they showed a plan flying into the tower, I thought I was dreaming or it was a simulated trick of some kind. That day did and will always remind me of how life can change so suddenly, […]
I was at home on that fateful day. I was in the kitchen doing dishes and my then husband called me to turn around, as I did, I saw the plane hit tower two. I couldn’t move. I started crying and shaking and thought to myself why is this happening? My phone started ringing like crazy, friends were calling, […]
The news of attack by terrorists on 11 September 2001 came and startled me awake. I had worked nights in a labor and delivery unit in Cartersville, Georgia. My husband, a newly retired Air Force executive drove the 8th grader and 10th grader to school. My bedtime habit was to go to bed with the Today Show on and […]
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 […]
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