September 11

[Anonymous]

At the beach, on vacation without tv or smartphones or anything.
I remember seeing planes literally reversing in the sky overhead. Later, we passed another walker on the beach, and when we said “beautiful evening”, they replied “way better than in New York!” We had no idea what they were talking about.
The next day, we went into town , noticed all the flags at half-mast, then raced to the newspaper display to see the headlines.
So Horrifying. Still is.

[Anonymous]

In the Army, stationed in Korea. It was evening there so my roommate and I had AFN on watching whatever was on when the programming was interrupted. Everyone started leaving their rooms and heading into the hall in disbelief. I guess we were all probably just looking for someone, anyone to say it wasn't true. I remember the folks from NYC desperately running into the hall, scrambling to try to call family while everyone else piled in and out of one barracks room in complete disbelief but also knowing our lives were about to change. I remember someone saying, "we're going to war" and everyone being certain it was true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the beach, on vacation without tv or smartphones or anything.
I remember seeing planes literally reversing in the sky overhead. Later, we passed another walker on the beach, and when we said “beautiful evening”, they replied “way better than in New York!” We had no idea what they were talking about.
The next day, we went into town , noticed all the flags at half-mast, then raced to the newspaper display to see the headlines.
So Horrifying. Still is.

Talk about living in a bubble.

[Anonymous]

At a military base in the DMV. Watching panicked co-workers try to reach their spouses at the Pentagon.

Phone lines were not working, since the phone system had been taken over somehow by DoD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to believe it’s been 23 years.

I was 23 when it happened. It’s hard to believe I’m twice as old now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here we are on this day.

60 Minutes streamed a good story about some surviving fire fighters and the children of those killed in the towers who then joined the fire service on continued their careers. It is a different mindset than what we see in this entitled area and worth watching for that reason alone.

Today, I remember my friend who was the co-pilot of the AA flight that went into the Pentagon and his father who until his death wrote condolence letters to parents whose children were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:23 years after Pearl Harbor was December 1964.
I don't recall much remember signaling. Of course, there was only the newspaper.

Radio was used after Pearl Harbor to announce to the world what had happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over it. Moved on. Yes - I remember it like D-day but I'm not dwelling on it. I "remember" it each time it takes me an hour to get thru security at the airport.

So you literally can't "move on" at the airport. Good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked in Roslyn. A bunch of us went to an upper floor conference room and watched smoke billowing out of the Pentagon.

FBR?

That would be ironic as they and others of their ilk had some responsibility for the attack.

[Anonymous]

Those who have moved on are welcome to skip the thread.

I don't dwell on it, but others can clearly still use a place to process what they lived through. That's fine, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over it. Moved on. Yes - I remember it like D-day but I'm not dwelling on it. I "remember" it each time it takes me an hour to get thru security at the airport.

Just move on then. There are family members that are being mourned. You can always skip a topic that you have 'moved' on from.

Yep like every other single war - even the Iraq, Iran, Palestine, etc etc etc etc since 9/11

Move on

This is for people mourning their friends and families. Have you no shame pp? I am asking you politely to just leave this conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the beach, on vacation without tv or smartphones or anything.
I remember seeing planes literally reversing in the sky overhead. Later, we passed another walker on the beach, and when we said “beautiful evening”, they replied “way better than in New York!” We had no idea what they were talking about.
The next day, we went into town , noticed all the flags at half-mast, then raced to the newspaper display to see the headlines.
So Horrifying. Still is.

Talk about living in a bubble.

totally unnecessary pp. Everyone is sharing and there is the 'move on' poster and you. Please leave your snarky for some other thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in high school. The teacher pushed in a tv on a cart, turned it on and told us to watch history in the making. Students were crying, students were calling home, students were not aloud to leave as we were on lock down at that point. Every helicopter or airplane we heard above us was scary. Cars started to fill the streets around the school as parents were trying to get their kids but not allowed to because of the lockdown. It was horrible watching the students whose parents worked in the building and they could not get in contact with them. To the poster that said to move on, it is hard for some of us. I am glad your brain is capable though.

WTH? That's awful. I would imagine there were some students in that room with family members at the Pentagon or in NY.

[Anonymous]

Everyone remembers where and what they were doing
at the moment they heard or found out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in high school. The teacher pushed in a tv on a cart, turned it on and told us to watch history in the making. Students were crying, students were calling home, students were not aloud to leave as we were on lock down at that point. Every helicopter or airplane we heard above us was scary. Cars started to fill the streets around the school as parents were trying to get their kids but not allowed to because of the lockdown. It was horrible watching the students whose parents worked in the building and they could not get in contact with them. To the poster that said to move on, it is hard for some of us. I am glad your brain is capable though.

WTH? That's awful. I would imagine there were some students in that room with family members at the Pentagon or in NY.

Well teacher was right.