I will be remembering you all.

[Snake lover 3-25]

i was in second grade.... a teacher came in the class room and told my teacher to turn on the tv..... and aso there it was and all of us watched as the second plane crashed into the tower with confusion and disbelief... most of us thought it was just a movie..... but then the reporter started to talk and we realized he was talking about our country.... our state... and that it was live. then my teacher started to cry..... and the principle told everyone to turn off their tvs

[jitami]

Rhea, thanks for sharing your first hand account... it really reminds me of watching the news that day and seeing everyone walking across the bridge...some just walking aimlessly... I'm sorry anyone had to go through that. Sometimes we forget that things like this happen in other countries every day, but that knowledge doesn't make it any easier to deal with when it's happening to us.

On the left coast I woke up, showered, turned on the news to see that the first plane had hit. Still seemed like it was an accident at that time. Had TV on, but got busy getting the kids ready for school, etc. Sent them out the door and saw that the second plane had hit the other tower. Puttered around the house for a few minutes in a total daze then decided to go be at school with my kids. I helped in their classrooms and knew their teachers well. Didn't really want to pull them out of school... wanted to keep things as normal as possible for them... but couldn't stand to be away from them, either. Everything was so uncertain. Even though we were far from New York and DC it was so frightening. My oldest son's teacher and I spent most of the day watching the news unfold while the kids did pretty much whatever they wanted. My oldest was in fourth grade at the time and the teacher was in no frame of mind to teach, quite a few kids didn't come to school, and the rest were just kind of there, hollow. Being a little older, all of them had heard bits and pieces of what was going on, so we helped them understand the facts the best we could. All were allowed to call their parents to talk if they wanted. It was very quiet and somber even in a classroom full of 9 & 10 year olds. I don't think there was one discipline issue the entire day. Very quiet kids...

[Lulu Bennett]

It was my first day of college the first time round. I had a fab day. i walked through the front door to find my dad with a look on his face i never want to see again.
I spent the rest of the day watching the news and crying my eyes out.
It is one of those things you never forgotten. Since then i have done some research on the internet and found many conspiricy theories. one or two are quite convinsing.

All i know for sure is that my heart goes out to everyone that lost a loved one in this tragidy.
Everyone around the world was effected by this.

[prattypus]

I was doing a rotation over in Kuwait at the time. We were on a phone call back to our shop in the states when they told us to turn on the news. My rotation got extended six months, and all hell broke loose.

[Sid]

I was at work and had just gotten to our canteen where there is a TV as the second plane hit. Everyone in there got to see a grown man cry.

[GartersRock]

I was warming up the lesson horses when I used to work for a ranch with the girl scout trail rides....

[ssssnakeluvr]

I was laid up on my couch with a herniated disk in my back....watched it all in shock....couldn't believe it!

[GartersRock]

We where sitting in the tack room listening to a super old little radio as it was happening... It kept getting static. It was really surreal...

[anji1971]

I had just returned from dropping my daughter off at kindergarten. My sister-in-law telephoned from work all upset, saying something about bombing.........New York........planes. I turned on the Today show, which I had turned off only an hour or so earlier to leave the house and nothing had been going on then at all. I don't think anything seemed real for hours. I remember feeling so detached and distant for a long while. Then sitting outside for ages, trying desperately to hear a plane go by overhead to prove that it was really not happening. I didn't hear any planes.
Later that day, when I watched again, it hit me fully what had taken place. Then I just stood in front of the TV and cried.

[ATNGUY]

The sense of world unity born of that event was soul stirring.

For once the thoughts of WW3 were not all that scary..

All the players appeared to have joined the same team.

Wayne, well said. From what I have read, as a new guy here, you seem to post well reasoned, poignant comments. Ironic, look at the time of your post I quoted.

My thoughts on 9/11 coming soon.