I remember what I was doing 7 years ago today...

[minifarm8]

I already thought 9/11 was a bad day. My 2 oldest were in school and my youngest was home with me. We were making breakfast and I told him to put a shirt on(he likes to sleep in pj bottoms).... he did not. So when the honey I put in the microwave (forgetting to open the lid) exploded, he was covered in little spots of HOT honey! No serious burns, just little red dots... but I felt horrible.

We didn't have a tv at the time but my mother called to tell me what was going on. I took my son and drove to my parents home to watch some there. I, too, thought we were at war and the end of the world as we knew it.

My brother-in-law was in the marines on board a ship for 6 months. He was sent directly to Afghanistan. His tour was extended well past the original 6 months.

My ex-husband is in Iraq now making his children proud.
God Bless America

 

[ChuckenGirl]

I was in 3rd grade, during lunch all the teachers ran in and were like WE'RE GETTING OUT EARLY! we didn't understand why, but hey, school out early thats pretty awesome! It took me a few weeks to understand what happened though.

 

[happyhen]

I was just released from the hospital after abdominal surgery, DH had just gotten the kids off to school and we were sitting together watching the morning news on our local station when the first plane hit. Switched to FOX in time for the second tower strike.

That murderous attack on innocents still sickens and angers me. I pray we never forget.

 

[Sammysmom]

I was heading to the stable to meet the farrier to trim my horse's feet. I was listening to the radio in my truck traveling down the freeway. They were talking about a small airplane hitting one of the towers of the WTC. And, as they were monitoring the TV, they stated that another plane had hit the other tower. At that point, I picked up my cell phone and called DH to let him know. Since he worked construction, I knew he would not have heard. As I pulled up to the barn, they announced that the Pentagon had been hit. My heart fell into my stomach. I picked up my puppy who was sitting next to me in the truck and hugged her. For the next few hours, the farrier and I talked about how the world had just changed. We also discussed the possibility of the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant being a target(I lived near Phoenix at the time). We finished up and both of us went home to be with our loved ones and grieve. Although I did not lose a loved one that day, my thoughts and prayers are with those that did. God Bless America, the greatest nation in the world!

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

I was sitting at the lunch table in the private school I attended, waiting on my teacher to heat up my small containet of Chef Boy Ardee spaghetti & meatballs, when she told me my mom was coming to get me, and I could eat at home. I didn't know why, but hey, I was going home. Fine by me.


Then I got home...and sat on the foot of my mom's bed, watching the scenes, over and over and over and over... not understanding at first. When it hit me what happened, I cried...felt nauseous...felt totally, and completely helpless.

 

[Southernbelle]

I was home with my 18-month-old daughter and another toddler I babysat. I was 4 months into my 2nd pregnancy and sick as a dog. I suffered with hyperemesis with each pregnancy (where you vomit all day, every day through the whole pregnancy) and had already lost 17 lbs with this one.

I'm embarrassed to admit I was letting the toddlers have a Veggie Tales movie marathon because I was too sick to play with them. In between switching the tapes, I caught a glimpse of smoking buildings and panicked people. I sat and watched the people running and wondered what kind of world I was bringing this little baby into. My husband came home and we watched the coverage all day.

What really broke me down was the stories of the people trapped in the towers who knew they weren't going to get out and they would call their loved ones and leave messages on their machines telling them good-bye. Oh, it never fails to make my cry! So much loss!

 

[Jessika]

It was my 25th Birthday......

lol

 

[newchickenfamily]

Boy, I'll never forget that day. Just happened to turn on the TV right as they started reporting it here on the West Coast. DH was getting ready to leave for work. We ended up sitting on the couch all day watching in shocked disbelief. I remember being thankful at the time thay my DD was only a baby and I wouldn't have to try to explain the horror to her at that moment....

My thoughts go out to all of the families and friends that lost loved ones on that day.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

My DD had just moved to Italy in late August and we were trying out our fax machines to each other since she had just gotten a fax machine that week in Sept. I had the TV on to the Today Show and was having to tell her to find an American news station to turn on of what was happening... We must have faxed each other 100 times that day........

Now she works at the Pentagon and I worry and remember everyday to count blessings ....

 

[mangled]

We were living in Arizona at the time, and my phone rang after 6 AM, and I ignored it, because I had worked until 4 AM, and really had just gotten to sleep. Then it rang again, and again. I got up and my mother was yelling at me to get out of bed and turn on the TV.

I woke my husband up and we got out to the living room TV in time to see the second plane hit the WTC. We had just started trying to get pregnant and I remember wondering what kind of world was I trying to bring a baby into?

I was on jury duty at the time, and they had the coverage on every TV, and I was so sick and depressed from sitting in those waiting rooms all day, just watching the coverage. There were a couple hundred of us, and no one talked, we just all sat quiet and were transfixed.

Terrible, terrible stuff.

I was in school for my BSN at the time, and I was walking to class the morning they began to let planes fly again. University of Phoenix is pretty close to the airport, and I remember hearing a jet and stopped to watch it, and looked around and noticed that EVERYBODY that was walking had just stopped and looked up. It was a moment I'll remember my whole life.

God Bless those abroad defending us today, and God bless anyone here with loved ones abroad.

Your loved ones are the reason we're free today.
Em