Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?

[kellieg1]

I was at work listening to Steve and DC on the radio. Steve said that something hit the WTC...at first I thought it was a joke then I told my supervisor about it and thats what he said too....then they just kept talking about it then they said OH,MY GOD ANOTHER PLANE HIT.. (see Steve and DC were always playing jokes on people so thats why we thought they were joking about it)then we knew it wasn't a joke...by that time it was all over the office. Our pres( of the office). had a tv in his office and it was turnded on about that time. Some people were working and some not. I'll never forget that day. Or the days following. see we live in the flight path of STL. and on the day and many others there was no planes flying!!!

The 12th I walked outside and there was nothing. No planes flying nothing....I looked up and and kinda freaked out. I remember the sky being soo blue that day.

A few days later I was talking to one of the ladies in another department, and she said that she was to be on one of those flights that hit the towers but she got sick here (MO) and couldn't make to NYC before.

 

[Fierlin1182]

Wow, that must've been so scary!

I'm so glad he was okay.

 

[quintinp]

I was in kindergarten, I remember a big panic at the school. And that same day, we put red, white, and blue cups in a fence, to make a U.S. Flag. Then we got little U.S. flags, and each of us took a picture next to the big cup-flag, while holding the little flag.

 

[WriterofWords]

I was working at HELSTF, the High Energy Laser System Test Facility on White Sands Missile Range. We were sent to the bottom of the dome where the laser fires from, we had no contact with the outside world. That included my then 9 year old son who was at school.

 

[BorderKelpie]

Dallas.

I worked the evening shift at DoD, so I was still in bed when my then hubby (ex now) yelled at me to get up and see this.

I was angry with him for getting me out of bed to watch a movie. Then I realized it wasn't a movie. I was heartbroken, shocked, and scared. Most of my family was/are military.

I went in to work at AAFES HQ. It was a ghost town. I have never seen it empty, never. A guard advised me to go on back home. Creepy.

On a weird side note, while we were watching the news, my dogs were all in the house with us as they always were. I guess the tension or stress we were feeling got to them. They broke out into the worst fight I have ever witnessed. Four dogs trying to kill each other in the living room with two toddlers trying to scramble out of the way. My hubby and I would grab dogs and toss them aside just to have them jump back in and continue. I don't know how we finally broke them up especially with no human injuries, but those four dogs could never be loose together again. For the rest of their lives, they targeted each other. Bizarre.

I still cry when I think of that terrible time.

 

[Fierlin1182]

I think it'll be fine, they've got New York up to its eyeballs in max security.

And 9/11 is just about over here.

 

[oneofseven]

Let everyone take a moment, be you Christian, Jew, Muslem, or anything else. Remember our fallen brothers and sisters of the tragedy that occurred ten years ago, today. Remember that Hate and Love cannot occupy your heart at the same time. It was hatred that motivated those terrorists to murder thousands of innocent people. Never forget what happened, but do not let hatred spoil the Love inside yourself. Spend time with your friends and family and celebrate the life you have together.

 

[ginbart]

You are right, let us never forget.

 

[sheila3935]

Very well said. I still cry when I see something about it and I personally did not lose anyone I knew, but I felt I knew all of the people that didnt make it out.

 

[teach1rusl]

Yes.