Where were you - 7 years ago today?

PrairieMom wrote: i remember I had worked the night before so I was asleep when the attacks started, but Dh was at work, and had been watching the whole thing on TV. He called me right away, and I tuned in in time to see the 2nd plane hit. I still remember how scared I felt when I realized that the first plane hitting wasn't some sort of a freak accident. I have never felt like that before or sense. What a scary day.

Kaitlin'smom replied: I was on my way to work when I heard about the first one I thought how dumb can you be not to see a big tower like that, how crazy it was hit. then while at work the second one got hit and it was then I realised what was going on and felt very strange all day, and even more when I was outside and there wwas NO planes in the air at all, it was a creepy feeling.

lisar replied: I was at work at the city, and someone came running to my desk and told me what happend. We all went into one of the bosses offices he had this little 12inch tv in there and there were about 100 of us standing around watching this tv. About an hour later we were kicked out of the building, I worked in a government building and there were bomb threats to it, so they sent us all home.

5littleladies replied: I was home asleep. Dh called me from work and asked me to turn on the t.v. and see what was going on. My brother and Sara (Roo'sMama) came over and we watched all day long-I don't even remember feeding the girls. I think our t.v. was on for about 4 days straight.

mammag replied: I was at home with Conner & babysitting. The kids and Chris were gone. One of the moms I watched for called and told me about the first one so I turned it on and saw the 2nd. She worked at DSCC here in Cols and they ended up sending everyone home in case something happened there.

I got on the phone with my 2 sisters and stayed that way throughout the whole thing. I remember pacing back and forth with a mixture of fear, sadness, and anger. Chris ended up coming home early and we drove over to the school thinking of picking Kristen up early but then decided to not upset her and leave her. We drove home and were glued to the tv for days.

MyBabeMaddie replied: Oh geez, I was in High School and school practically shut down - Just about everyone's parents came to pick them up that day (except mine, lol) Every single classroom had a TV tuned in and we just sat around watching TV all day. My friends sister worked in the WTC and she had to go to the nurse with a severe panic attack. I remember looking out the window waiting to see a plane crash outside our school.

JulieJ replied: I was living in Fl just waking up. A radio station here played what they called a montage and I just couldn't listen to it. While I know it is important to remember and I think about it almost daily, I don't want to hear people screaming and relive that day. My heart goes out to those families who were directly effected by this, as we all have been indirectly effected. My heart is heavy today. God Bless America!

lesliesmom replied: I was at work. My dad called me to tell me a commercial jet had crashed into one of the towers - the law firm I work with deals with aviation defense so we always follow stories like this. At that time, we just thought it was one. I ran to our conference room and turned on the TV and saw the 2nd one hit. Of course, by then we were starting to realize what was happening. My husband was working about 1-1 1/2 hourse away and had a talk radio show at the time so he couldn't leave work or anything. DD#1 was almost 7 weeks old and had started daycare just 6 days before. It was actually only her 4th day. I remember calling the daycare and letting them know. Since I work in the city of Detroit - close to all the courts, between the Canadian tunnel and bridge - my office shut down so we could get out in case anything happened here. I remember just racing to get to Leslie and just hold her. After I got her, I spent the day with my parents or else I would have been an hour away from them (and DH) for the day.

jcc64 replied: Dh called me and told me about the first, we watched as the 2nd one hit, and then I went into panic mode b/c my brother was an intensive care physician in a major NYC hospital burn unit and my dad was a first responder (EMT) put on call at a staging area just across the river in Jersey. I didn't know if NY would be hit again with them in the middle of it. The city completely shut down that day, and unless you're familiar with the infrastructure of NYC, you can't fully appreciate how crazy that is. My office was just twenty blocks north and I couldn't get in touch with anyone at work because they were all walking, WALKING as far away from downtown as they could. Remember, NY is an island- kind of hard to escape when the bridges are closed to traffic.
Coming from that area, I was well aware that many people I'd gone to high school with or grew up with worked in those towers everyday. In the end, I knew several people who either perished or had family in there. No one close, but people I knew.
To this day, when I hear a low flying plane in NYC, I kind of freeze. And I can no longer ride into the city on a train w/o thinking about getting blown up by a terrorist bomb. I'm sure I'm not alone.

MommyToAshley replied: Since we work from home, we were home but didn't have the TV on at first. My sister called to tell me about the first tower. I turned the TV on just before the second plane hit and watched as the newscaster realized this was no accident. It was such an eery, scary, horrifying moment. Then as we realized how many lives were lost, it was so saddening... and as the days went on it was heartbreaking to hear all the stories.

My2Beauties replied: I was in college and I remember our professor saying that he had just got a call to end class because we were under attack. Class let out and there was a TV on downstairs by the cafeteria and there were hundreds of people just standing around looking at the TV. Our whole city shut down that day too, all the buildings closed, my job closed as well, I had to go into work that day at 1pm and my supervisor called me and said not to come in, they were shutting down. Classes were cancelled. I just watched TV all day long. It was an eerie eerie day!

MommyToAshley replied:
It was horrifying to watch on TV. I can only imagine what it was like to be in the middle of it, have people you love be so close to danger. I think you are right, I would imagine your are not the only New Yorker that freezes at the sound of a low flying airplane or hesitates to get on the subway.

mckayleesmom replied: I was at home downstairs in my room in the basement. My little brother yelled down to me that a plane crashed into the world trade center. I thought he was misunderstanding some information or something. I came upstairs just in time to hear the reporter say "oh Sh**" and the second plane to get hit. I will forever hear that reporters words in my head when I read or think about 9-11. That was the moment I realized it wasn't an accident.

punkeemunkee'smom replied: I was still laying in bed with Tay. Bill had left 2 days before to take his mom to Illinois to see his grandpa who was sick. He called me and asked if I was watching TV. I turned it on in time to see the 2nd plane hit.... ..... I am crying now thinking about it. I was so scared.... I went to my best friends house for the day. We both had new babies and we just sat there and watched TV all day and held the kids-not knowing what would happen. I have tons of family on the East coast. Some that work at times in NYC so I was so scared for them and for their friends. I think the anger set in about 3 days later. My grandpa had a major heart attack and I was so scared to fly to see him with the baby-I felt robbed somehow. We did end up having to fly to his funeral in DC a week after that National was still closed so we ended up flying into Baltimore and driving in...the security was insane but I still did not feel safe. We flew back to Texas 4 days later and had to fly out the next morning to Illinios as Bill's grandpa had passed the day we flew home from Va.....

God BLESS America and all our men and women fighting for our freedom and safety!!!!!!

Danalana replied: Oh gosh...I'll never forget that day.
My roommate and I had just gotten up, when a friend called and said "turn on your tv. A plane just hit the World Trade Center!" So we turned it on, and we just were stunned. But when the second one hit, we knew what it meant...and it still sends chills up my spine to think about. We went to my best friend's workplace and watched for a long time.
There are 2 other things that stick out in my mind about that day. One is the way we all came together as Americans...didn't matter who was Republican or Democrat...or whatever. We were all together in surviving, you know? It's almost like the rest of the world was with us too. I even remember them interviewing people from around the world and someone from France said "Today, we are ALL Americans".
The other thing (and please don't make any slams) was when they notified the President. If you remember, he was in Florida, reading to some kids. I can still remember that person whispering in his ear, and I'll never forget that look in his eye. I can't explain it, but that brought so much comfort to me. No matter how you felt about the man, it was still kinda like your "daddy" was going to go after the "bullies". I remember thinking what a weight it would be on your shoulders, to have someone attack your country, killing so many innocent people. Having to make a decision about what to do (I know we all have opinions, but we weren't faced with that decision and, thank GOD, we won't be)....
I cried and cried that day....I'm crying now, just thinking about it.
I went to work at Sam's the next day, and it was like a different world. Gas lines out to the highway, and just a weight that hadn't been there before. The only 2 songs that played all day in Sam's were "I Will Survive", by Donna Sommer (Summer?) and "Angel", by Sarah McLaughlin...

luvbug00 replied: i was at work in the daycare of the gym. we had the Tv on when the news flash came on. saw the secound plane hit. my stomach just flipped.
Mya's papa was at the pentagon. He was on the other side of the building and was evacuated i don't remember how long it took him to contact us but it felt like forever.
Mya wore her red, white and blue today and I am too in memory of all those lost.

MomToJade&Jordan replied: I was in WV. We were asleep when my MIL came in and said turn on the TV the WTC has been bombed. Of course I didn't believe it, but we scrambled up to do just that. We had turned it on right after the North Tower went down. I took a look at the smoke and the destruction and just started to cry. We were on route to Hawaii and I had no idea if we were even going to make it there. The phone kept on ringing and I was sure that everyone was someone calling to tell Ex that he was being called up for duty. The worst part of it for me was I wasn't home near my family. I don't think we walked away from the TV once that day. It amazes me that 7 years has passed since that tragic day. God bless the familes who lost a loved one that day and God bless the men and women all over the world who continue to defend our freedom so something this horrific won't happen again.

Calimama replied: I was a freshman in high school watching it on tv.

A&A'smommy replied: i was at home in bed and my grandmother called I was 15 at the time, we turned the tv and I saw the second plane hit it was insane... remember all the loved ones in your prayers today. I know we prayed for them at our bible study this morning

Kirstenmumof3 replied: My FIL was driving me to work, I worked in a Highschool Cafeteria. We were listening to the radio and heard about the first plane hitting the tower. All morning we had the radio on to hear updates on what was going on. As soon as I got home I started watching the horror unfold on the TV and couldn't believe what had happened. Such a tragedy, so many lives lost, so many people affected. This should never have happened!

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: DH was on a work trip in Seattle. He called me that morning and told me to turn on the TV fast. First tower was already hit. I watched the second airplane hit. Cried. Sat home alone stunned and worried about DH being in another state. He couldn't get a plane out, so he and other coworkers rented a van and drove. We were a month away from our wedding day. It was hard to plan the best day of your life after what happened.

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I was a Sr in Highschool, sitting next to my best friend in Psychology class.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I was in college and was in the cafeteria when they turned the TVs on and we saw that the first plane had hit. I watched for a few minutes but had to leave for class before the 2nd plane hit - no one notified us about it so we had the entire 90 minute class with everyone still thinking it was a freak accident. I remember leaving to walk back to my dorm and wondering where everyone was - the campus seemed to be completely empty. I got back and had a series of IMs waiting for me from my friend across campus detailing everything that was happening - she knew I didn't have a tv so she just kept typing everything they showed. I immediately went down to her dorm and sat and watched TV with her & her roommate for the rest of the day.

Crystalina replied: I had just gotten out of bed and turned on the t.v. I thought it was a movie so I changed the channel and then realized it was on all the channels and yelled into the bedroom to DH that something was going on but I couldn't figure out just what. He then carried Izabella out with him and we just stood in front of the t.v. staring and trying to make sense of what was going on. Shortly after that the phone started ringing and didn't stop for about 2-3 days.

Izabella was only 5 mos. old.

:ETA:

This was all before the second plane hit. We watched the second plane hit and were totally speechless and by then I was in tears.

redchief replied: I was at work at the plumbing business. First thing I did was go get my father off the beach (he was treasure hunting and didn't have a clue). Then I did what nearly every other first responder in this country did, I went to the firehouse.

In the days that followed I worked 48 hours straight here so that our ambulance and a crew could go to NYC to help out. Our ambulance was one of only a few non-NYC units that actually transported injured from the WTC site to a hospital (not that there wasn't plenty of help - it was just one of those right time, right place things.)

TANNER'S MOM replied: Oh man reading this just makes me cry. That day is ingrained in my mind forever.

I was at work at a large corp. I was listening to the radio in my cube and at first I thought it was a clip from a movie and then I heard the male Dh I listened to every morning start to cry. We ran the conference room when the 2nd tower hit. I remember being so sick at my stomach and in shock! I remember just realizing life would never be the same.

There was a woman whose son was station in the Middle East and she stood up and screamed b/c she knew it meant war and she was right. Later she did loose her son there.

On my lunch break DH came and got me and I couldn't go back to work. He said I just want to pray and we went to a prayer service and held hands and cried together b/c we knew life was lost and we realized life for our children had changed so much.

I remember watching TV and not turning it off and not being able to sleep or eat. I remember wearing red, white and blue and I remember making ribbons for my whole family and friends.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: I was watching the Today Show when they interrupted with the "breaking news." It was horrible. I remember thinking it was all a mistake. I didn't take my eyes off the TV for days. I didn't leave the house for a week or so. I remember seeing flags everywhere and I had to turn around and go home b/c I was crying too hard to drive. I remember everyone was "together." Like Dana quoted France saying "Today, we are all Americans." The world really did stop turning. Several TV shows were cancelled, the stock market closed, as well as several businesses. It was a sad, sad day.

boyohboyohboy replied: I was on bed rest, pregnant with caleb. My mom was watching it and had decided not to call me because she was afraid it might make me go into labor, but then my sister was at the pentigon mall, working and my mom had spoken to her and she was outside on the grass watching a horrible day unfold. she called me and told me. I agree with tara I have never felt like I did that day since.

jem0622 replied: I had just parked my car when I heard of the first plane that hit the tower and thought to myself 'that sounds really strange...a plane hitting one of the towers in NYC???' I went inside to the career center (I had just been laid off of work) and they soon after announced about all of the mayhem. Nathan was in daycare. I was frantic...because we were 30 minutes from the Pentagon (if that). I took two strangers home safely because they feared riding public transportation, and I picked up Nathan from daycare. I was so numb from everything, and bawled my eyes out for who knows how long.

Remembering the fallen heroes, the loved ones, the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, sons, daughters, grandparents, friends, and coworkers who lost their lives on this day 7 yrs ago. It is permanently etched in my memory. I will never forget.

Bamamom replied: I was in my dean's office on my way to teach a class. Her DH called to tell her and she told me that a plane had hit the WTC. I think I said "Huh, how about that." In my mind it was a little seasna or something. When I got to class my students told me it was a commercial plane and then someone came in late and told us about the second plane. I turned class out early and spent the day on the internet trying to find out news - we didn't have TV's around.

luvmykids replied: I was at home, on the couch with a cup of coffee watching the Today show. I called DH to tell him about the freak accident that I thought the first plane was and was beyond shock and disbelief when the second plane hit....I thought something was wrong that was jamming something in the planes and when they started talking about it being an attack I just couldn't wrap my mind around it I called DH back and then called everyone else I knew to tell them to turn on their tv. I was glued to the tv for I don't know how many days after that and cried so many times when people talked about not knowing if their loved ones got out, or that someone they knew was on the planes.

I remember being very scared when the plane hit the Pentagon, it dawned on me then how real it was and how serious these people were about doing real damage to our country.

This morning I was putting our flag up and was remembering how I'd always heard people ask each other "Where were you when JFK got shot?"....I never thought our generations would have a similar question.

lovemy2 replied: I was at work in a high rise building in our downtown It was very freaky and we started off listening to it on the radio - I had to leave to go to a chiro appt. - I parked in a hotel parking garage across the street as I walked into the hotel to go to my car I saw the second plane hit - I watched - quite freaked out - got into my car and headed to my appt. - I called my Mom since it dawned on me that maybe I shouldn' t be driving on the road - I went back to work, we got sent home, DH did too - we had no kids or anything at the time - we just watched and watched and watched TV - we have some friends - one who worked in the WTC who was walking into the building as the first plane hit - thankfully he had the smarts to leave, get his car and get the heck out of NYC before the bridges closed, etc. - it was quite scary - my roommates from college live in Long Island - I spent hours on the phone with them in the coming days/weeks.....

It made me seriously question whether or not I SHOULD have kids - bringing them into a world like that didn't seem to be the best idea....

And then I got married 18 days later.... ....all the groomsmen wore read, white and blue ribbons on their tuxes and we had a candle lit on the alter for all the victims.....