Where were you ?

[Jmort1754]

21 years ago?

 

[WVelkhunter]

9th grade history class....one if those things you will never forget.

 

[Jmort1754]

I sat in junior business class with a Vietnam vet teacher. He had some choice words.

 

[Travis907]

Was working for a landscaping company at the ripe old age of 23. Definitely a moment in time we will never forget!!

 

[Lurch12]

English class in 7th grade. The teacher was a female veteran and she thought it was a hoax. She was the only teacher who didn’t have the news on.

 

[Rich M]

At work, someone called us into the conference room. Saw the second plane hit real time.

Well-liked Muslim guy we had was all giddy and happy, big burly redneck was getting ready to fix his smile. The redneck later quit and became a fireman. Muslim guy taught me how not everyone here loves this country.

Many heroes that day. Good people.

George W. gave away our rights to privacy.

 

[PA Archer]

6th grade math class. Stopped everything and watched the news for the rest of the day. Never Forget 9-11

 

[wysongdog]

Sitting in a trackhoe digging a pipeline in thru rock. Heard it on the radio brought everyone back to the yard and watched the news and then we all went home to be with our families.

 

[HaydenB]

I was in the second grade in Wellington TX. A little girl came and told me what happened. I remember the teachers panicking but I really couldn’t understand what was going on.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Working behind the gun counter at Kevin's Sporting goods in Tallahassee FL. We sold out of everything that day except for high end over and unders.

 

[OldGrayJB]

I was working a second shift job at the time, so I had the morning off. The following Saturday would be opening day of archery deer season and I was in the woods hanging my tree stand. When I got back to my truck, the radio was reporting that a "small plane" had hit the North tower.

 

[Heath423]

Found out while taking the trash out and preparing to check out of a rented vacation condo with my soon to be wife. Sad day.
I actually felt a little vulnerable being out of town away from most of my "protection". Never Forget!

 

[fwafwow]

On the 35 floor of a high rise office building in Atlanta. When I saw on TV the 2nd plane hit I started looking out the windows and decided to leave- I didn’t need or wait for the later order to evacuate.

 

[Novahunter]

21 years ago today remains the only day in my life I've stepped foot in New York city. Watched the towers burn. I was 17.

Don't have much desire to visit again.

 

[Fatcamp]

At home with a pregnant girlfriend. Watched the second plane hit and knew the world was in for some chaos.

 

[Pony Soldier]

Was eating breakfast getting ready to go to Lincoln,Mt to teach a class. They came down on the trip home.

 

[CoStick]

Lower Manhattan.

 

[CHWine]

Was the day before wine grape harvest. My guys were washing out bins and getting other equipment ready. I had the TV on and also saw the second plane hit live. Something I'll never forget. God bless those poor folks.

 

[Tourguide]

Pressing some small block chevy pistons and connecting rods together back in my machine shop days

 

[Go West Old Man]

At work, former employer/company. There was a tv in a small conference room and many of us in that part of the building were watching the news. Wasn’t long before we were all sharply told to get back to work in a terse tone like the unfolding events were not important. Later that afternoon, a staff level employee sent out an email to everyone asking if we could plan a moment of silence. A terse rebuttal from an executive management jackass followed saying that would not happen and something like that idea wasn’t supported by company policy. To this day, that insensitive act is sadly and vividly part of my 9/11 memory. I never really thought at that time how bad employees were treated sometimes (i.e., can’t see the forest for the trees), but that day gave me some unexpected realization. It unfortunately took another couple of years, but the good Lord was looking out for me and in an unexpected turn of events I was gone from that place. (did not get fired). One of the most blessed days of my life.