Comments on: Remembering September 11, 2001 – where were you on 9/11?

By: bank reconciliation

bank reconciliation — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:55:13 +0000

I was in my office when I saw those heart breaking footages in news. It was really fruststing to see those and to be in such a situation. That is really a black day in American History.

By: Fawn Astrid

Fawn Astrid — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:18:31 +0000

I was in my dorm room at Hofstra University. Since I was a college student I was still asleep when the first tower was hit. My roommate had left her tv on and I woke up to the news coverage. My building had a clear view of Manhattan from the 13th floor lounge.

I made it up to the 13th floor just as the tv reporters were announcing that the second tower has been hit.

From my view, it looked like Manhattan had been decimated. Smoke filled the sky. It was devastating.

By: mike harrison

mike harrison — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:17:27 +0000

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By: Greg Fleischaker

Greg Fleischaker — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:58:33 +0000

Like everyone else here, I remember all too well where I was that day. My wife was flying from Boston to L.A. that day and I hadn’t heard about the first plane. My sister called and asked about my wife and whether I had heard from her. I hadn’t. Then my wife’s company called asking if I had heard. And then her father. Of course I couldn’t reach her, all phone lines were down. I went home and watched on tv, trying her cell phone every 5 or 10 minutes, with no luck. It was the longest day, there was a real chance she had been on one of the planes to go into the towers. Eventually she called, had no clue what had happened, had been in a business meeting all day, and was very confused when we finally spoke and all I could do was cry.

By: mooersrealty

mooersrealty — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:14:38 +0000

The oldest of four, a daughter 16 was a page in Washington, where the plane went in to the Pentagon. She was in the Library of Congress when the Capitol police evactuated the place. I remember.

By: realdiggity

realdiggity — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:24:05 +0000

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By: Joe Loomer

Joe Loomer — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:08:56 +0000

An outstanding compilation of quotes, memories, and pictures. Thank you Lani.

I was in the Officers Club building aboard the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. In the Navy, there is a traditional transition period for those Sailors selected to the grade of Chief Petty Officer, the Chief Selectees (those soon to be promoted to Chief) were serving us established Chiefs breakfast. But I digress. Bump – otherwise known as Senior Chief Shannon Hickman – came in from the next-door lounge where the TV was on and said a plane had just crashed in to the WTC. I remembered a small aircraft once hit the towers, and my father had recounted the story of a bomber that accidentally struck the Empire State Building during WWII. I thought it was an accident, and was standing there watching live as the second plane hit. My very first thought was “we are at war.”

The Defense Language Institute trains all the military branches, all the Arabic, Persian-Farsi, Pashto, Hebrew, Urdu – you name it – linguists in service. For this very reason we were somewhat apprehensive that we would be targetted that day since these very linguists would certainly be needed for what was to come. Classes were cancelled for that day and the next – hung around the Navy HQ building with the other Chiefs, drinking coffee and watching the news non-stop – calming the young Sailors down.

Freedom isn’t free, and if we continue to allow minorities to dictate our security policies, to control our screening procedures for everything from drivers licenses to boarding a plane, we will find out again how costly Freedom truly can be. It will probably be soon.

Navy Chief, Navy Pride

By: Robert D. Ashby

Robert D. Ashby — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:50:33 +0000

I am late to this post as I am currently in Brasil. I decided this year not to post my usual on the subject, mostly because I have limited internet access down here. That being said, let me answer the question of where I was…

I was living in Northern Virginia at the time and could see the smoke from the Pentagon. Some of you know I actually fly for American Airlines (since 2000), so I knew some of the crew that were on the aircraft involved. Needless to say, I received numerous phone calls that day making sure I wasn’t one of them. I was also there, with my son, when we began flying again, taking part in the ceremony which involved an American flag being flown around the country. And of course, we live in the aftermath everyday.

That day is one I will never forget!

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