5 years ago today...

[Steff]

8:46 eastern time flight 11 crashed into WTC North.

 

 

for all those who lost friends, family, and co-workers.

[Brian]

I got up, went straight to the shower without turning my TV on. Turned my bathroom radio on, which was the Score at the time, and think Murph and Fred were talking about how it was an accident at the WTC. I was like, "huh?". While in the shower, they went to cbs news the rest of the day after the 2nd plane hit. Couldn't believe my eyes when I got back to my room and turned the TV on.

[Steff]

I got up, went straight to the shower without turning my TV on. Turned my bathroom radio on, which was the Score at the time, and think Murph and Fred were talking about how it was an accident at the WTC. I was like, "huh?". While in the shower, they went to cbs news the rest of the day after the 2nd plane hit. Couldn't believe my eyes when I got back to my room and turned the TV on.

 

 

 

I was already at work. Spent most of the day in the lunchroom watching.

 

Howard is replaying his show from that day right now... It's so surreal to hear their speculation and reaction to the events as they happened.

[Brian]

I was already at work. Spent most of the day in the lunchroom watching.

 

Howard is replaying his show from that day right now... It's so surreal to hear their speculation and reaction to the events as they happened.

 

I downloaded that whole show about a year after it all happened. I wanted to strangle Robin than more than anyother time I listened to the show. She sounded like such a dingbat.

[southsider2k5]

I was already at work. Spent most of the day in the lunchroom watching.

 

Howard is replaying his show from that day right now... It's so surreal to hear their speculation and reaction to the events as they happened.

 

Being downtown in the financial district when this was going on was something else. The speculation and the fear was something I never want to experience again. The thing was that is was nothing compared to what my collegues in NYC had to go through.

 

for the 2749 people who perished, and for all of their family, friends, coworkers, and everyone else who don't have a day go by that they aren't missing them.

[Steff]

I downloaded that whole show about a year after it all happened. I wanted to strangle Robin than more than anyother time I listened to the show. She sounded like such a dingbat.

 

 

 

They all sounded nuts, as I remember I sounded also. No one knew what was going on.

[Queen Prawn]

I was at work celebrating a co-worker's bday. Our other co-worker arrived late (at about 8:30) and told us what happened. We ran to our computers to see what we could find. I tried calling Brian but he was online (back in our dial up days) so I IMed him and he went by his sister's house (he didn't have a TV at that time).

 

At work, when we realized what was going on, we went to the warehouse where everyone gathered around the TV. That jackass that was the GM a the time made us go back to work after the first building fell. Some went home at 11 and the rest of us stayed and was glued to our computers and phones (with family). That was the first time I heard my mom cry since my grampa's death.

[Texsox]

I was getting ready to head to the airport and pick up a group from Milwaukee. They never made it past O'Hare. They had a short layover in Chicago and while taxiing, the plane was stopped and eventually returned to the gate.

 

I had just gotten out of the shower and the Today show was on. At first, not really realizing the size of the WTC, I assumed it was a small single engine plane with a suicidal pilot. As it was sinking in that it was a plane of that size and all the ramifications, the second hit. I spent the rest of the day in prayer and glued to the TV.

[Chisoxfn]

I remember that day, being woken up by mom who said a plane crashed into the WTC. I assumed it was an accident and a small prop plane that must of hit it but than turned on FoxNews just before the 2nd plane hit and than the first tower fell. I had my 2nd or 3rd week of college that morning so I listened to it in the car and went to my first class and than the campus was closed so I went to my dad's office where we all watched the news for the entire day.

 

Prayers go out to all of those that were effected on that tragic day :prays

[Rex Kickass]

I was at work. After the first 30 minutes of fright, I was told to go technical produce local emergency coverage of the events happening. I was shut off into work mode for the next nine hours.

[MinnesotaSoxFan]

I really didn't have any emotions going when the planes hit but when they were showing people jumping out of the buildings, I just cried.

[Gregory Pratt]

I was at the hospital. At this point in my life, I'd torn my tendons and nerves in my right hand and needed an operation to fix them. I had it, and had to go to Mount Sinai Hospital periodically to be looked at by specialists, as far as progress went. We were watching God knows what, and then CBS news came on. I knew right away that terrorism was at hand, as I'd been reading about al-Qaeda and other organizations at the time.

 

I was calm, surprisingly enough. It wasn't a shocking thing for me, per se. I don't think I've ever gone into SHOCK in my life, and I've never been speechless, but at that moment, I thought it was the worst thing I've ever seen. I wasn't speechless -- I was disgusted. I was angry. These poor men leaping out of a hundred story building. Awful, awful stuff.

 

Some fellow said, "This is what happens when imperialists run a country, this happens to their people," and I said to him, "What kind of masochist are you?" then we all huddled together and talked about al-Qaeda in the waiting room and terrorism and shared our fears about attacks. It was calm in that room, but for the Imperialist-Basher.

 

My hand was fine, and that day was my last one going to the hospital.

 

My friend's wife-to-be died in the WTC that day. We still talk about it sometimes, but he's doing all right.

[Steff]

My friend's wife-to-be died in the WTC that day. We still talk about it sometimes, but he's doing all right.

 

 

 

We know 3 friends of friends who knew someone who died that day but no one directly. Very glad to hear he's doing well.

[MinnesotaSoxFan]

at 10:11 am on 9/11/01 the 1st scrolling text on the bottom screen on news channels appears.

[The Critic]

I work in the Sears Tower, but I had to go to one of our other downtown locations that morning. I passed the break room and saw the first Tower on fire. I asked a friend what happened and he said "a plane hit the World Trade Center, they think it's an accident". I went in and watched just as the second plane hit. I told my friend "this is no accident". I realized that I left all my stuff at the Tower, so I went there to get my things.

( - I know )

I had to swim through the stream of people going home to get to the elevators.

I checked my voice mails and there was one from our regional director, who said that since there was no direct threat to the Sears Tower we would conduct "business as usual until and unless we hear otherwise".

10 minutes later we got the word to go home.

The train ride home was eerie - no one was really talking, and I put my Walkman on to hear the news on the radio.

It was really odd seeing not one plane in the sky. I felt bad for all the stranded people at Midway Airport.

[Balta1701]

The 2nd tower collapsed at 9:29 CST. I didn't have any early classes that day, so my alarm went off at 9:30 CST.

 

I still remember which song I woke up to that morning. The next time I heard that song was the day a month later where the other plane crashed in Brooklyn.

[Texsox]

12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.

 

Most US workers living here and working in Mexico were making a mad dash for the border. People were worried the borders would be closed and they would be stuck in Mexico until repatriated. People on the US side were frantically calling over to Mexico.

[xBOOSTx]

 

9.11.01

[SnB]

I was in my 2nd period spanish class, sophomore year of high school, when they made the announcment over the PA.

[RockRaines]

I was on my way to class, and glanced at the tv after the plane hit, and saw the 2nd plane crash, and thought, holy crap this is on purpose. They cancelled classes that day and everyone was glued to the TV,.

[CanOfCorn]

I remember getting out of the shower as well...watching the Today Show. The first one had hit...and right when I turned the TV on, the second one hit. I must've been in shock as well, cuz I just left the house, turned on the CD Walkman and went to work reading the paper.

 

When I got to work in the Wrigley Building, no one was at their desk, they were all in the play area watching tv. THAT'S when it truly hit me. About a half an hour later, the crawl at the bottom of the screen said they were shutting down buildings and the Wrigley Building crawled by...we all kinda looked at each other like, "Wait, our building is closed? What are we doing here?"

 

So, slowly but surely we all start to leave. Got to my girlfriend's house around 11 and was trying to call friends the rest of the day. I'll never forget where I was or the feelings I had about my friends that work in that general vicinity and the relief I felt when I found out they were ok.

[tonyho7476]

Howard is replaying his show from that day right now... It's so surreal to hear their speculation and reaction to the events as they happened.

 

There was also so much mis-information out there...and Howard kept mentioning all these reporst he was hearing...that were wrong.

 

I didn't hear the show that day, so I wanted to hear it now. Especially with hands on accounts from people in and around the city. What a horrific day.

[DrunkBomber]

I was at college at SIU waiting to go to class and was watching the news. It was one of the hardest days of my life because it took me hours to get a hold of someone at American Airlines. My mom has been a flight attendant for 35 years and the effects of that day still impact us.

[Rowand44]

Walking to my math class and when I got in there the tv's were on with both towers actually being hit.

Edited September 11, 2006 by Rowand44

[Texsox]

Dear Fellow Democrat,

 

Today we remember many things.

 

We remember where we were. We remember the scenes on television.

 

We remember the victims who were murdered. We remember the families and loved ones they left behind.

 

We remember the heroes who charged into danger to save lives.

 

We remember a moment of unity at home and around the world, where people rallied around a single mission and a common sense of justice that must be done.

 

Today we face many challenges at home and abroad. And too often it's too easy to be distracted by the politics, the pundits, and the posturing.

 

We must always remember that the dangers we face know no political party, and the solutions and leadership we need now go beyond ideology.

 

We must meet these challenges head-on -- remembering to stand together in action as we live together under threat. We are all Americans.

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

 

We will not be silent.

 

Today we remember many things.

 

And tomorrow, back on the campaign trail, we will remember to take with us the plain truth and a commitment to true justice for all those whose lives were transformed on this day five years ago.

 

Thank you.

 

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.