Where were you 12 years ago today?

[rivrrts429]

Every year on this day is slightly different than the rest.

I can remember just about every detail from that day. It was unbelievable watching that day unfold on television.

God bless the heroes and victims of that day.



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[314joey]

I vividly remember were I was, at the office and I went into the office kitchen to get a soda and the first plane juts hit the first tower, I about pissed on myself, the rest is tragic history, sad day in all our lives, I still pray for all those lost, RIP.

[RVR SWPR]

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[WMC]

I was glued to the TV at home. We Will Never Forget.

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[Wendi]

I was getting ready for work that morning and my nanny called and said turn on the TV. I watched as the 2nd plane hit the WTC it was a horrific site to see and I will never forget . I remember it very clearly. I went into the office. They called us into the conference room and let us know that everyone in our Manhattan office was safe and said we all should go home and be with our families. I went home and was glued to the TV. Very tragic and I will never forget. God Bless to all those that parished, to all the heroes that stepped in to help and to all the survivors!17860

[riverrunner1984]

It was my senior year of High School.
I had an "A" Period (starts at 7 instead of 8) so I was up early.
Watching the TV with my mom and saw the second plane hit the tower on TV.
The whole day at school, every class room had a TV wheeled in so that we can watch the history unfold...
I remember it like it was yesterday.

[rivrrts429]

I was a branch manager for one of our equipment yards.

All kinds of construction was taking place as we were in a remodel/expansion.

Work was about to get started when the first plane hit. I had about 30 guys in my office huddled around a little 20" tv in an office no bigger than a standard bedroom size.

For the next two hours you could hear a pin drop.

Big strong guys were overcome with emotion. In that instant you could feel a bond between strangers, and later that day there would be a bond between the entire country. The patriotism was worn on our sleeves that day.

I closed up shop and sent everybody home to hug their families by mid morning that day. Trying to make a dollar wasn't near as important as being with family at that time.

I still see those guys from time to time. To this day it's a handshake that has a little more meaning than most when we cross paths.

Never forget!

[Paul65K]

I remember that I was up early as usual and watching Mark Haynes on CNBC before going into the office. It was surreal watching things unfold......at first they thought that the first plane had mistakenly flown into the WTC, but watching on CNBC was even more realistic as they were in NYC and more real was that they all had friends working inside the WTC.....If I remember correctly Kidder/Peabody was on the 100th floor and they all knew people there.

When the 2nd plane went in we watched it real time as there were cameras on the WTC watching the damage from the 1st plane.......I'll never forget the stunned silence when that happened. Soon after that was the Pentagon and then within an hour the first tower came down everyone was stunned, in shock almost and then all hell broke loose!!

I realized that I had to get to work as I was responsible for a large call center in those days and large number of the people working there were parents with families and I knew that there would be lots of issues. I decided to close the call center and let everyone be with their families.....what a day!!!

Prayers as always with the families of those who perished in that cowardly act that fateful day

[Stainless]

I was working on an interstate hwy widening project, within a couple of hours of the news it became eerie how traffic diminished on the roadways.

[RogerThat99]

I was demoing a house out in a rural area. We had 5 guys sitting on 5 gal buckets, huddled around a radio. I didn't see any video until I got home that night.

On the way to the job I was listening to Howard Stern and I thought it was a joke at first.

[Cole Trickle]

I was living in garden grove....got out of the shower and turned on the radio while getting ready. I was listening to power 106 and you could tell in the first 5 seconds by the tone of big boys voice that some thing was majorly wrong.

I immediately turned on the TV and watched the damage and smoke the first plane created.

The freeways that morning were like a ghost town so I made it to work in half the normal time. Once at work we watched the second plane hit and the towers crumble before our eyes....I will never forget that day and the rest of the events that took place.:(

I had just left a job that was owned by aon corp. It really hit home as they lost a ton of people in the attack.

I will also never forget the Friday night after 9/11 . My wife and I would typically take my camaro out looking for some mustangs or supras to race. We ended up on main street in Huntington and the place was going off. Thousands of people were out on the street chanting USA and waiving flags. There were police everywhere and not a single person was out of control or being stupid. The stop sign became a burn out box. Tons of fast cars and hot rods out that night doing burn outs crossing the intersection. I will never forget getting to the stop sign as 100's of people chanted USA USA USA ...followed by do a burn out. There were a pair of officers right out my window and I looked over at them and they smiled and said go for it. My ss was pretty built up at the time so I hit the line lock and burned about a year worth of rubber off the tires. The white smoke was so thick it blanketed the street and the crowd got even louder.

It was easily one of the coolest moments of my life and I don't think I have ever felt like the people of our country were closer.

God speed to all that fell on that day....:(

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[McRib]

I was laying in bed starting to wake up. I was a corporal in the marine Corp stationed on camp Pendleton. I had an apt in Fallbrook just outside the naval weapons station gate. Some how I ended up with my head at the foot of my bed and I was on my back. I move my head a lil to glance at the tv and saw the first tower burning. I was like wft am I watching? I thought it was towering inferno from the 70's. I dozed off again and when I woke up I woke up to the 2nd planes impact. Now im even more like wtf this is not towering inferno! As I'm waking up im realizing im watch the news and I quickly showered and got into my uniform to try and haul ass to the base. I couldnt even get out of my apt complex cause the base was locked down and traffic was dead stopped and had been for a couple of hours. I called my office and they were instructing everyone to just stay home if you lived off base. I stayed home and watched the news all day feeling helpless. For the following month it would take me 3 hrs to get to work (12 miles) 3 months after 9/11 I was in country.

[hbchgirl]

I was getting ready for work watching the news and watched the second plane hit. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.... I immediately woke up my ex-husband and my son, who was 12 at the time. I could see the fear in my son's eyes...and he asked if we were going to be okay. I kept him home from school that day. I did go into work that day and everyone was glued to a TV or radio somewhere. God Bless all of those that lost their lives in the tragic attack on the U.S. on 9/11/01. WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

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I was actually lucky enough to visit NYC in May 2002 and see the WTC site. It was a big hole. It was unbelievable... they were still clearing out the rubble, nearby buildings were nothing but beams. There was a huge line waiting to tour the WTC site. There was a clothing store about block up from the WTC site that enclosed a small portion of their store that had been damaged from all of the debris and dust. It was hard to imagine what that city went through.

[NRI]

I was at home in Santa Clarita. I had just woken up, was having a cup of coffee and turned on thew news.... I was working for American Airlines at the time and called my Supervisor to see if they needed me to come in. God Bless all of the victims and their families!

[Stainless]

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[SofaKingFast]

I was getting up and getting ready for work. I was 20years old with a one year old daughter ( birthday is 9/07/00) I watched the first building burning and then drove to work listening to the radio. I got to work on santa ana and started watching the office tv. I remember the second building being hit. I remember the people jumping out of the buildings. All I wanted to do was make sure that my family was safe. My dad works near LAX at northrop grumman and my mom works at boeing near long beach airport. I called them and they were getting moved into safer locations, just in case. The business closed its doors and we all went home. On my way home I stopped by a US Navy recruiting office and joined. I left for boot camp shortly afterwards and was on a ship working on F-18's and did so for 6 yrs. I will never forget the poor innocent people that lose their lives and the poor families. I would go and fight at a moments notice to protect this country and my family.

[ChumpChange]

Woke up and flipped on the TV while getting ready to go to the gym. Only the first plane had hit at the time. At that point, it must have been some crazy accident of sorts. I jumped in my car and by the time I got to the gym, the second plane had hit. Didn't get much of a workout that day, just rode the bike in front of the TV until it was time to go to work. Watched TV at work all day in my office.

[RVRKID]

Was heading to work in Irvine sitting on the 91 and had a Tv and tuner in my truck so I had the news on right before the 2nd plane hit. What an unforgettable day!

[GRADS]

One of my biggest regrets in life is from that day. Made the crews come to work and work most of the day. In hind site I wish I would of sent them home to be with their loved ones. Can't take that one back.