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kelly1981
The Day That Changed Everything....
Published: 3 months ago Views: 173 I remember I was at home, and felt like I should turn on the television, I don't know how or why but anyway...I did. The first channel that came on, wasn't that interesting, so I was just zapping through, till....I saw the news about a plane hitting the first time into the Twin Towers. I was shocked, like many probably were, I started crying when … -
HeartAndWings
First Grade
Published: 3 months ago Views: 128 It was the same day that the teacher told me to come in front of the class to read my story.. And i remember because i couldn't pronounce the word "Repeat" then another teacher came in while i was in the middle of my story and told us to turn on the news and our teacher did.. None of use knew what was going on and we were so scared.. It was also th… -
habatur
On That Very Day
Published: 3 months ago Views: 130 I was at work. Boss had TV in office, motioned to everyone to come look. I burst out laughing and saying, finally someone got tired of their bullshit... unless its just a plan for them to take away more rights from their people. Shame to learn that it was perpetrated by another group that likes to enslave citizens though. Well turns out it was bot… -
lmw1985
I Remember That Exact Moment
Published: 3 months ago Views: 119 On 9/11/01, I woke up to a frantic phone call from my older sister. She was crying and carrying on about some building in New York being destroyed. She wasn't making much sense so I turned on the tv to see if I could find anything on the news about what she was talking about. I honestly couldn't believe what I saw next. I was in complete shock as I… -
mononoaware
Freshman Spanish
Published: 3 months ago Views: 105 I was facing the windows, and the suspended tv, when an announcement came over the intercom and the office remotely turned on the tv's schoolwide. That was first block. We didn't get much learning done that hour, but by second block, I was ready to stop listening to it and get back to work. It's not that I didn't think it was a big deal. Hell, I w… -
zzab29
The Day Started Great However,
Published: 4 months ago Views: 108 I can remember 911 it was a perfect sunny fall day. I was going back to work from a dr appointment and was listening to the radio in my car. That was where I heard about the planes going into the WTC. I returned to work at the Navy base(I was in the Navy at the time). They immediately ramped up security because we though we could be a target becaus… -
TheStarSinger
Part Of The Last Generation
Published: 4 months ago Views: 82 I remember waking up that day, getting ready for another exciting day of the third grade. At the time I didn't even know what day it was, relatively I never really cared. I didn't have a schedule to keep on, aside from the days left till winter break. My Mom, who never failed to miss a morning news report, surely saw the atrocity which hogged p… -
MemphisCaliGirl
Seem's Like Yesterday
Published: 4 months ago Views: 87 Here's an essay I wrote about 9/11 in 2011. WHERE WERE YOU........... It amazes me how much all of our lives changed in just a blink of an eye on that early September morning. Millions of American's were beginning their work day, children rushing to classes, and life going on as normal as it always did with no inkling that all Hell was about t… -
RJ43
I Was Asleep When The First Plane Hit.
Published: 5 months ago Views: 76 I remember I was just getting up to get ready for work and my mom was up she had just turned on the Television. My sister had called her from work and told her about the attack. I looked at the images and was not only in shock but I for some reason thought it was all staged. I continued to get ready and as time went by I began to realize this was n… -
amytheinvalid
I Remember What I Was Doing That Morning (not Much Of A Story)
Published: 5 months ago Views: 120 I remember, I was very sick, and in bed when it occurred. I had a severe, and unforgiving cold.I remember catching the news later.I'm just damn glad, that it's all said and done and over with.…
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