I Remember September 11th

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" Gerry430

Changed My Flight That Day, Saved My Life

Published 1 year ago Views 2314 I literally spent the week in Boston visiting family that week. Left Los Angeles on 9/5/2001 and was set to return to LA on Flight 11 from Boston to LA. As fate would have it, I had a free first class upgrade and didn't want to waste it on a breakfast flight. But they had no first class when I first booked my ticket. So I booked the 7:45 a.m. flight and simp

Cheryl981

I Miss You, Michelle, And Everyday I Dance, I Dance For You

Published 1 year ago Views 2329 I remember exactly where I was when the planes hit the towers and the Pentagon. I was sitting on a bus, ready to leave on a field trip with my fellow fifth graders and my mother was in a car with the other adult chaperones behind the bus. I remember the principal coming outside and boarding the bus and explaining that the field trip was being rescheduled as

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• Isabella34

  Friends Forever

  Published: 2 weeks ago Views: 70 I met this girl at camp,she was even younger then me.About 12 i believe.And at the time that we met I thought her parents had just been divorced,But we go to this thing called Thursday worship and when we went to pray in front of the cross she literally broke down.And i almost went with her,she told us her father had died in 9/11 i believe he was o…
• chrysalid

  Didn't Know What Was Going On

  Published: 3 weeks ago Views: 75 I was a child and I was either seven or eight years old. I was sleeping in my parents room because I wasn't feeling well and dad got a phone call.My father is a paramedic. I remember my dad getting ready for work with me still trying to get to sleep. I heard him say something but I'm not sure what he was doing. I understood enough to picture a big …
• funman1871

  I Want Everyone Here To Know

  Published: 3 weeks ago Views: 59 on September 11 2001 I recall those events, although my story is not nearly as sad or meaningful to my entire family...looking back all i remember is the way the country fell to silence and all those around me felt...endangered, helpless...going back that far...it has haunted me ever since...now in 3 days i swear my life to protect and defend the C…
• PeaceGal

  Always A Memory </3

  Published: 4 weeks ago Views: 79 I was very young but my parents weren't. My dad actually worked as a cop in NY and he saw the two planes hit the building.  When he saw the first plane hit he was confused, but as soon as the second plane hit, he immediately said this is a terrorist attack. The news was blowing up in NY. My mom and I (only being two) were sitting at our old apartme…
• karlellewellyn

  Sept 11 2001 For Me

  Published: 4 weeks ago Views: 67 My Mother and I lived in Sitka Alaska I was 19 years old and had gotten out of the Regular Army a couple of months before. I was sleeping like any other normal morning when i hear a screem from the living room. My Mother was on the phone (we did not have cable TV) Asking "Do the realise what they have done". I came out and asked what was going on. …
• hard7scott

  My Worst Sight On Tv

  Published: 1 month ago Views: 61 I was on my treadmill when the first tower was attacked, and I nearly fell off of it. I was so stunned and saddened all at the same time. I really did not think it was an accident, especially after the second tower was hit. I was just so sad and even sadder when the relatives told their stories of their loved ones./ Thank you Cindy Haas…
• SupermanDC

  After Work ... Odd Sight At The Airport

  Published: 1 month ago Views: 67 When the two Towers went down, I cried, got angry, in Shock, and couldn't believe what is happening here ... I will save my thoughts for another story later on this week!I was at work when this happen and i promised my dear friend that I will pick him up at the Airport and I went through so many Security Checkpoints that I literally walked all over…
• ihavesb

  I Was Only 7 When The 9/11 Attacks Happened,and I Still Remember It.

  Published: 1 month ago Views: 107 I was seven when they happened and i remember my mom coming and waking me up to go watch the news and my grandma was sitting in her chair she always sat in and we were just so scared because we didn't really understand it,for about 1 year after everytime we heard a plane go over our house we would be praying that it didn't crash into our house! I'm…
• randomguy22

  We Must Understand

  Published: 1 month ago Views: 125 I think the most important thing now aside from ensuring it never happens again is to understand why it happenedAgainst the advice of many academics and middle eastern scholars residing in the US. America and its allies invaded Afghanistan a country well known for unstable tribal leaders, blood feuds and Muslim fanatics. And worse well known and tr…

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The Day That Changed My Life Forever!

Published: 1 year ago Views: 2019 I was in 5Th grade we lived in Queens with my family and grandparents. my grandma worked in the 2ND tower 98Th floor for some marketing thing But every morning she took classes in the 1st tower for some required entrepreneur thing. I did not go to school that day i had the chicken pox and my mom always dropped off food for my grandma every morning because m…

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