9/11/01.............................

PlummMeanGreen · September 11, 2006

In memory of those who lost their lives with thoughts and prayers to all their families who still mourn today...

And God Bless America.......where each and every one of us appreciate each freedom we have because of those who protected them, ie, those who serve today in Iraq, Afghanistan, abroad and stateside AND........... those who served in the past.

To all have a blessed day as we all remember the things in life that really matter to each and everyone of us.

untgirl04 · September 11, 2006

In memory of those who lost their lives with thoughts and prayers to all their families who still mourn today...
And God Bless America.......where each and every one of us appreciate each freedom we have because of those who protected them, ie, those who serve today in Iraq, Afghanistan, abroad and stateside AND........... those who served in the past.
To all have a blessed day as we all remember the things in life that really matter to each and everyone of us.
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Excellent post. I remember where I was that day... I had a 7:00 am Biology lab, and then the lecture right after it at 9:30am. When I walked over to the lecture, all the TVs were turned to CNN. I wasn't sure what all was going on, but it looked bad. My professor explained everything to the class, then we ended lecture early that day. I spent the rest of the morning in Bruce Hall Cafeteria and the Clark TV Room watching the news.

Also, scrambled to get in touch with a friend of mine who was a freshman at NYU that year. My thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones, and for the nation as we continue to rebuild.

GBarksdale · September 11, 2006

I was here in Washington DC. At about 9:00 that morning I got a call from a friend who worked near the WTC. She told me that a plane had hit the first WTC building. She was really worried about it being a terrorist attack. I thought it was an accident. Then, while I was on the phone with her, I heard screams in her office over the phone and she said "Oh my god another plane." Then I heard, again over the phone, the explosion from the second plane hitting the WTC. She got off the phone. (She ultimately made it OK).

After the Pentagon was hit, fighter planes flew over DC. It was chaos. A few hours later I drove to my house in Virginia and had to go past the Pentagon. Smoke spilled out over the freeway.

It was a bad day.

Coffee and TV · September 11, 2006

Woke up a little earlier than usual that day to do some laundry before class. Lived on the 3rd floor of Maple, overheard a conversation in the stairwell that planes were hitting buildings in NYC & Chicago. Saw someone with their door open & CNN on with the 1st tower on fire. Ran to my dorm room to see what was going on, & saw the 2nd tower get hit. My 9:30 Poly Sci class was in the Eagle Student Service Center's big auditorium classroom. Watched the towers collapse on the big projection screen.

They're replaying the Howard Stern show from 9/11 & its such an excellent broadcast. Whereas the news was busy doing exactly what they should have (news), Howard Stern was basically a look into what was going on in every dorm room between roommates, in every classroom, in every place there was a TV showing this. It's a good 3 hours of them having all the same questions we had when it all happened.

UNT_playmaker · September 11, 2006

Yeah I remember being at home and seeing what all had happened. What amazed me was that every 30 mins there was a new attack and you didnt know who was doing this.....

I had a Economics class that day at 930 in the morning. I couldnt believe he conducted class with ease and didnt cancel it. Then we went to our next class at curry in which UNT had shut down. Me and my friends then ended up at bruce hall cafeteria to eat lunch and see everything in chaos...

What suprised me was every radio station was transformed a news station

MeanGreenBuzz · September 11, 2006

I was in my car listening to the edge headed to my zero hour class (i was still in HS at the time). When they first came on and started describing what was going on I thought it was some sort of sick joke or book reading like War of the Worlds. I didn't really fully come to grips with what was happening and had happened until I got to school and my teacher and everyone in my class was fixed on the TV and no one could speak.

God bless America and remember to keep those that lost friends and family members in your thoughts and prayers in what must be a hard day.

Edited September 11, 2006 by MeanGreenBuzz

PlummMeanGreen · September 11, 2006

9/11/01

Was tying my tie getting ready for work while listening to WBAP 820 AM with Hal Jay and the rest of his morning show guys and then suddenly they switch to network for breaking news.....

At which time I hear a lady reporter describe that a plane had just flown into one of the WTC twin towers and like so many I thought it may have been a small prop plane............then the lady reporting almost screams in horror saying yet another plane has hit the other twin tower.

At that moment, I stop what I'm doing and run across the room over to the TV to turn it on and (with the rest of you and America) watch in disbelief as to what I am witnessing happen in our country's largest city.

En route to work I listen to the radio as most all who were driving in, around and through downtown Fort Worth were doing and once I get to work, our entire staff gathers in one of our director's office watching all the rest of this unfold on the TV in that office. The girls in our director's office were all teary eyed and (admittedly) most of us guys had those lumps in our throats and then we would all look at each other in disbelief as we watched both WTC towers fall to the ground.

Edited September 11, 2006 by PlummMeanGreen

LongJim · September 11, 2006

I remember that my wife and I were arguing about something that in hindsight must have been pretty insubstantial (and was), and I turned on the TV and saw both towers with smoke pouring out of them.

I think I said "Jesus Christ", and could only point to the TV as my wife walked in to see what was going on.

Made our argument completely irrelevant instantly.

SilverEagle · September 11, 2006

My wife was getting ready for work and listening to KRLD. She called out to me that KRLD was reporting that a plane had flown into one of the towers. Speculation was that it was a small plane.

I then turned on NBC (the Today show) and they had live coverage from a helicopter that was about 1/2 mile from the towers. As I watched the coverage I could see a flying object enter the right side of the screen. It continued on and hit the second tower. I couldn't believe my eyes, and hollered to my wife "Oh my God! Another plane hit the other tower! I was just sick.

UNTflyer · September 11, 2006

I was already at work, trying to fix some problems with our web server. I had a little program showing the web traffic when it suddenly plummeted down to zero. A few minutes later my g/f called and told me to turn on the radio...

Mad Hatter · September 11, 2006

I got to work at Merrill Lynch in Dallas around 7:30 that morning. In the top right corner of our computer screen there was a TV, usually turned to the Money Channel. I had the sound on Mute as I got prepared for my day, but I remember thinking that they were spending a long time showing a factory with a smoke stack billowing smoke.

Few minutes later my boss walked by and said "Hey turn on your TV's, some idiot crashed a plane into one of the WTC towers." I turned on the sound and expanded my picture to full screen so I could see clearly what was on. I called my Dad who is a minister in Sachse (outside Garland). He was in the car, and I was telling him to be sure to turn on the Tv when he got to Church. As we were talking, the second plane hit. I told my Dad that there had been another explosion I thought in the same building (bad camera angle), then the picture quickly changed and I could see that it was the 2nd tower. I said "I'm going into one of the bigger offices that has a TV, but that can't be an accident".

I hurried with the rest of the guys to one of the corner offices, where we sat and watched the footage. When the towers collapsed and we learned of the Washington and the Pennsylvania crash, our manager told us all to go home. As I got back to my desk, my TV screen was frozen. On it was the first tower beginning to collapse. Just suspended there. Apparently our signal/internet connection was fed through one of the buildings. It was so eerie to see the smoke and the partially collapsed building just hanging there.

The next few days were so bizarre. No one spoke of anything else. American flags turned up on every house and car. There were no planes in the air. I still catch myself wondering where a plane is headed when I look up in the sky.

JayDub · September 11, 2006

I was awakened by a phone call from my best friend. He was at work and had heard something about a plane hitting a building in NYC...he asked me to check the TV or the internet to confirm. I flipped on CNN in time to see UA 175 hit the WTC. Was dropping my little brother off at school when we heard about AA 77 hitting the Pentagon.

It was 24 hours of straight news watching from there. That, and listening to the guys from 1310 The Ticket try to process what they had just seen. Possibly some of the greatest moments in broadcasting took place that day.

Now that I'm in the airline industry, it's an even more somber day for me. It's such a routine for us and we hope and pray it never happens to one of our flights. I feel for Ed Ballinger, the UA dispatcher that was handling both 175 and 93. Just knowing that all he could do was watch all the info come across his screen and knowing that he was the last person to have any contact with both crews. The thought of that happening to one of my flights scares the hell out of me.

I wish we could go back to those days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001. Where we were a nearly completely united nation. Then again, I wish we could go back to Sept. 10th...the last truly normal day in this nation's history.

SilverEagle · September 11, 2006

I was awakened by a phone call from my best friend. He was at work and had heard something about a plane hitting a building in NYC...he asked me to check the TV or the internet to confirm. I flipped on CNN in time to see UA 175 hit the WTC. Was dropping my little brother off at school when we heard about AA 77 hitting the Pentagon.
It was 24 hours of straight news watching from there. That, and listening to the guys from 1310 The Ticket try to process what they had just seen. Possibly some of the greatest moments in broadcasting took place that day.
Now that I'm in the airline industry, it's an even more somber day for me. It's such a routine for us and we hope and pray it never happens to one of our flights. I feel for Ed Ballinger, the UA dispatcher that was handling both 175 and 93. Just knowing that all he could do was watch all the info come across his screen and knowing that he was the last person to have any contact with both crews. The thought of that happening to one of my flights scares the hell out of me.
I wish we could go back to those days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001. Where we were a nearly completely united nation. Then again, I wish we could go back to Sept. 10th...the last truly normal day in this nation's history.
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Just about every American generation has it's "signature" tragic event. For my grandparents, it was the stock market crash and the resulting depression. For my mother it was Dec 7th, 1941. For my generation it was the assassinations of the Kennedy's and Martin Luther King.

The definition of "normal" has changed many times in American history.

ArlingtonMeanGreen · September 11, 2006

Just about every American generation has it's "signature" tragic event. For my grandparents, it was the stock market crash and the resulting depression. For my mother it was Dec 7th, 1941. For my generation it was the assassinations of the Kennedy's and Martin Luther King.
The definition of "normal" has changed many times in American history.
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Never, Never forget 911!!!!!!!!!!

PlummMeanGreen · September 11, 2006

Just about every American generation has it's "signature" tragic event. For my grandparents, it was the stock market crash and the resulting depression. For my mother it was Dec 7th, 1941. For my generation it was the assassinations of the Kennedy's and Martin Luther King.
The definition of "normal" has changed many times in American history.
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Bill, I suppose we are just about the same age then, but after Martin Luther King's assassination in the Spring of 1968 and then Bobby Kennedy's just a few months later, I think most of us who were teens during the turbulent 60's were all beginning to wonder about our country and where our country was headed. Of course, the Viet Nam war was going strong at the same time.

But like ArlingtonMeanGreen said in his post: "Never, Never forget 9/11! ! ! ! !

football fan · September 11, 2006

Bin Laden and his gang of two legged cockaroaches hate all Jews and Westerners. He has declared war on us (did so back in 1993) and will not stop trying to kill men, women and children. All Americans cannot get soft and think this not true. We must take the fight to him/them and not sit on our hands or they will attack in our back yard again and again. Satan's Army is alive and well.

Try to watch as many of the 9/11 programs as possible. My blood boils every time I see what these cowards did to us. I am pissed!!

THOR · September 11, 2006

I had to explain to a bunch of 5th graders what was going on and why it was happening. It was one of the "greatest" days, teaching wise, in my life. What was shared by the kids and myself was amazing. Their young minds were so innocent and it was hard for them to fathom what was happening....so many questions, yet so few answers.

gksmith · September 12, 2006

I was at work at EDS doing telephone technical suppor. I had no TVs around. People were coming around telling me about what was happening. I took a break and when to a TV. Terrorism was already given as the cause.

All I could say is "how can people do that?"

I do not have a problem with movies and stuff to "immortalize" the day. I am sure United 93 and World Trade Center are good movies. I skipped over the news about the day. I just am not in an emotional position to go see them. I can’t explain why. I did not lose friends or relatives in the crashes. I just can not watch the events of that day. I could not watch the events to commemorate the day Monday.

This is in no way disrespect for the men and women of the fire departments and police departments. I respect and appreciate them far more then I can express.