September 11

Subject: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:05 pm

I always cry on September 11.

Maybe it's because I was so busy on September 11 2011 the I didn't cry that day. After about 20 hours on the air, I was too tired to cry. I don't think I cried hard until a few months later, when I began to learn more about the victims of that day.

People from 70 countries and from every walk of life died that day. And nine years later, the world continues to mourn their deaths and the death of our innocence.

Subject: Re: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:20 pm

I was in college on 9/11/01. Didn't have classes that morning so I was at home watching TV, channel surfing with breakfast. After a few minutes all I saw on every channel was a huge billow of gray ashes and one of the World Trade Center towers wasn't there. I called my husband to come look and he said it has to be there obscured by the gray stuff. Then the other tower got hit.

First time in my life I was stunned watching TV.

RIP, those who died then. Peace to us all.

Subject: Re: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:27 pm

I was at work, when a co-worker came in to inform me what happened. I was like "what?" I was so stunned, then I turned on the radio and was in shock.

I remember driving home and thinking how quiet everything was. No planes in the air, no honking, everyone was kind of in a daze.

Nine years later, and I'm watching the coverage on the History channel and it still feels like it happened yesterday. I can only imagine how it would have felt to actually live and/or be in NYC that day.

Subject: Re: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:42 pm

I watched it as it was happening on the Today show. Ten minutes later, I walked into work and broke the news to my co-workers. I don't think they believed me at first. I wish I had been mistaken.

I grieve, not only for the lives that were lost that day, but for all the world wide pain, hate and suffering caused by that brutal and stupid act of terror.

Subject: Re: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:07 pm

I was getting ready for work. I was working p/t as a caregiver and p/t at Target. We had another roommate, who was from the east coast. She got a call about the news and we watched it. I called work to see if I had to go in, and they said yes. I left my place not knowing that the buildings had come down, so I was a bit oblivious to the whole situation that day, until I came home.

For some reason I don't remember working much outside my caregiving job for about 3 weeks, because I remember being glued to the TV, flipping from one news channel to another. Then I got tired of it all, and turned my TV off.

Subject: Re: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:03 pm

I've been to New York twice since 9/11....once to Long Island, and once to NYC...and neither time have I been able to visit the site of the towers. I'm thinking if work, money, etc. allows, I might make a trek to the site next year for the 10 year anniversary.

Subject: Re: September 11 Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:06 pm

I went to NYC for the first time in Oct 2002. It was lovely. I do need to go back.

Although I didn't have time to go to the actual site, we went nearby. I actually didn't see much anyways, so I need to get back...preferably when Gman is busy filming elsewhere.

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