Any memories of 9/11?

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As we celebrating 9/11 23th anniversary tomorrow, did any of y’all (if u were born yet obviously) have any memories of this event?

Rosexøxø · Accepted Answer

My grandmother had been watching the tv and the news and she had screamed. I think she started praying.

My dad sat with my mom and they watched as she asked him what was happening. She grabbed his arm and said

“ ____, where’s the other TOWER?

…

____, where’s the other TOWER?”

Repeating it until he told her to hang on and he was trying to listen.

A little later a friend of theirs had walked maybe 10-15 blocks/ streets and knocked on their apartment. Dad hadn’t recognized her and she was with a ghostly stare. She was a black lady but she was fully white that day from the smoke that had engulfed her during the first collapse. All they saw were the black streaks of the tears that had run down her face.

They gave her water and all, and she eventually shared what had happened.

Later after this event my dad met a lady told him that his cousin who was in the NYFD was the man who had saved her and she was very grateful for him. He had helped carry her onto a stretcher and brought her outside, but she was losing consciousness and without knowing who he was, only saw the name on the back of his coat as she was getting wheeled away and he was walking back into the building. It was a few moments after this occurred that the building had went down. She was the last person he saved before the building collapsed and she made it a point to thank those close to him. His wife and my dad included.

My dad cried every time he recalled this story. He missed his cousin greatly. And we’ve visited the memorial before.

My dad at this time was not an EMT ambulance worker, but was doing deliveries in the city for a fishing company. He used to deliver to the towers and go up there to some kitchen with chefs. He didn’t go in that day. His cousin the fire fighter was supposed to clock out. Right as he had they called him and got the information. He agreed to go even being off the clock and if he hadn’t he would still be here today, but since he went. He helped a lot more people and families be able to say- they’re still with us today.

The ones lost are with us in heart, memory, and spirit. 🙌 🙏 🕊️.

Caroline91 · Accepted Answer

Two weeks before my 10th birthday. I remember seeing on tv as the 2nd plane crashed into the tower. I remember hearing about what those guys on Flight 93 did and the hearing the recording of the guy's voice saying "Okay, Lets roll." I think of those American guys making their own flight crash and cry every 9/11.

nightdrot · Accepted Answer

Mine are personal. I was living in northern Virginia and working in Washington, DC, so I got an almost first hand view.

My boss came in an told me that a plane had hit one of the twin towers. We went into his office and watched television. We saw the other tower hit. Then we continued to watch when a reporter came on to say the Pentagon had been hit.

It was funny, we continued to watch the television - even though we were in a 7 story building with a view over to the Potomac and the Pentagon. Suddenly it hit me and I looked out the window and saw the flames pouring out of the Pentagon on the opposite side from our vantage point.

My boss said, "Oh my God!"

So we watched for a while and then they ordered us to evacuate the building. I opted to remain, figuring that the traffic would be awful. I waited till about 2 or 3 then went down to the garage and got my car.

The streets were empty and I was able to make the ride home in only 30 minutes, driving right past the Pentagon - on Rt 110 - on my way. (The damage was on the opposite side.)

It was a stunning day, but in a strange way I was not surprised. I had dealt with terrorism and unconventional warfare issues over the course of my career and knew such an attack was a theoretical possibility. So I found myself more impressed by the tactics and it only hit home later the lives that had been lost.

One of those lives, it turned out, was the husband of a friend of mine. That suddenly made it less surreal and more concrete.

DrPepper12 · Accepted Answer

The smell of the acrid smoke & dust and the way it didn't fit the beautiful sky and weather that day. It was just a striking dichotomy - even the planes headed to JFK & LaGuardia - were missing from that beautiful cloudless sky.

The frantic phone calls to family members in the FDNY and the phone systems had just collapsed at that point. The worry and panic for hours until everyone was accounted for.

The frantic parents in the lobby of the school I was in reuniting with their petrified children who knew that Mom or Dad or another relative worked in lower Manhattan. The terror among the faculty if a parent didn't show up to pick their child up. The interminable wait until until that last child was picked up as we all voluntarily agreed we would stay however long it took until the kids were ok. The opportunity to finally leave the school building and begin to worry about MY friends & family and not someone else's child.

Massageman · Answer

I was on a treadmill at the corporate gym when I heard the announcements. Since the DJ's on the air were known for always joking around, it took them awhile to convince people that this was real. They were seeing things on a TV in their studio, and actually put their studio mike next to the TV's speaker. At that point, we were figuring it was real. When I got to my office, they had cancelled work for the day and we were just supposed to leave. Well, that put a strain on the commuter trains since they had no upfront knowledge of the changes, and the whole day was a mess.

exitseven · Answer

I was at work and somebody told me what was going on. We had a television on a cart that we used to show videos on. I set up a makeshift antenna and there were people dozens of people who came into my lab to watch in horror. Later we found out that one of our biggest customers Lehman Bros had a facility in one of the towers so we sent some engineers and equipment to Jersey City where they rented a warehouse and in a couple of weeks that had their workers back on the job.

lightbulb27 · Answer

should be a day of remeberance holiday.

yes I have memories, saw it on tv at work. It was hard to process at the time... and someone said "both buildings collapsed".

my most fond memory is a thought I had. "Some unfortunate and poor persons are going to pay hell for this... becuase we know how govts respond".

And that was the case... how many Iraqi's and Afghanis died following... a million?

Smashingdoozy · Answer

Nope I was 2 🙂. Also I don't think celebrating is the correct term to use... Commemorate...

RebelinSteel · Answer

No I was too young to understand what had happened. It should not be a day of celebration but a day of remembrance, not just for the actual attack but also for all those who lost their lives in the following military actions.
I had this on my Twitter feed today, over the firemen that also lost their lives on that day (and I’m not sure how many since from respiratory issues).

Anonymous · Answer

First of all this isn’t a celebration. As for my memories of what I remember. I remember coming back from the retention officers office in the Marine Corps. They were trying to get me to re-enlist. As I walked up to the barracks one of the jr Marines called me by rank, said come look at this. As I entered their room the first building had already been hit. Two days later I got out, come Friday the 13th it’ll be 23 years since I got out.

BetaBucks · Answer

My main memory is my girlfriend calling me in the morning, panicked, and thinking we were under a nationwide attack. It was a hell of a way to wake up.

Ladsin2 · Answer

I was in 2nd grade. Ms Murphy's class. We used to do the Pledge of Allegiance off a TV every morning. Teacher got a call and changed the channel to the news. I remember seeing the second plane hit. I didn't remember it being shocking, but all the adults acted traumatized. We canceled school and my mother picked me up in a terror.

MemeSupreme · Answer

nope wasn't born yet

but ik my grandma refuses to re-watch any clips of it and i have heard of other people doing the same. sounds like it was terrible even if you weren't there

was always told that's when the 90's died

art84 · Answer

At my high school English class, someone ran inside the classroom saying the twin towers had been hit by a airplane. Watched the news for the whole class and no one said anything except the teacher who was very upset. It definitely looked liked something from a movie with the ruble and smoke in the air feeling the sky. Definitely a memory I will never forget for the people who lost their lives that day.

abc3643 · Answer

Considering I personally knew people who died in 9/11, I really don't want to discuss it.

avery58 · Answer

I remember when it was all over the news, yes

Friendlybro79 · Answer

Nothing to celebrate. Lost a cousin who was a first responder. My memories are horrible being a NYer in college at the time and I do remember how NYers came together and supported one another. Fuck Bin Laden.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

My mom was getting me ready for school when she got a phone call from her friend to turn on the news.

The day BEFORE 9/11 also happened to be the day the infamous "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" coughing episode aired😂

bolverk · Answer

I was watching the mid-day news in the UK, preparing to go to work on the Afternoon 2-10 shift when the the Twin Towers were hit, did not hear about the Pentagon and plane crash in a field in Pennsylvania til much later!

legalboxers · Answer

I was there. I seen 2nd plane going in I lost friends

Knightwatch27 · Answer

As a five year old at the time no nothing concrete. I think I remember my family being all aghast over something major that happened in the US though, but I was just running around playing so I wouldn't have registered the severity.

PeterLegg91 · Answer

I was 10 was in primary school, got home and I saw the 2nd tower get flown into live 😢 was so scary was like watching a disaster movie but was real :(

ProbablyClueless · Answer

I remember being in second grade and watching the towers get hit on the news.

elaphe · Answer

I remember seeing images of the World Trade Tower being hit on a television in the student center of my undergraduate college.

robocop666 · Answer

the fact that I spent like 8 hours watching the news and only found out about building 7 six years later. Most people still do not know about it.

Crazzyyworld · Answer

I was in a fashion school. It was one of the best in the world, and it happened 3 days after the fashion show that I was internship with. I mean… ;( my dream sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Just being in first grade wondering what all the adults were upset about.

spartan55 · Answer

Remember the whole event, just an awful day.

SweetJoyGirl · Answer

I was still marinating in the womb.

4ngelic · Answer

nope was a newborn

AmazonChick171 · Answer

I was only two so I have no memory.

noohair · Answer

I lost a High Schoof frriend that worked for NYFD.

Cubus · Answer

I was swimming in my mother's womb

Martha2000 · Answer

No much I was not even one yet.

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