SnyperBob
09-11-2008, 11:59 PM
** This is just a thread to remember the day and those lost. Please don't turn this into a political discussion, theories involving 9/11, Zeitgeist, etc...Let's try and remember those lost today**
Hey guys,
I was just wondering if anyone was directly impacted by 9/11. Did you lose anyone in the tragedy? Any family members, friends, or acquaintances lost?
What were you doing when everything occurred?
I remember the day/morning clearly. I was in college and didn't have class until noon or so. I usually sleep in until 10 mins before class. For some reason, on 9/11 seven years ago, I woke up early to piss.
When I got back to my dorm room, instead of going right back to sleep I turned on the TV. I think this was around 7/8 am or so. I have no idea why I turned on the TV that morning, and I NEVER woke up that early that trimester EVER. My roommate had just left for his 8 am class before I could catch him and tell him.
When I first turned on the TV it was after the first plane had hit. Well before it was suspected of a terrorist plan. I sat there the entire day and watched the events unfold. I literally saw the second plane hit the tower with my eyes.
The Pentagon, the downed plane, I could not believe what was happening. Classes were called off later in the day. I did not even go to my class at noon, they were called off before then.
I was going to school in Milwaukee and I could hear some fighter jets flying above the city. Milwaukee wasn't considered as high of a threat as Chicago because we didn't have very tall buildings there at the time (my thoughts).
I had never seen or heard of all flights in the entire country being shut down like that. I still remember the anxiety when they annouced that a couple planes were being escorted out of the sky. That they were not responding. I think these ended up being some international flights that were late coming into the country at the time. Flights were rerouted to Canada I believe, lots of international flights told to turn around....
Hey guys,
I was just wondering if anyone was directly impacted by 9/11. Did you lose anyone in the tragedy? Any family members, friends, or acquaintances lost?
What were you doing when everything occurred?
I remember the day/morning clearly. I was in college and didn't have class until noon or so. I usually sleep in until 10 mins before class. For some reason, on 9/11 seven years ago, I woke up early to piss.
When I got back to my dorm room, instead of going right back to sleep I turned on the TV. I think this was around 7/8 am or so. I have no idea why I turned on the TV that morning, and I NEVER woke up that early that trimester EVER. My roommate had just left for his 8 am class before I could catch him and tell him.
When I first turned on the TV it was after the first plane had hit. Well before it was suspected of a terrorist plan. I sat there the entire day and watched the events unfold. I literally saw the second plane hit the tower with my eyes.
The Pentagon, the downed plane, I could not believe what was happening. Classes were called off later in the day. I did not even go to my class at noon, they were called off before then.
I was going to school in Milwaukee and I could hear some fighter jets flying above the city. Milwaukee wasn't considered as high of a threat as Chicago because we didn't have very tall buildings there at the time (my thoughts).
I had never seen or heard of all flights in the entire country being shut down like that. I still remember the anxiety when they annouced that a couple planes were being escorted out of the sky. That they were not responding. I think these ended up being some international flights that were late coming into the country at the time. Flights were rerouted to Canada I believe, lots of international flights told to turn around....