Eight Years Ago Today, 9-11

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Wonder what everyone was doing on that day?

I was a CEO of an organization. My role on that day was to control the panic, focus the employees on our mission. It was helpful to let my people know that if this act changed the way we led our lives, conducted our business and interacted with others in the world...then the terrorists would have accomplished their goals.
 
Sitting in my office as a project planner when everything appeared to come to a stand still :( RIP for all that died during this horrendous act.
 
I was doing what I am doing now, but I remember very clearly when I first heard the news on the radio.

Bill.
 
i was working in our dispatch office at the time. remember clearly when i saw it on the news.
 
I had skipped by first class of the day during my senior year and was watching it wall on TV. It was insane.
 
Hey Prof,

My wife and I had a company that trimmed houses. We sent the guys home to be with their families. Most had a wife at home, and the wives were pretty scared.

Also the jobsite was about a half mile from a gasoline storage facility...huge tanks of gasoline.

I suggested we all get the hell away from the tanks just in case.

My heart still goes out to the losers of loved ones on that day.

Lee
 
I was at work. I remember walking through the front lobby and seeing these events take place on the TV. It took a while and a second plane crash to really realize what was going on. It was hard to hide the terror after reality set in. Nobody knew where the other flights were headed or how many there were. That was a tragic day, I'll drop my hat for a moment.
 
i remember i was switching classes in college when they announced the school was closing due to emergency. and then finding out about it. having to drive an hour home listening to it on the car radio.
 
I will ALWAYS remember.....

I have learned that it really didn't matter what I was doing on that day, but what I do from that day on. I have had a series of failures in that endevor.......

So, remember to be the best you can be, because there may not be time to change an error in judgement.......




Sorry Roy, for being an ass, Jeff
 
In college about to go to class. Downstairs in the fraternity house a bunch of guys were in front of the TV, I figured it was a new porn, was shocked at what was on. I was at GaTech in downtown Atl. Shortly after the planes hit the tower school was closed and students were told to leave Atl for fear of an attack on the CDC downtown.
 
I was at work 40 miles from the attack in nyc. In meetings with some contractors from NJ. They were stuck out east due to the city being shut down.

The architect I was working with was on church street. Their building was under construction through landmarks restoration. That day, it was destroyed as well. Everyone made it out but every piece of information we were working on was lost. For as bad as it was, it could have been much worse.
 
I was installing office furniture at Johnson Controls' World HQ. There was a small TV at someone's desk we were watching it all on. I remember none of our cell phones worked, because the networks were so jammed up.
 
I was sitting in the philosophy class of Dr. Luis Navia around 8:30 am on September 11th, 2001. His class was held at a Manhattan campus building on Columbus Circle near 59th Street. I remember coming out of the building and noticing a group of students outside hovered around a white van listening to the shocking news broadcast. No one knew what was going on. At that point it appeared to be an accidental crash. People were rushing towards downtown Manhattan. My initial instinct was not to go along and see for myself what’s happening. Something told me to get into my Dodge and head across the 59th Street Bridge into Queens immediately. I listened to my instinct without question. As I was crossing the bridge I was listening to the news about how a second plane hit and that the Pentagon was attacked as well. Of course I didn’t see this happening while going across the East River because my focus was on the road. But with some quick glances out my passenger window I could see the billowing smoke plumes clearly. I made it to my aunt’s job where they were on the roof taking pictures as the events unfolded before our eyes. It was absolutely the scariest thing I have ever witnessed.

My cousin, then 22, was an EMT and was indeed called to duty. A truck full of public servants came by to pick him up that afternoon. I was really scared for him. I didn’t hear from him until the following morning. He came to my place with tears pouring from his eyes. After a while I managed to calm him down enough to tell me the horrors he had seen at Ground Zero. He described red splotches peppering the area which were the remains of human bodies that exploded due to the overwhelming impact from falling many stories. His primary function, while posted within the Stuyvesant High School gymnasium, was to store collected human body parts. Obviously it messed with his young mind. I wish I could have taken the stress of seeing that for him. The memory of this day is very disheartening. America looks very beautiful from where I am right now. God bless America.
 
I was at the airport in Gulfport, Mississippi getting ready to board a plane towards Norfolk, VA. While waiting at the terminal, CNN broke in with the news of a possible accidental crash in Manhattan. While watching the news report, the second aircraft hit the south tower. At that point all flights were cancelled. I remained stuck in Gulfport for the next 7 days. No buses and rental cars were available.

I remember walking down Biloxi and literally seeing it deserted. I will never forget the anxiety and frustration of not being to help right away.

May the Lord sooth those who had irreplaceable losses and may He keep us vigilant as to never allow this to happen again.

RIP
 
I was a senior in High School. Sitting in Spanish class. Everyone went home early from school. Will NEVER forget it.
 
I was in 8th grade, a boy in my class' sister was in one of the towers and was freaking out.
 
I was sitting in my office and a co worker rushed in and told me to turn the t.v.on.Had a small portable black and white at work and could not believe what we were seeing.Sat there for what seemed like hours just staring at the tv in disbelieve.Very sad day.Watching alot of shows about it today on the history channel.WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!! And this is why we FIGHT so this can NEVER happen again!!
 
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