Remembering Sept. 10th and 11th 2001

September 10th, 2001, the last normal day before our world changed.
September 11th, 2001; patriots will never forget.




What were you doing when you heard the news?

 

The 10th I was at my uncle's funeral, the 11th:

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I was 9 years old. I may have been young, but I sure as hell remember what was going on - we (my family) had just been in the south tower 28 days before.

I rember waking up as the phone was ringing, way early. It was my dad calling from work, and told us to get up and turn the news on. That's when I remember seeing the footage and thinking "we were just there a few weeks ago".

God Bless America

 

10 Sep is my birthday. I will remember 11 Sep forever.

Between our Dad and my siblings we put in 120+ years of total US military service, we would have served again to fight the terrorists had not for our age.

I am doing the next best thing. I am a volunteer Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Military Rifle Instructor augmenting the US Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) in training the Squad Designated Marksman (SDM) before they deploy. I have been to Ft. Benning twice the last two years, and now slated to go to Ft. Lewis in Oct. This is my contribution to the war on terror.

 

I got out of my truck and was walking in to my job site so I just missed the bulletin that a plane had struck one of the towers. My co-worker was a little late and filled me in. An electrician happened to have a portable tv and we sat and watched as the towers came down. We were just heartbroken. Didn't get anything done that day.
Spent that night in jail (long story).

 

I was in my AP Psych class my junior year of high school. The teacher next door came in and told us "The World Trade Center is on fire!" Our TV was on the fritz so we all crowded into the next room to watch the coverage. It was a reserve weekend for my dad, a retired Navy Commander, so I was concerned after we heard about the Pentagon. I will never forget...

 

I was sitting in Anatomy class.. and this girl came in late, she said the lady in the office said a plane crashed into the WTC.. we turned the TV on about 90 seconds before the 2nd tower got hit, it was crazy.. all the parents of kids of middle eastern descent started pullin all there kids outa school.. no one did anything in classes that day just went from room to room watching cnn