10 years on

Every time I see footage from that day it somehow gets more and more dramatically tragic.

I can't even believe it's been 10 years. I can still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard it on the radio. I also remember how eerily silent the rest of the day seemed.

all the seconds of that tragedy are stuck in my mind forever...

 

 

RIP...

I will never forget that day

I was on a plane to chicago. Minutes after takeoff, almost all the cell phones that were still on, rang simultaniously. I thought, thats weird. Moments later were were told all airports were being closed in the country and we were being diverted to Ft. Wayne Indiana. We were given no reason, although someone must have taken one of those earlier calls, as rumors of an attack spread through the cabin. I looked around me at the 100+ people on this flight and immediately called Hertz as we were landing to book a car. There was no way that Ft. Wayne was going to have enough cars for all these diverted passengers. It was not until I got my car that I started to understand what was actually happening. Cell phones would not work as lines were jammed, so I drove the 3 hours home just listening to the radio with my passengers that I had offered rides back to Columbus. They were total strangers and we became good friends sharing the ride that day.

that day changed EVERYTHING! Most Everything we do now can be traced back to 9/11

Very sad day that is still hard to comprehend.

 

I have distinct memories of Friday night 9/7 when I last admired the tower from the Brooklyn Promenade, and Monday 9/10 the afternoon before when I last saw them driving on the Brooklyn Bridge. I also recall Friday the 14th trying to get close to Ground Zero and seeing trucks carrying debris only a few blocks away from the site.

 

On the 10th anniversary while we're still not done rebuilding, at least we have made some progress with the completion of the Memorial.

 

 

Going to a memorial in a few minutes....

Will never forget anything about that day. RIP to all that perished.

They were total strangers and we became good friends sharing the ride that day.

 

Without sounding like a complete hippy, on a day like that it is always good for positives to emerge.

I was in my mechanical engineering class when I got the news and Immediately left as my parents were due to fly out to Europe from Dulles in DC and I had no idea what time or what flight number they were on. I felt very lucky that they weren't supposed to fly out until later that day. It is very hard to think it's been 10 years. Was reading through an article on CNN the other day where a college course had been set up just to interview some of the kids who lost parents that day.

I was in eighth grade taking standardized testing (ISTEP). My German teacher, retired Air Force, sat us all down and told us what had happened. He went to the principal and told him if he wanted to keep his job, to put off testing for today. He took control and made sure we knew EXACTLY what was going on. The principal did not allow any TV's to be on showing footage. My extreme disdain with censorship, even at a young age, began that day. I won't forget the bus ride home, the fear I felt, or the confusion - I wasn't able to do anything to help. The helplessness was suffocating.

 

 

I was at work.

 

 

My mom called and said a small airplane hit the tower. It was not long, until she called again. It was obvious, when a second airplane hit, it was an attack. At work, we obtained a few calls the remainder of the day. The internet was slow.

 

At the time, we had a computer specialist from N.J., who was training the employees, on the new software, our company installed. He had to rent a car, and drive all the way back to N.J. - from Houston, in order to return home.

 

 

 

During 9/11, my mother in law, was in the air, while the attack happened. Her second leg of the flight, was from Newark to IAH. She does not speak a word of English. The domestic flight, was diverted to Atlanta.

 

While flying from Israel to Newark (her first leg of the flight), she spoke with a young woman next to her, who was going to connect in the morning, from Newark to LAX. Early in the morning, an airplane flight from Newark to LAX, was used as a terror weapon.

The most complete footage ive ever seen. Tower 2 comes down at 18:13

I was driving to work listening to Howard Stern. As the first news came in, I thought it was a joke. Hard to believe it has been 10 years.

 

My cousin was a flight attendant for the United 93 flights. She was scheduled to work that day, but since she worked 3 days in a row prior, her boss asked her if she wanted the day off. Reluctantly she said OK. She is quite lucky to have missed that flight. She continued to be a flight attendant for many years, but now lives in Hawaii and owns a restaurant with her sister.

 

RIP to all who died on 9/11

 

I was across the street from the WTC working an excavation job in Battery Park City when the planes hit. I was in the field office trailer when I heard a loud boom and all of a sudden a lot of commotion everywhere. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at the first tower as it was pouring smoke. I remember some people saying that an airliner lost control somehow. It didn't make sense. Minutes later we saw the second plane coming in, and immediately everyone knew what was going on. We could actually hear the airliner's engines accelerating seconds before it hit the building.

 

There was chaos everywhere. We ended up walking across town and walking over the Brooklyn Bridge back into Brooklyn to my office. It was hard to get a hold of anyone on the phone. Everyone was panicked. I remember more than anything being angry that someone could do this to us.

 

The next day, we sent crews with heavy machinery from the jobsite into the WTC to assist in the rescue and recovery effort. I made numerous visits to Ground Zero days after 9/11. I have many photographs. It was horrible. After two weeks our men had seen enough and asked to be removed from the project.

 

I lost a number of friends when the towers went down. My best friend from childhood was scheduled to be on one of the flights out to LAX but luckily a few days before rescheduled to an afternoon flight.

 

I can't believe it's been ten years.

I can't believe it's been ten years. I still remember so much of that awful day.

I was in a meeting on 34th street. When the 2nd tower was hit, I was driven downtown. I arrived to a scene of utter chaos. I spent a couple of days assisting on the rescue efforts and went home and collapsed from sheer exhaustion.

 

My company in a joint venture and a tri-venture did the rebuild of the 1&9 subway and the PATH station. Both projects completed well ahead of schedule. My proudest moment as a contractor and a NYer. All of the men worked harder than I've ever seen.

 

10 years, damn....

I spy RomanDad

http://www.ocregister.com/news/tustin-3165...rees-years.html

 

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tustin-...ears.html?pic=2

I was across the street from the WTC working an excavation job in Battery Park City when the planes hit. I was in the field office trailer when I heard a loud boom and all of a sudden a lot of commotion everywhere. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at the first tower as it was pouring smoke. I remember some people saying that an airliner lost control somehow. It didn't make sense. Minutes later we saw the second plane coming in, and immediately everyone knew what was going on. We could actually hear the airliner's engines accelerating seconds before it hit the building.

 

There was chaos everywhere. We ended up walking across town and walking over the Brooklyn Bridge back into Brooklyn to my office. It was hard to get a hold of anyone on the phone. Everyone was panicked. I remember more than anything being angry that someone could do this to us.

 

The next day, we sent crews with heavy machinery from the jobsite into the WTC to assist in the rescue and recovery effort. I made numerous visits to Ground Zero days after 9/11. I have many photographs. It was horrible. After two weeks our men had seen enough and asked to be removed from the project.

 

I lost a number of friends when the towers went down. My best friend from childhood was scheduled to be on one of the flights out to LAX but luckily a few days before rescheduled to an afternoon flight.

 

I can't believe it's been ten years.

 

Heavy.

 

My company in a joint venture and a tri-venture did the rebuild of the 1&9 subway and the PATH station. Both projects completed well ahead of schedule. My proudest moment as a contractor and a NYer. All of the men worked harder than I've ever seen.

 

10 years, damn....

 

http://www.tomhanks-online.com/media/video...sary-short-film

I remember sitting in my American History class (slightly ironic) and another teacher came in and said you should probably turn on the news. As the TV powered up the second plane hit the towers. I remember watching it and at first thinking this cant be real it felt like I was watching a movie or something and then it started to sink in. I still to this day dont understand it all I know is that i never want it to happen again and that's why I do what I do.

 

Hard to believe its already 10 years.

RIP too all those lost.

http://www.tomhanks-online.com/media/video...sary-short-film

 

That should go in the "Feel good" thread....

My office reception area was packed. We had a large wall mounted TV out there and my secretary told me to come out and see. Everyone was gasping and then I remembered... my father was in the towers for a business meeting. I called home and my mother answered. She said my dad came home one day early and was watching the news in the bedroom.

 

That night I didn't sleep at all. The next day my sister called crying. She said a whole floor of her business colleagues was missing. All of them.

 

RIP to all those we lost. I still get angry when I think about it.

 

 

That should go in the "Feel good" thread....

Agreed. 500,000 people evacuated on boats in 9 hours. Completely unorganized and no plan,incredible.