[sharonl7340]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

I can never forget. Watched it all unfold 10 blocks away.

[Ken D.]

Originally Posted by Altavia

Budweiser 911 Tribute - Respect

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlaE5a-SI4

That was a great tribute, very touching.

[birdawg]

Was ten miles from ground zero in Livingston NJ Never forget I was hoping I would have seen more flags displayed in our community

[frostola]

I was driving my son to school when we heard the news on the radio, we were in shock. I continued on to my job, I worked in Labor and Delivery at a local hospital, such a day of mixed emotions for these mom’s bringing new life into this world.

[coconutmama]

I was on the second day of a new job near Boston. One co-Worker had a radio. We were all glued to it in horror and disbelieve. For days after the eeriness of no planes flying overhead to Logan airport, the television relaying scenes of bravery & the vast destruction will never be forgotten by those of us who were alive.

We were all asked to watch for anything suspicious around rail tracks, bridges etc. We should still do so but probably have become complacent.

[NoMo50]

The amazing thing to me was the speed with which the citizens of our country came together in a common bond. Petty differences were (at least for a while) forgotten. We banded together as Americans. For months after the attacks, American flags were in short supply...everyone wanted to buy and fly the flag. It reminded me of stories my grandfather used to tell about how the country was instantly galvanized following Pearl Harbor. And that was before social media and the 24-hour news cycle.

Today, we have slipped back to the point of allowing difference of opinions define us as individuals. A world where the MSM says it is OK to hate your neighbors because their beliefs may differ from yours. It is tragic that it takes a major catastrophe to bring us together as a people who share common bonds, despite petty differences. We are better than that.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

Packing for an 11:30 AM flight from O’Hare to Denver. The night before I had changed from the 6:30 flight. If I had caught that one I would have been stuck in Denver.

[RcCalais]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

Yes, I remember where I was at the time, I was in a country called Yemen working in an area referred to as the Empty Quarter near the border of Saudi Arabia. Scheduled to return to the states the following day a decision had to be made, wait it out or start the 34 hour trip home. I decided to chance it and headed home.

With all flights to the US cancelled, the plane change in the UK took a good bit longer. I was fortunate to be able to get a seat on the first flight to the US when they resumed.

Yes, I remember and will never forget.

[Oldnavycdr]

I was a new political appointee in the Pentagon with an E-Ring office just down the hall from the crash site. So new (less than a week) that I hadn't yet met all of my staff -- some of which were killed that day. My office ultimately burned.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

My daughter was in junior high school on that day. When she got home she drew n American flag on a tee shirt with the legend “Patriots (the school team name) Stand Together”. She got approval from the school, had a bunch printed, and sold them to establish a memorial in town to the locals who died in the pentagon. She went on to become the youngest woman promoted to field grade rank in her state’s National Guard’s history. Yesterday, she met a soldier who was born after 9/11. That made her feel like an Old Soldier.

[RRGuyNJ]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

I was an engineer for NJT and had made one trip into NY CITY for that morning's commute. I often wonder if any of my passengers never made it home. We had close to 1000 people on that rush hour train. After the RR was reopened we were sent back to NYC but we're held out for hours waiting fo authorities to check the tunnels for bombs etc. All we could do was watch smoke rise from where the towers should have been. We also saw many fire and rescue vehicle travel on I-280 heading to the city to assist.
To the best of my knowledge, we were the first train back into NYC from NJ after the inspection.
For several days afterwards we saw many cars with chalk marks on the tires to show they had not been moved and local police could begin tracking down the owners. Many were people that died on that day.

[TeresaA]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

We were stationed in Hawaii. We felt so isolated when hearing the news. Over the next couple of years we watched tourism come to a stop and the island was so empty. It was a very eerie feeling for a very long time. My heart goes out to those families who lost loved ones. What a tragedy

[msilagy]

In MID town Manhattan at a sales meeting

[tedquick]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Never forget. Do you remember where you were?

I remember well. I was having breakfast with a friend who I have not seen in years because I've moved to FL. but we still text each other on 9/11. We must "never forget".

[FredJacobs]

I worked on Wall Street, about 1/4 mile from the Twin Towers. From my window, I saw paper floating down and thought that it was because of a parade on lower Broadway. I noticed that some of the paper was singed and that because I was on the 23rd floor, the paper could not have been due to a parade. When we were told that a plane hit one of the buildings, we concluded that it was an accident until the second plane hit the other building.

I was sitting at my desk when the first building fell. My desk shook for a moment or two, as though there was a minor earthquake. The building management closed all the vents and we waited for the dust to settle before we told to vacate the building and go home. By that time, Manhattan Island was closed to traffic in both directions. The Brooklyn Bridge is a short walk from Wall Street. Long Island and Staten Island residents walked across the bridge to connect with the Long Island Railroad and relatives from Staten Island who drove in to pick them up. A colleague, who lived in New Jersey about 35 miles south of NYC, had to drive 30 miles North to be able to cross the Hudson River. After an hour of driving North, he was able to drop me off near my home. By the way, this colleague had his car parked at the World Trade Center 1993 parking garage bombing.

The eeriest site was watching U.S. Navy jets making figure eights over Manhattan.