Where were you on 9/11?

the_red_chimp · Post by **the_red_chimp** » September 10, 2004, 9:06 pm

Sophomore year in high school. 1st Block. World History with Mr. Ross. As the first tower fell the bell rang for 2nd Block.

Post by **Paco103** » September 10, 2004, 11:45 pm

Jr. year, driving my truck (that I still have) to the Wal-Mart distribution center for the grand opening that our band was supposed to perform for. My station got the news about 20 minutes late, so I didn't get the full story and thought it was just another bomb in the lobby or something. When I got to the distribution center, they announced what had happend (probably half the town was there) and cancelled the celebration. It was creepy leaving because due to the massive traffic of everyone leaving every cop in town (all 4) were directing intersections.

Anyone remember the lines at the gas pumps that afternoon? One of the stations actually told us that due to the attacks, once their tanks were dry they couldn't get anymore. . . . that was the sleaziest act of capitolizing on the attacks I've ever seen.

Whuthehellever · Post by **Whuthehellever** » September 11, 2004, 1:22 pm

I didn't find out until the following Monday. I pretty much used to live under a rock or something.

But I showed up at Art class, it was my Junior year of high school, and everything was just SILENT as it could be. Everything was at a standstill until that Wed in classes.

Since I was one of the artsy peoples, I helped make this artwork that was canvas, about 7ft long, three feet wide, took it outside to the flagpole and had it signed by the school, then me and my cronies drew upon it with charcoal, and it had two bars of black on each side, the Two Towers, and paint other media, then after it dried, we took it out back of the art room and burned the edges, and made it real ragged. It was very emotional, seeing it in the main hallway of the school.

Other than the art project, I pretty much felt nothing about 9/11. I kept wishing it weren't so quiet.

stever · Post by **stever** » September 11, 2004, 1:53 pm

Top of New Hall doing some laundry before class.

solid_dave · Post by **solid_dave** » September 11, 2004, 2:22 pm

I was on the interstate between Town A and Town B here in Missouri on the way to work.

I was listening to Bob and Tom and I remember how somber the show got. I guess there's no way to hide such a grousome event in humor. I remember getting home from work and watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Jon Stewart was sobbing on the air, talking about how the view from his apartment used to be the Twin Towers, and now it wasn't, and how he used to compain, but now he dearly wishes he had that view back.

I know I was only here in MO, but you could feel that kind of emotion in everyone's voice after it happened.

When I see sidewalk chalk complaining about the war, and the 1005 people that have died, I think..."atleast those soldiers had a choice" The 3000 that died in and around the towers were innocent. They're only fault was that they were Americans... just like the rest of us. Call the war what you want, but killing someone just cause of where they were brought up and what country they are a citizen of is nothing more than an excuse. If fundamentalists wanted to do something to CHANGE us, they should have sent missionaries, or something, you don't change a culture by killing it off. That sounds like page out of Hitler's playbook.

BeerMePRN · Post by **BeerMePRN** » September 11, 2004, 3:50 pm

junior year in high school.

i remember walking into my second-period business law class [still oblivious after catching a wickedly morbid vibe in the hall during passing time] and asking my [senile and decrepit] teacher how her day was going, to which she replied "i suppose it'd be a little bit better had the world trade towers not just been hit by airplanes."

now, that bitch was always crazy. so i kinda snickered for a second in acknowledgement of her response, thinking to myself something along the lines of "lady, where the fuck did that come from?"

i logged on to my computer and pulled up CNN to catch the live video feed, and about fell out of my chair.

hats off today in rememberance. here, here.

alien8ed · Post by **alien8ed** » September 11, 2004, 11:33 pm

I was on my way to class here at SMS...I forget the class. I was listening to Woody and (then still) Janet on 105.9. Their "cool cultural corespondant" Mike Evans came on and said something in passing about a plane hitting the world trade center. I thought...well shit that sucks...but it's just an accident and most everyone will be ok. I went to class and when I came out the second plane had hit. I spent most of the morning sitting on the bottom floor of the PSU watching a tv there. I called my mom and was like "are you seeing all this." It was crazy. At first I thought so little of it, and now it had become the biggest most tragic piece of history I had ever lived through. I remember listening to the rumors float around...thigns like "one hit the pentagon" and thinking "oh bullshit" and then finding out that they were true. It was a very surreal day...now that I think back about it. I remember watchign the tv thinking it was like a really bad movie...only something in it seemed real...not entirely real mind you...because shit like that just doesn't happen right? It's certainly a day and a feeling I'll never forget!

=8=

Fried Squirrel · Post by **Fried Squirrel** » September 12, 2004, 2:00 am

Sophmore year. Biology Class with Mrs. Buckner.

TheBeerBaron · Post by **TheBeerBaron** » September 12, 2004, 3:21 pm

Lighting things on fire in collge chemistry my senior year of high school.

psykostitch · Post by **psykostitch** » September 12, 2004, 9:56 pm

It was my freshman here at SMS and I found out in my MTH 135 class with Donna Sherril. After that class I went to my room in Hammons and watched it all happening.

Kage_12 · Post by **Kage_12** » September 13, 2004, 9:40 pm

Like solid_dave, I was in the car listening to Bob and Tom. At that point nobody knew if it was an accident or what. I sucked it up and headed for class class (PED)

I remember thinking it was kind of strange for an accident when I passed two professors in the hall and one was saying that "they just hit the pentagon too...."

"they..." Who the fuck was "they"?!?! My PED teacher called off class and I went to the union to get some coffee from churchill's.....just as I walked in, some girl was posting a sign saying they had CNN news on the big screen in PSU theater. I walked in. Sat down. Watched for about 2 minutes when the first tower fell. No one really screamed....a few people gasped....a few "oh my god's" and then people just started crying. It was really eerie. I'll never forget it.

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » September 14, 2004, 6:13 pm

I was in my jap class, and this kid comes back from skipping class yelling... "New York got bomb." No one ever thought it really happened, but after class I was walking around school and everyone was freaked. Than I found out what really happened.

coleman676 · Post by **coleman676** » September 16, 2004, 10:48 am

i had just woke up after a long night at work and a few beers and auh whatevers after. My roommate had just left for her job and I turned on the tele and was about to light up when right there and then, the second plane hit. I thought "my Jesus God, is that for real" and changed to every channel I had and seen it happen over and over. All day, I heardpeople talk about the end of the world and stocking up on price gouged groceries and petro. I can understand the commercial aspect of our society choosing that time to be assholes and fuck us but what really got mee is just three days later while tending bar, I overheard various groups of people (while watching CNN), make comments about "it's over and I am sick of hearing about it", or "can't people just get over it all ready". I leaned down into the faces of two older ladies taht were making the most comments and half lying but not sure if I knew anyone in the towers that day, which later to find out my unk had barely escaped, I told these two hags," Excuse me ladies, I lost a family member in this tragedy and if you are so heartless enough to say the things you have been saying, it would be like me pissing on your mothers grave while smiling at you. Now how would you like that?" They looked at me dazed. I don't think that they really knew what they were saying. It was a very sad day for us all, and it made us all realize how sad we are as human beings to either do this or allow this to happen.

ztt · Post by **ztt** » September 16, 2004, 9:02 pm

Sophomore year in high school, not in America, i just saw this event on TV.
So sad and never forget~~~~~

ColorOfSakura · Post by **ColorOfSakura** » September 19, 2004, 9:49 pm

Junior Year of High School - in Marching Band. I didn't even know it had happened until I got to second block. Which was Liberty and Law, ironically.

And as much as I agree with the "never forget" thing, I also think that it should also be "But don't let it run your life for years to come". It needs to be remembered, but you do have to move on. Some people don't seem to get this...

Kenshiro · Post by **Kenshiro** » September 29, 2004, 10:58 am

Senior year of high school, Math Functions class with Mrs. Adams. I was doing the homework when another teacher came in and said that the WTC had been hit. We turned on the TV and got bits and pieces of it, but then second block rolled around and the teacher for that class refused to hold off his lecture so we could get updates. That kinda pissed me off...did he actually expect people to learn anything, anyway? (Oddly enough, I do remember parts of that lecture even now...so perhaps the answer is yes) Spent most of lunch in the library getting more info about it...luckily, I had AP Government in third block, so all we did was watch TV and talk about it.

The only thing I was ever afraid of, once the gravity of this whole incident hit me, was that we would use it to inflict far greater evils on the world. Sometimes I really hate being right.

Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to forget. Like when I hear calls to "round up all the towel-heads." Or when I hear whispers about "look at that terrorist over there" anytime someone vaguely looking like they're from the Mideast is just trying to do his or her job somewhere. Seriously...I just wanna wipe their minds and make them forget 9/11 ever happened. See if I can't inject some humanity back into them in the process. Or do something to make them realize how stupid they've become.

ColorOfSakura · Post by **ColorOfSakura** » September 29, 2004, 11:06 am

Kenshiro wrote:Senior year of high school, Math Functions class with Mrs. Adams. I was doing the homework when another teacher came in and said that the WTC had been hit. We turned on the TV and got bits and pieces of it, but then second block rolled around and the teacher for that class refused to hold off his lecture so we could get updates. That kinda pissed me off...did he actually expect people to learn anything, anyway? (Oddly enough, I do remember parts of that lecture even now...so perhaps the answer is yes) Spent most of lunch in the library getting more info about it...luckily, I had AP Government in third block, so all we did was watch TV and talk about it.

The only thing I was ever afraid of, once the gravity of this whole incident hit me, was that we would use it to inflict far greater evils on the world. Sometimes I really hate being right.

Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to forget. Like when I hear calls to "round up all the towel-heads." Or when I hear whispers about "look at that terrorist over there" anytime someone vaguely looking like they're from the Mideast is just trying to do his or her job somewhere. Seriously...I just wanna wipe their minds and make them forget 9/11 ever happened. See if I can't inject some humanity back into them in the process. Or do something to make them realize how stupid they've become.

Oh yeah I love hearing this:

"WE'RE A STRONGER COUNTRY NOW! YOU CAN'T PULL US DOWN! GOD BLESS AMERICA! AND LET'S NUKE ALL YOU SAND NIGGERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST! BECAUSE WE'RE A BETTER COUNTRY."

Yeah...that's pretty much what America has boiled down to in the last 3 years. Sad really. Most people really do think that way too. I feel a lot of real empathy for those people who live in America who are of Middle Eastern descent, especially the ones who actually try to have a normal life.

Like, I remember the girl who went to Glendale who was a Muslim and wore the veil over her face and everything (remember her Phil? Haajir, i think her name was. I forget now, it's been so long.). People would like, spit at her in the hallways. It was really sickening. And she was such a nice girl too. Anji, her and I would sit at lunch and talk about Anime and stuff like that.

People are really sick-minded sometimes.

Kenshiro · Post by **Kenshiro** » September 29, 2004, 2:58 pm

Yeah, I remember her...unfortunately, I never got to talk to her much. It saddens me that such behavior went on, though.

tiffybird24 · Post by **tiffybird24** » October 10, 2004, 11:18 pm

On 9/11 I was on the busses headed to the Wal-Mart distribustion to play for the grand opening with Paco. When he told me what he heard on the news I laughed at first b/c I figured he was just pulling my leg as usual. Than when other people were telling me what was going on the reality hit me. All day I watched the news in my classes in ubelief. It looked like footage from a movie like Independance Day or something.
I was also with Whuthehellever working on the art project for the school. It was a very emotional time and I'm very grateful for my battle buddies that are over there fighting for out country.

Chreteau · Post by **Chreteau** » October 10, 2004, 11:27 pm

Welcome to BearNotes, from one service member to another.

EdBWoodridge · Post by **EdBWoodridge** » October 22, 2004, 3:51 pm

I was in the barracks, in the middle of an inspection. They stopped the inspection and told us to report to work and get ready to pack up our gear to go somewhere.

tiffybird24 · Post by **tiffybird24** » October 22, 2004, 4:28 pm

wow....i'm sure that was hard. i really don't know what i would have done if i was in the military when 9/11 happened. insted i joined up afterwards. it nice having another military person on here.

General O'Neill · Post by **General O'Neill** » October 23, 2004, 1:28 pm

It was my senior year when that happened and i was in my second hour government class horrified because my dad works for the government and i was afraid his work would be a prime target for a terrorist attack.

Chreteau · Post by **Chreteau** » October 23, 2004, 2:37 pm

Colonel O'Neill wrote:my dad works for the government

Is your dad Colonel O'Neill?

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