The impact of 9-11-2001

[sawmikaze]

Cool pics tom.

 

[stihl saws]

I was in bed when the first plane hit. Working night shift. I got woke up and seen the 2nd plane hit. We went to bed about about an hour later and woke up for work to find out everything. Security was a lot more jumpy that night at the plant.

I was working nights myself then. I still remember the calls that woke me. No way I could go back to sleep.
At the time I was working with a guy from D.C. He lost a cousin in one of the towers. Port Authority officer.
It's crazy how small the world can be sometimes.

 

[Onan18]

I was in eighth grade, the principal wanted the teachers to keep the kids in the dark, but the four ladies that taught the class I was in were all older, two were retiring that year, and they all said that we needed to know. We just sat and watched CNN all day, a few of the kids in my class were from New York and lost friends and family that day.

 

[jakethesnake]

School sent us home as like a half day

 

[stihl_head1982]

I was on the road that day. A friend called to tell me -- it seemed so surreal. I actually wound up seeing the loop of the planes hitting on a news reel after it happed. My baby brother wound up in the "sand box" for quite a bit of his time in the Marine Corp. I WILL NEVER FORGET.
So thankful for my freedom, and I do not want to take it for granted.

 

[stihl saws]

I was working security at that time. The workplace never wanted us to carry even though we were qualified, until then. The world changed a lot in just a few days.

 

[mdavlee]

It was so weird I thought it was a dream. Probably too much beer was involved after work. When I woke up I watched it all again. We were about 60 miles from DC as the crowd flies.