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Where were you at when you first what happened one year ago on September 11.

I was at the scholl book store at my college when I first heard what happened over the radio they had there. I ended up skipping my last class that day and went straight home to see if my parents were ok since my Dad worked near the city at the time.
 
I was in my truck, on my way to a parole hearing at a jail and checking the house of a wanted fugitive's girlfriend on the way. That deal seemed utterly surreal to me then, as it does now. I have never felt so powerless in my life.
 
I had just gotten off work and was asleep. My wife called me and told me what was going on. I told here that if another building got hit, we were heading south.....

Of course, I couldn't go back to sleep, so I put on my work BDU's and just drove around in my cruiser. I live about 25-30- miles south of the Pentagon and Wash. D.C. It was very strange to see the jets flying overhead. It was like a dream almost...its not really real and happening, but you are there.
 
No offense to anybody but don't you think all of these posts are overdoing it? I mean come on, pay your respects on get on with it. I for one am sick and tired of hearing about it.:(
 
Don't mean to sound like a smart-ass, but if you don't want to read it, don't open the thread.......;)

I'm kinda sick of it too. I'm watching a replay of the 500 from the early 80's on Speed right now. But if people want topost something about it, its thier choice. As long as its done tastefully and respectfully.

Not trying to step on your toes, B.C.
 
I was sleeping. My wife woke me up because she couldn't believe what she was seeing. I was just waking up when the 2nd tower was hit.
 
Home sleeping due to a neck injury I suffered when I had to slam on my brakes as a man wearing a turban cut me off on my way home from work on the 10th.

Hubby woke me just after the 1st Tower was hit and said "America has been attacked". Watched TV for hours.

Today, I cannot bring myself to watch anything about the tragedy. I am still suffering from that neck injury.
Animal Planet and Speed work for me.
 
Thanks abooja, I hadn't seen that. And thank you for having the guts to walk thru it again. How are you doing today? The wife woke up crying this morning.

I know I'll never forget the look on my lady co-workers face that morning. thanks again and take it easy today.
God Bless
 
Thank you for being so thoughtful, 71Fan. :)

Doing alright today, I guess. I didn't wake up crying, but started soon after I switched on the television and listened to the rebroadcast of the Howard Stern show from this day last year, that I never got to hear. I've managed to avoid much of the rehashing by the media over the last several days, so it really brought it all back for the first time in a long time.

Being at work was good, though. Several of us recalled what we did that day. It was very cathartic. Most of them followed the same pattern as mine: they stuck around a while at the local bars and restaurants, and walked across bridges to get home. My supervisor, Tracy, was trying to make her way across the George Washington bridge towards New Jersey, and had to backtrack because of a bomb scare. If I'm not mistaken, they actually found something in that one.

There were bomb scares all over the city that day, now that I recall. My brother's building, just a few blocks from me, was evacuated, as was the Empire State Building several times, plus many others, including department stores, restaurants, and movie theaters. My cousins was trapped in the basement of the NY Stock Exchange for many hours. A vendor lost several of her coworkers, and would have been killed herself had she gone her normal route that day. My grandmother's nurse lost two cousins. She had to identify their bodies. My father picked up the NY Post a couple of weeks later to discover the photo of a former colleague, with whom he worked and socialized with for several years at the WTC. Their company moved to New Jersey exactly three days before the first bombing there. Sadly, this man chose to stay. The wife of a friend escaped from the 38th floor of Tower I. A friend of the family, who passed away just a few weeks ago, witnessed the second plane entering the tower as it was happening, just several blocks away. I can't believe she didn't make it to the first anniversary. Another friend passed on the day before my birthday, a week before 9/11/01, and never witnessed any of it.

I'm sorry going on in this manner. Just had a rush of memories and felt like sharing some of them.

Thanks again. I hope you are coping well today. It's been a quiet, peaceful day so far in NYC, and for that, I am most grateful.
 
Hang in there abooja, we're all out here with you. It's ok if you feel like sharing. Sometimes talking helps. We'll be reading.
 
Hey Abooja Wooga,How you doing my friend?You hang on in there you got friends that care,Somewhere I'm sure:D Just trying to get a smile.Be good Kiddo.:)
 
Thanks, guys. You're the best. :)

(Also, thanks for not pointing out any of my many typos. I kind of just typed that really fast.)
 
We had a bomb scare at the building I was working on that day also. The Las Vegas Convention Center. Hoover Dam has been shut down more than a time or two since also.

We called the Visitor's Center and let them know that if anybody stuck in town needed a sofa-bed to sleep on, or a shower that we would come get them. The next day at work a collection was started to help get our lady welding inspector back east.

The economy in Las Vegas was devistated. Upwards of 35,000 people lost their jobs as a direct result. I was one of them. I hadn't mised more than 5 weeks at a stretch in 6 years, and since the attacks have worked all of maybe 4 months. Hotel projects were simply left standing.

One hotel/casino that caters to the European market simply closed it's doors for a week. The only jets in the air were either military, or employee transports to Area 51. From a jet taking off or landing every 53 seconds to a totally quiet sky.

Since the attacks we have had to move from the semi-upscale apt to a rather poor section of town. Our savings account hit zero for the first time years. My union hall has a food bank and thank God for that. Santa Claus paid my dues for 3 months. Some time during all this, the wife's doc decides she needs another angioplasty thing so she has to take time off work. Just when it looked like we were going to start having cars repo'ed, a relief fund came thru.

But compare my story to that of those who lost pieces of their hearts that day and it's like what do I have to complain about?

anyways, enuf of my ramble. Glad you made it thru the day without getting too distraught. My gosh it must be strange to look at that skyline nowdays.....take care.
 
I'm very sorry to hear of all your troubles, 71Fan. You shouldn't diminish them, though it's quite admirable that you would. You are one of hundreds of thousands of living victims of 9/11. Your suffering is just as real. I wish you the best of luck.

And you're right about the skyline. I've seen the World Trade Center thousands of times, but still have difficulty placing those towers in the new skyline each time I pass it. They weren't the most attractive of buildings, in my opinion, but they were certainly significant enough, and right at the tip of the island so you could see them from lots of places in and around the city. I don't remember them not being there, until now. It's very disturbing to look at.
 
He gives, He takes, and He leaves me some to play with.

Works for me.:D
 
Oh yea and byt the way......had we not been forced out of the apt, we would not have been able to take the torts when great uncle Slim's place hit the auction block.

See? It's all good.:D
 
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