I was at my mother's home cleaning up for her & watching TV. They broke into a special report after the 1st plane hit then the 2nd plane comes flying across the screen & hits the 2nd tower. Sometime after the buildings fell my husband asks me to go home and get the cong list and start calling people who he didn't have #'s for on his cell. The train station was on lock down so I tried to get a cab and the cab driver said it would be $25 dollars for what was normally a $5 cab ride. I didn't have the money so I started walking, I ran into someone who gave me a ride home. Because of that day my husband didn't want to return to Bethel. He said he preferred being an elder outside of Bethel he could be more readily available to help people in the cong.
So where were you Sep 11,2001
by Found Sheep 66 Replies latest members private
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My teacher tried to reassure us that everything was going to be okay. But How can you calm down a bunch of 10 and 11 yr olds who just witnessed the worst Terrorist attack since Pearl Harbor?
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I also remeber the Fort Hood Shooting in 2009.
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Lore
I was 12 years old. Since it was a Tuesday I was probably at home doing school. I don't remember being traumatized or anything. I think I just went back to doing my schoolwork.
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james_woods
I was watching the morning TV news, getting ready for work, when they announced the first plane had hit and showed some video after the crash.
I knew at once that it had to be terrorism - the day was simply too clear with too much visibility for a pilot to hit that tower unless it was deliberate.
A few minutes later, the second plane hit - and then it was a terror attack for sure.
Needless to say, not much computer programming got done at work that day...I just had my team set up in a meeting room and blue-sky what new equipment we might need over the last quarter of 2001. Could not think of anything else remotely useful that we could do...certainly no error-free code was going to get written under that kind of anxiety.
I would also say that it was truly eerie in Dallas to look up in the sky and not see a single airliner or contrail.
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Jomavrick
It was a momentous, surreal, horrific day and one that should NEVER be forgotton for a number of reasons. I remember that entire day - vividly. I was in the office and actually had the TV on. Someone called and told me that a plane had hit the WTC. Thinking it was a small plane, I turned the TV on and watched the entire day. The next tower hit, the first tower falling then the second one.
The horrific emotion hit me because I spent so much time in and around those towers when I was in Bethel. I used to run by them at lunch when I went running. They were a symbol of strength to all New Yorkers, Icons of America. I remember how numb I felt and we stayed up most of the night watching the news. It just didnt seem possible that it could have happened.
I also remember the feeling that this country came to a dead stop. Clients closed there doors, business just came to a stand still. It was a horrifying feeling.
But life goes on, evil does exist and must be smashed where ever we find it. I raise a toast to the brave men and women who fought to help the hurt and wounded, who sacrifice for us today in fighting the cowerdly enemies around the world. Yes, God Bless America and dont forget 9/11!
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I also remeber the errie feeling going to school the next day it all felt like a bad nightmare.
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skeeter1
I was at work, in a meeting. But, my computer was next to me. I got an e-mail from a friend that a plane had crashed into a building. I read it, and ignored it. i thought it was a small plane. Then, a few minutes later, I got another e-mail from the same person that said, "Another plane went into the other WTC. Smells like terrorism." So, I told the person I was meeting with that we'd better take a break and get some coffee. We went into the main part of the building, and NO ONE was at their desks...not even the receptionist! Got to the breakroom, and it was crowded. We all went back to work and worked like it was a normal day, sort of.
Skeeter
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NVR2L8
Willyloman,
I made the same observations - people risking their life to assist those in danger...how is that possible in a world full of hatred? How many JWs were amongst the front-line respondants? How many JWs would sacrifice their life for strangers? NONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO GENUINE LOVE FOR THEIR NEIGHBOURS...THEY WATCH THEIR CLOSEST FAMILY MEMBERS DIE KNOWING THAT A BLOOD TRANSFUSION COULD SAVE THEM. THEY ESCAPE THEIR DUTY TO ASSIST OTHERS BY SAYING "THERE IS NOTHING GOD CAN'T RECTIFY THROUGHT RESURECTION"...
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blondie
On vacation....the year we stopped going to the KH...up early in the morning in our hotel. Woke up my husband and we watched until the buildings collapsed. We started on our way home. Many were stranded because the airlines had been shut down. Complete strangers were connecting and traveling together towards home...and they weren't even hoviejoes. I was not alive on 12/7/1941, but people who were that we met traveling our way and in restaurants we comparing their reactions then to their reactions in 2001.