Were you in NY during 9/11?

musicismylife78

relates to the other 9/11 thread. Were any of you on this board, actually in new york on 9/11? Did you see the attacks occur?

Thoughts?

ogre1213

i was in brooklyn, 10th grade, the principal announced it on the loudspeaker first as an accident then he said a second plane hit, and it was an act of terror, my parents picked me up from school and i saw the black smoke in the sky you could see it for miles, and ash started falling from the sky like rain, there was ash everywhere, in brooklyn, pretty scary day, i was supposed to goto an incubus concert in irving plaza on sept 15th 2001 and mom wouldnt let me go :(

decides2dream

ogre1213 wrote:

i was in brooklyn, 10th grade, the principal announced it on the loudspeaker first as an accident then he said a second plane hit, and it was an act of terror, my parents picked me up from school and i saw the black smoke in the sky you could see it for miles, and ash started falling from the sky like rain, there was ash everywhere, in brooklyn, pretty scary day, i was supposed to goto an incubus concert in irving plaza on sept 15th 2001 and mom wouldnt let me go :(

man, 10th grade? i was teaching at the time, and had to wait to get updated every 40 minutes as other teachers came/went to pick up their students from my class. it was all we could do to keep it from the students...and many of our students, and teachers, had parents, siblings or spouses who worked there. our school community was extremely fortunate in that we lost no one, only injuries....tho i know of many others who were not so fortunate. i remember leaving school that day and the smell in the air. :(

fuck

I wasn't, I was in Florida, but a classmate/friend of mine actually lost his dad, who worked in one of the Towers, that day. Very sad stuff, but what's worse is that his family back in Pakistan/Afghanistan experiences 9/11 everyday without anyone here knowing/caring about it.

g under p

_outlaw wrote:

I wasn't, I was in Florida, but a classmate/friend of mine actually lost his dad, who worked in one of the Towers, that day. Very sad stuff, but what's worse is that his family back in Pakistan/Afghanistan experiences 9/11 everyday without anyone here knowing/caring about it.

Now that's really sad. I wasn't in NY but my sister had to walk home from Manhatten to Brooklyn. I was in DC and I could see the Pentagon burning in northern VA. My first thoughts go get my daughter, such a peaceful clear fall day prior to the attack and that this about gaurantees another four years of George Bush. The attacks proved me to be correct.

Peace

yoke

I wasn't but my wife was.. She was stuck in the city and couldn't get out after they shut everything down. She spent the night on a friend of a friend of a friends couch with about 5 other people. I was able to get her the next morning in Jersey City. All she did was cry as soon as I saw her.

edvedderrocks

A friend of mine from high school died in the 911 attacks. He was a great guy, not very popular in school, but just a nice person. He was a guy who liked sports but couldn't make the team kinda guy. But he was always happy. I saw him less than a year before at the golf club where I worked. He had a really good job working for a financial company at the towers, living in N. Jersey with his wife. They just had a little baby girl. So nice to see him and happy that he was doing well.

On the morning of the attack, I was teaching and the principal made us turn off the tvs. I watched in the teachers lounge b/c it was my lunch period. I sat at the table and a few minutes later the first tower went down. I remember crying and trying to figure out how I would get to my husband who worked a few miles away. Who knew what the extent of the attacks could be. (and I understand why we had to turn off the tvs, but the history teachers refused, saying we were experiencing history in the making)

Anyway, a few days later I picked up the local paper and saw my friends face. He was in the tower above where the plane hit. He called home to his wife and told her what happened and he didn't think he was going to make it. The story was so sad, especially with the new baby and all. Why things like that happen to good people, I will never understand.

Dirtie_Frank

g under p wrote:

_outlaw wrote:

I wasn't, I was in Florida, but a classmate/friend of mine actually lost his dad, who worked in one of the Towers, that day. Very sad stuff, but what's worse is that his family back in Pakistan/Afghanistan experiences 9/11 everyday without anyone here knowing/caring about it.

Now that's really sad. I wasn't in NY but my sister had to walk home from Manhatten to Brooklyn. I was in DC and I could see the Pentagon burning in northern VA. My first thoughts go get my daughter, such a peaceful clear fall day prior to the attack and that this about gaurantees another four years of George Bush. The attacks proved me to be correct.

Peace

Not for nothing but this happend during Bush first 9 months You were thinking that day that oh no now that this happend we have to have 4 more years of him when 1 year has not even finished?

g under p

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

g under p wrote:

_outlaw wrote:

I wasn't, I was in Florida, but a classmate/friend of mine actually lost his dad, who worked in one of the Towers, that day. Very sad stuff, but what's worse is that his family back in Pakistan/Afghanistan experiences 9/11 everyday without anyone here knowing/caring about it.

Now that's really sad. I wasn't in NY but my sister had to walk home from Manhatten to Brooklyn. I was in DC and I could see the Pentagon burning in northern VA. My first thoughts go get my daughter, such a peaceful clear fall day prior to the attack and that this about gaurantees another four years of George Bush. The attacks proved me to be correct.

Peace

Not for nothing but this happend during Bush first 9 months You were thinking that day that oh no now that this happend we have to have 4 more years of him when 1 year has not even finished?

Well I was thinking more in the line that the country/patriotism would back him to a re-election of 4 more years. Also some country overseas was going to pay a heavy price for the attacks, which in a sense pretty much happened correct.

Peace

xavier mcdaniel

Worked overnights across the Hudson River in Jersey City and went through that concourse every day going from the PATH train to the Subway. Was there roughly six hours before it started.

musicismylife78

sad stories. thanks for sharing.

Anyone miss the attacks barely.

Like I have heard stories of people who worked in the towers but called in sick that day.

Any one else have a similiar experience?

Like you worked in the towers, but that day you got up late and were late to work. Or you couldnt find your keys so you were late? Or your kids were acting up? Or it was bad traffic and you were late?

That would be a wierd feeling

vduboise

It was 10 to 9 and I was walking from the train station on 23rd street. I was late to work, pre-occupied and in the back of my mind I was wondering why the city sounded so quiet and people were standing in the middle of 6th Ave. I got to work we all went to the roof and watched as the rest unfolded. Watched as the ring of fire made its way around the top of the building and as the fire met in the middle the first tower fell.

All those people, gone.

The sounds of the sirens- and the walking people- the quietness of the city- what a sad day-

g under p

vduboise wrote:

It was 10 to 9 and I was walking from the train station on 23rd street. I was late to work, pre-occupied and in the back of my mind I was wondering why the city sounded so quiet and people were standing in the middle of 6th Ave. I got to work we all went to the roof and watched as the rest unfolded. Watched as the ring of fire made its way around the top of the building and as the fire met in the middle the first tower fell.

All those people, gone.

The sounds of the sirens- and the walking people- the quietness of the city- what a sad day-

Even here in DC that was eerie feeling for me was the quietness of the skies on a picture perfect clear fall day in the skies.

Peace

JB176657

slightly off topic but I remember how strange it was for the next few days with no jet trails in the sky.