Hate this day....

[Heater]

I was in a meeting when My secretary knocked on the door and came in.. she looked at me and said excuse me But I think you need to turn on the TV....

That image will be with me for the rest of my life....

[ZetaNine]

two things that still make me cry when I see them..

the second plane hitting.....(the moment we knew)

and the tower collapse...I think we all thought it was a fire that would eventually be put out.
the next tower collapse...was when we all officially went into shock.

I'm also sure many of us here..even more so than most...were quite shocked when the pentagon was hit.

[The Jekyll]

I was on leave from Bragg, come home to bury my father a WWIi vet. As I was about to walk out the door with my mother to the funeral the news break happened showing the tower with what they said was a strike from a small personal aircraft. I told my mother that didn't look anything like a small airplane hit and as we stood there awestruck we watched the second plane coming in to hit. During the service we got news of the Pentagon being hit. I told my wife we have to leave as soon as service is over.
  As I am trying to depart the area gas prices are going up so fast and the fuel lines are unbelievable. That was the most depressing and frustrating drive back to Bragg I ever had. I will never forget the day I buried a WWII veteran, my father, and how glad I am to this day that he did not have to witness this act.

[Plawranc]

I was so young at the time, I remember it though.

By a wierd twist of random fate, I was staying up on September 11th. I remember the news, I saw planes coming in to those buildings and even at that age I could not believe it, I was scared. Scared of the evil men stealing my favourite thing in the world (planes) and using them to hurt. I couldnt sleep, I shook terrified in bed. Mum (RIP God bless her) told me that Australias air force wouldnt let bad men in.

I stayed up late on purpose to watch our guys go into Iraq and Afghanistan with a cold sense of justice and fury that seemed a bit out of place for a 9 year old.

I was 7 when it happened. And I was 9 when we hit back. So young was I and yet I can still remember those hours vividly.

Such a horrible day will never happen again as long as the brave men and women out there have our support. And if by some horrible twist of fate that it does. our retribution will make the heavens shake.

[RoGenT]

I was in bed with my girlfriend at that time, I can't remember the time but it was pretty early. Her dad called and told me that 'turn on the TV, something bad had happened" and time I turned on after couple of minutes is when it was showing the second plane hitting. I do not remember if it was live or happened just matter of minutes before I turned on. I was already just sitting there like  on what had happened, and my reaction was lot worse when the towers starting to collapse. I found out years later that an old high school friend of mine was killed when the first plane had struck; His office was in direct line of impact.