Comments on: Blog: Where Were You That September Morning?

By: teacher

teacher — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:14:20 +0000

I was teaching my class when a fellow teacher came to my room and told me “a plane just hit one of the towers of the world trade center, turn on your tv.” I turned on my tv to witness the 2nd plane. I prayed because I knew this was not an accident we now were under attack. God Bless America.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:45:23 +0000

I was at Gulf Power in Century before it closed down we did pay our light bill there at one time……talking to Evelyn…. and saw the news on her T.V. with chills running down my spin and Evelyn was crying i will never forget this .

By: Tina Hartman

Tina Hartman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:18:18 +0000

I’m Active duty Air Force and we were working 14 hour shifts playing war. We actually started the night before at about 10pm and were waiting for our replacements to come and we were told the exercise was over. A bus came to pick us up and took ud back to our squadron where we were briefed what was happening. The base was on lock down so we were not allowd to leave. I was awake for about 48 hours before we were actually allowd to go home.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:12:48 +0000

I was at home babysitting watching Good Morning America when they broke in telling about what had happened. At that time they were confused as to what was happening. I just sat there in shock watching the television . My husband was working the night shift and had just went to bed . When I realized what was happening I walked to the bedroom and woke him up to tell him the shocking news. I remember being afraid, part of me wanted to go to the school and get my children and bring them home with me . The secure feeling I’d always had was all of a sudden gone!! I’ll never forget that day!!!!!!

By: tracy

tracy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:38:39 +0000

I hadn’t turned the TV on that morning. I had to go to Movie Gallery to return movies. On the way I was listening to the radio when I heard the report of the crashes. When I got to the store I asked the clerk what she had heard. She stated the same thing that I had heard. I thought maybe it was a small plane that had hit the Trade Centers. When I got home I turned on the TV and seen the tragedy. What a shock it was to witness this event. I didn’t turn the TV off for about 2-3 days.

God Bless the families that were affected by this tragedy. God Bless Our Troops.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:45:41 +0000

I was working at Whitney bank when it was open in Century. One of my co-workers had gotten to work just before me. As soon as she turned off the alarm and we all came in, she said, “Did y’all hear about the airplane hitting the World Trade Center?” I looked at her like she was nuts and I asked her with a giggle, “What? Did the pilot not see that gigantic building or something? How do you hit something as big as that?” Soon we heard about the second plane and another co-worker went and got a little 13″ TV and we watched the rest of the day unfold. It was so somber that day. People came in not saying much. They’d watch the reports on TV with us for a few minutes and just shake their heads.

Remember how we all banded together in the months following?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:05:20 +0000

I was still living just north of memphis ,TN. I had just finished working the night shift at Coors brewing company running the warehouse. I droped a friend amy off at her house and went to mine. She called me as I walked in my door to tell me about the first plane. As we talked on the phone watching everything on tv the second plane hit. She asked to come over and we spent the day watching tv wondering what was going to happen next. Was good to have a good friend around at that time.

By: Misty

Misty — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:59:11 +0000

I was in my 9th grade BST class at West Florida High School. Our teacher turned on the television and we just sat there watching the reports, dumfounded.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:26:00 +0000

I was in my Senior year in high school. The class I was in was Spanish. The tv’s came on and showed what was going on. It was a very sad day at school that day and I will never forget it. God bless all the families that 9/11 has affected.

By: AL

AL — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:13:08 +0000

I had worked the overnight shift at a local ER, and was at a traffic light on 9 mile Rd when the radio announced a “small private plane” had crashed into the WTC and there was smoke coming from the building. Music played uninterrupted until I got home. I had no TV or computer, so I went on to bed. When I woke up just a couple of hours later and went to my mom’s house, she was staring in shock as the first tower collapsed… she said “The whole world has gone crazy…. planes are just falling out of the sky”