What were you doing when 9/11 happened?

I was a Us Air flight from PVD to LAX via Charlotte and then on to Vegas. My wife an I were north of NYC when the pilot said if we looked out the left side thet we could see a fire at the WTC. After that we heard nothing until we landed in Charlotte where we stranded for 4 days ( without our luggage). We finally mad it to LAX and drove straight to Vegas that was eerily quiet. We remember that they were offering free shows just to fill the seats.

Not only did it cross our minds, but it made up a very large part of the measures we had to take that day. Every delay or lack of response to our transmissions by an aircraft was immediately flagged as suspect. On orders from the Prime Minister, our military was also immediately on high alert and faced with the very real possibility of having to take an aircraft full of civilians down. Horrifying scenario, but one which had a valid reason.

Eating breakfast ... in a casino.

I was at work. Ran home to get a TV for the office.

I was at home getting ready to go to work when I heard/saw footage of the first plane hitting the tower. My husband was flying out that morning. He had just called to say his flight was leaving the gate. I must have called him 20 times on my way to work listening to the rest of the morning unfold. As I got to work he called and said they had been waiting on the runway to take-off when all the flights were grounded. It was a mess to get the flights all back to various gates and unloaded. I work for a local government and we all sat around the various TV's in our building pretty much all day.

My sister-in-law is a naval intelligence officer and was stationed at the Pentagon at that time. It was the next day before we started getting emails and calls that she was OK.

I am grateful everyday for those who fight to protect us and keep us safe. I was a first responder for years as an EMT and have great admiration for those folks that did whatever they could at a time when we all needed them far more than we ever thought we would. May God bless all of us and keep us safe.

My husband and I were scheduled to fly from our home in the Cleveland area to Las Vegas the afternoon of 9/11/01. Dick had a peculiar sense of humor and woke me up that morning to the news that we weren't flying that day...that New York was under attack. I didn't believe him until the images on the tv verified his words. We suddenly needed to hear our kids voices and called them all as tears rolled down all of our faces. The horror of it occupied the next few days, as was the case with families across our country.

Continental offered us the opportunity to cancel our trip ..... with a full refund, I believe. But our kids were scheduled to join us several days after we were to have arrived and they were not given the same option. Dick exclaimed that terrorists were not going to dictate our actions and we got on the first plane headed to Vegas after the airports reopened. I remember there was a couple a few rows ahead of us on the plane...the wife got hysterical as the doors were closing. She screamed over and over again that she just couldn't do this. The flight was delayed as their luggage was removed from the plane's belly.

As has been mentioned earlier, Sin City was quiet, subdued and almost empty. Our family arrived in time to see the parade of emergency vehicles with flags waving as it proceeded down the Strip. It was as far as the eye could see as it headed South toward the airport and the somber tone took your breath away. Bellagio's fountains swayed to the music of patriotism and I will remember always the tears in all of our eyes as we gathered around that body of water.

The television shows of the last few days have reminded us (as if any of us could EVER forget) how the nightmare unfolded. There will probably be a lot of people replenishing their supplies of Kleenex as the stores open tomorrow. Dennis Leary's Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me displayed graphically the scare tissue brought on by 9/11. None of us will ever be quite the same.

Leaving for my job...ready to shut off the TV...news bulletin..plane crashing into the 1st WTC ...Honestly, at 1st, I thought I was watching a movie promo...until the newscasters voice was filled with sheer panic. Got to work...everyone in the small lunchroom...glued to the TV...2nd tower hit, the Pentagon, and most poignant for me, the folks on Flight 93...trying to overtake the terrorists, knowing they were going to die, and preventing this plane from crashing into the White House. So much talk about the memorial at the WTC towers...what about the memorial in that field in PA?

Pooping

i was at work in nyc and we believed the first plane was just a small plane accidentally hitting the twin towers.

it wasnt until the second one where it was like....uh.....this is on purpose.......we are all going to DIE.

I was working the breakfast shift behind the bar and had the tv on when the 1st tower was hit.
We had a full restaurant and everyone was discussing what they thought happened, when the 2nd plane hit,
there was no question as to what happened.
A lot of businesses closed to go home with their families, but we are a family business so we stayed open.
All the locals were there, it was a good feeling.
People who were alone were thankful to have a place to be with others.