Where Were You 10 Years Ago On the Morning Of 9/11???

jmen24 · 09-12-2011, 08:37 AM

I walked out of my apartment thinking that it was a great day to turn 20, the weather was great and that dinner at my folks house that night should be good. Steak tips on the grill. I proceeded to work and loaded my trailer with the mowing equipment I would need for the day and headed from Pembroke to Gilford, to mow at our complex up the hill from the airport convience.

On the way up 106, listening to Howard Stern, he broke in about the report of a plane hitting the WTC. Deciding I wanted to see what was going on I headed up 129 in Loudon to stop in at my folks place to see the action. With GMA on I watched the 2nd plane hit the tower. Called my boss on the 2-way and talked about what was happening. She was able to read the emotion in my voice and said it would be OK if I wanted to take the day off, my reply was that I would take a few moments but would continue my day as planned.

I left my parents house just after 11:00 to finish my task. I have always been a person that needs to keep busy, knew that I had to get away from the TV.

Before that day, Sept. 11 was just my birthday, but it hasn't felt the same since. Just doesn't feel right to celebrate when I watched so many people lose their lives. Dinner was quite.

VitaBene · 09-12-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jmen24

Before that day, Sept. 11 was just my birthday, but it hasn't felt the same since. Just doesn't feel right to celebrate when I watched so many people lose their lives. Dinner was quite.

You share a birthday with my wife!

tricia1218 · 09-12-2011, 04:48 PM

I remember thinking before I left my house that morning how nice the weather was. Later I was on 495 South in MA on my way into work listening to Howard Stern on FM radio when the 1st plane hit and I thought this can't be real, by the time I got to work the 2nd plane hit.

VitaBene · 09-12-2011, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tricia1218

I remember thinking before I left my house that morning how nice the weather was. Later I was on 495 South in MA on my way into work listening to Howard Stern on FM radio when the 1st plane hit and I thought this can't be real, by the time I got to work the 2nd plane hit.

It is interesting to see how many forumites were listening to Howard Stern on 9-11

I thought he did an unbelievable job that day. He is a brilliant interviewer. I will be shocked if he does not "retire" to an interview gig on cable.

Nagigator · 09-12-2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by VitaBene

It is interesting to see how many forumites were listening to Howard Stern on 9-11

I thought he did an unbelievable job that day. He is a brilliant interviewer. I will be shocked if he does not "retire" to an interview gig on cable.

Yesterday morning, Sirius radio replayed the Stern show from 9-11..........we watched some of the TV coverage of the ceromonies with the radio show playing for sound. It took you right back there, to that day.........

CateP · 09-12-2011, 09:48 PM

I am struck by how many people thought it was an unusually beautiful day BEFORE anything happened. I remember thinking that too.

ghfromaltonbay · 09-13-2011, 10:51 AM

I was at work in northern NJ on what started as a beautiful late summer day. Someone in another cubicle called out that a plane had just hit the WTC and we thought "how could someone not see the building in this clear weather, perhaps the pilot of a small plane had a medical issue", but then she screamed that a 2nd plane had hit the other tower. We rushed into the break room to see the TV and just outside the door I met a colleague who was white as a sheet. He told me his brother-in-law worked on the upper floors of WTC I at Cantor Fitzgerald. We watched the TV and prayed that all would be able to get out. The towers were less than 10 miles from our job. When they collapsed we were all stunned. As I drove home for lunch I could see the large plume of smoke where the towers had stood. I'll never forget the feeling I had in the pit of my stomach looking at what seemed like a nuclear mushroom clould. Unfortunately, in the next few days I learned that not only had my colleague lost his best friend (his brother-in-law), but my cousin lost her brother-in-law @ Marsh McLennan, my beautician lost TWO nephews who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, and another former colleague at Verizon lost his 26 year old son who was in tower 2 @ AON. Every Sept. 11th these men and their 11 children who lost their Dad's are on my mind.

These days when I drive on Interstate 80 East near Giant stadium I can see the new tower going up at the 9/11 site. The skyline really has changed since 2001. Every time I re-watch my favorite movie Moonstruck I get a chill when the opening shot shows the twin towers with all the lights twinkling. I visited the top once back in the late 1970's and the view from the top was gorgeous. How life has changed since 9/11/01.

MDoug · 09-13-2011, 06:14 PM

I had just finished teaching my 8:00 a.m. class at Waycross College in Georgia when my colleague told me that some fool had flown into the World Trade Center. He and I thought it was an accident (we had no TV nearby). Then the second plane hit the South Tower. "My stepson is at Sandler O'Neill!" I shouted. Rich and I bolted for the lounge and the television there.

Then I remembered to call Ann, Freddy's mom. She taught art at Ware County High, a few hundred yards from the college campus.

As we drove home to wait, hoping Freddy would call, there was a blue sky, a beautiful day near the Okefenokee.

No call came. Ann saw one lone cloud in the shape of a cross, and she said, "He's gone, Mike."

Greene's Basin Girl · 09-14-2011, 03:51 AM

Very sad. I am so sorry.

MDoug · 09-14-2011, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Green's Basin Girl

Very sad. I am so sorry.

Thanks. We really appreciate the kind support from everyone through the years.

NoRegrets · 09-14-2011, 10:05 AM

I was working with a colleague in my office. Someone stuck their head into my office and said a plane hit the WTO. We started to discuss the story of the B-25 that hit the Empire State building in the fog in 1945 but then someone said it was a commercial passenger and a second plane just hit. TV's were being setup in the halls and we were all stunned at the flow of information flowing across all media sources.

September 13, 2001 my wife left me a voice mail message that I saved and still have it on my machine.

Her voice was shaken: “Hi Honey, it's me (sob) its three o'clock and I just got some news that one of our neighbors had died on flight 11. So I'm pretty upset about it (two more sobs). So umm (her voice started to break up into a partial cry) I'll be okay but I just wanted to let you know (pause) I saw him every night when I took my walk. He had the dog and a little girl in a stroller (more sobbing) so I just want to let you know that I love you - Bye.”

David’s 9 11 story http://www.legacy.com/sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=91838

Thank you for the thread and all the stories.

09-13-2011, 10:51 AM	#7
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 842 Thanks: 259 Thanked 233 Times in 133 Posts	Unfortunate birds-eye view I was at work in northern NJ on what started as a beautiful late summer day. Someone in another cubicle called out that a plane had just hit the WTC and we thought "how could someone not see the building in this clear weather, perhaps the pilot of a small plane had a medical issue", but then she screamed that a 2nd plane had hit the other tower. We rushed into the break room to see the TV and just outside the door I met a colleague who was white as a sheet. He told me his brother-in-law worked on the upper floors of WTC I at Cantor Fitzgerald. We watched the TV and prayed that all would be able to get out. The towers were less than 10 miles from our job. When they collapsed we were all stunned. As I drove home for lunch I could see the large plume of smoke where the towers had stood. I'll never forget the feeling I had in the pit of my stomach looking at what seemed like a nuclear mushroom clould. Unfortunately, in the next few days I learned that not only had my colleague lost his best friend (his brother-in-law), but my cousin lost her brother-in-law @ Marsh McLennan, my beautician lost TWO nephews who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, and another former colleague at Verizon lost his 26 year old son who was in tower 2 @ AON. Every Sept. 11th these men and their 11 children who lost their Dad's are on my mind. These days when I drive on Interstate 80 East near Giant stadium I can see the new tower going up at the 9/11 site. The skyline really has changed since 2001. Every time I re-watch my favorite movie Moonstruck I get a chill when the opening shot shows the twin towers with all the lights twinkling. I visited the top once back in the late 1970's and the view from the top was gorgeous. How life has changed since 9/11/01.

09-13-2011, 06:14 PM	#8
MDoug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 343 Thanks: 116 Thanked 42 Times in 39 Posts	Where Were You 10 Years Ago On the Morning Of 9/11??? I had just finished teaching my 8:00 a.m. class at Waycross College in Georgia when my colleague told me that some fool had flown into the World Trade Center. He and I thought it was an accident (we had no TV nearby). Then the second plane hit the South Tower. "My stepson is at Sandler O'Neill!" I shouted. Rich and I bolted for the lounge and the television there. Then I remembered to call Ann, Freddy's mom. She taught art at Ware County High, a few hundred yards from the college campus. As we drove home to wait, hoping Freddy would call, there was a blue sky, a beautiful day near the Okefenokee. No call came. Ann saw one lone cloud in the shape of a cross, and she said, "He's gone, Mike."

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09-12-2011, 08:37 AM	#1
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	I walked out of my apartment thinking that it was a great day to turn 20, the weather was great and that dinner at my folks house that night should be good. Steak tips on the grill. I proceeded to work and loaded my trailer with the mowing equipment I would need for the day and headed from Pembroke to Gilford, to mow at our complex up the hill from the airport convience. On the way up 106, listening to Howard Stern, he broke in about the report of a plane hitting the WTC. Deciding I wanted to see what was going on I headed up 129 in Loudon to stop in at my folks place to see the action. With GMA on I watched the 2nd plane hit the tower. Called my boss on the 2-way and talked about what was happening. She was able to read the emotion in my voice and said it would be OK if I wanted to take the day off, my reply was that I would take a few moments but would continue my day as planned. I left my parents house just after 11:00 to finish my task. I have always been a person that needs to keep busy, knew that I had to get away from the TV. Before that day, Sept. 11 was just my birthday, but it hasn't felt the same since. Just doesn't feel right to celebrate when I watched so many people lose their lives. Dinner was quite.

09-12-2011, 04:48 PM	#3
tricia1218 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MA/Paugus Bay Posts: 155 Thanks: 31 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I remember thinking before I left my house that morning how nice the weather was. Later I was on 495 South in MA on my way into work listening to Howard Stern on FM radio when the 1st plane hit and I thought this can't be real, by the time I got to work the 2nd plane hit.

09-12-2011, 09:48 PM	#6
CateP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 868 Thanks: 584 Thanked 540 Times in 210 Posts	I am struck by how many people thought it was an unusually beautiful day BEFORE anything happened. I remember thinking that too.

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09-14-2011, 03:51 AM	#9
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	Very sad. I am so sorry.

09-14-2011, 10:05 AM	#11
NoRegrets Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hudson - NH Posts: 408 Thanks: 233 Thanked 212 Times in 88 Posts	I was working with a colleague in my office. Someone stuck their head into my office and said a plane hit the WTO. We started to discuss the story of the B-25 that hit the Empire State building in the fog in 1945 but then someone said it was a commercial passenger and a second plane just hit. TV's were being setup in the halls and we were all stunned at the flow of information flowing across all media sources. September 13, 2001 my wife left me a voice mail message that I saved and still have it on my machine. Her voice was shaken: “Hi Honey, it's me (sob) its three o'clock and I just got some news that one of our neighbors had died on flight 11. So I'm pretty upset about it (two more sobs). So umm (her voice started to break up into a partial cry) I'll be okay but I just wanted to let you know (pause) I saw him every night when I took my walk. He had the dog and a little girl in a stroller (more sobbing) so I just want to let you know that I love you - Bye.” David’s 9 11 story http://www.legacy.com/sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=91838 Thank you for the thread and all the stories.