9/11 where were you?

I had just got home from work. Was watching news. Newscaster thought they were running a replay of first airplane when second plane hit. I knew what was going on then. I will not forgive or forget. If that sends me to hell it'll just give me a second shot at the moose limbs. I'm still pissed. 

I was headed to Tulsa to sell candles for my school that morning. I was too young to realize what was really happening.

I was at work. Our daughter was actually due to be born that day, but she came 3 weeks early. My wife was home with my 2 year old son and new daughter, and she called to tell me about it. 

It made me both sad and angry at once. Senseless tragedy. 

I was writing a woman a speeding ticket.

Was on the way to work, best radio coverage I could find of what was going on was Howard Stern. When I got to work, the boss was setting up an old B&W TV in the break room so we could watch. None of us could believe what was happening. My wife of 3 months was visiting her parents in Arizona at the time. She ended up getting back a few days later than scheduled on a different airline than her ticket was booked from.

I was at work at the same place that I retired from this year. We watched coverage in the conference room.

Besides the horrible footage that we all saw, the thing that impacted me most was watching the fighter jets patrol the skies of Phoenix while all other planes were grounded.  I think that went on for 2-3 days.  It was clear that things would never go back.  

I was at work furiously typing to meet a huge deadline and weeping.

i was at work.....watched about an hour of it at work, became so emotional I took the rest of the day off and went home and watched from there.  i was so angry and upset about it.  

to those of you who have served our country in this thread, I want to say thank you for your service!

I was in a meeting in Pittsburgh and watched the attack on TV, They ended the meeting so we could get out of Pittsburgh. Drove past the the airport on the way home very eerie to not see planes taking off. 

I was working like many other posters in an office building. They closed at noon and sent us home since no one knew what was really happening.  I just moved into my house and had no TV with reception, so I went over to my coworkers house to watch what was going on. Like @blasting said, I clearly remember how quiet the skies were except for fighter jets going by in 2, 3, and 4 man formations, as well as military helicopters of all types. (I am not overly far from the now shutdown Willow Grove Naval Air station).

However, the part that I remember most clearly were all the flags, buntings and red, white and blue ribbons everyone had on and around their houses.  I love our flag, and I loved how everyone showed how patriotic and unified we all were.  It is a shame that many eventually came down....

I was on top of an elevator surveying it for a renovation at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. Went to the waiting room to watch.
Folks are kidding themselves if they don't believe we are at war with radical islam. 
God bless the families who lost loved ones that day. 

I WILL NEVER FORGET. 

I was in the CV ICU at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. Watched most of it throughout the day in patient rooms. After the plane went down in Shanksville we were on alert and were not allowed to leave until they knew where any survivors would go. Most of my coworkers came in/called to see what they could do to help. Feels like yesterday. 

First day back at work @ FedEx in Austin TX after a week of travel. My sister was a flight attendant for United on a trip out of NY. My dad was on a flight on the way back to DC. My brother, airline pilot, was a flying a trip. Didn't know where anyone was. The 757 that hit the Pentagon crashed on the side of the building where I worked 6 years before 9/11. Lost friends in the Pentagon and New York. We got an email that he was safe. Found out later he died when he went back into one of the towers to help some other people get out. Later we went to a church service just to hear that we that this was "our fault". Walked out of the service and never went back.