Two years.

11 09 2003
Unbelievable that it's been two years since 9/11. It was one of thos events in which we will always know where we were when we first heard about the attacks. I was working in Burlington at Verilytics, and first heard in my car, on the Mass Pike. I was flipping through the radio dial and happened to catch Howard Stern mention that a plane flew into the WTC. I, like probably thousands of other people, thought it was a small propeller-driven Piper or something. Then I heard that it was a passenger jet. Whoa. I called Tina and told her to turn on the TV. She did. She told me how there was a giant gash in one of the buildings. Then she said "The building just exploded!". She turned the TV on just in time to see the second plane hit the south tower.

I got to work and everyone in the building was in the lobby in front of a bank of TV's, just wide-mouthed watching everything. It was amazing, the entire day was like that. Nobody at their desks to get information, because you couldn't reach any of the major news web sites because they were completely overwhelmed. We actually had a meeting with our new CEO about the events, mostly because we had a sales guy in New York at the time and nobody could get in touch with him. At one point, I looked down at my watch and saw the date on the face: '11 SEP 01'. I immediately knew that we'd never look at that date the same way again. And at the time, it seemed like such an normal, unspectacular date.

Luckily, we didn't know anyone who was killed that day, but I always think of Tara Creamer. She was a TJX employee on one of the planes who lived about 1/2 mile away from us. If memory serves, she had 2 small kids. I don't want to think of what her husband had to tell them.

So, where were you when you heard?
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11 09 2003
#1 chris (Reply)

I, too, was in my car when I heard. I was listening to Imus when he mentioned that it looked like a plane had hit. He thought it was a small prop plane or something. Then his sports guy, Warner Wolf, called in from his apartment a few blocks away and narrating as events unfolded. I eventually got to work and got a streaming BBC broadcast on my laptop and watched as both towers fell. It all still pisses me off to this day. I'd have no remorse if we nuked the middle east to hell. I remember Shawn pointing out that the flights out of Boston most likely flew over our heads while we were on the Pike that morning. Effing creepy.
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11 09 2003
#2 shawn (Reply)

Yeah, that's right. Right over our heads. And another note on Tara Creamer: Phoenix knew her mother-in-law well, she worked at Midland St. School. A little to close for comfort.
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11 09 2003
#3 chris (Reply)

And another thing...Stephen from work and I both immediately said "Bin Laden" when we found out about this. No doubt. And the pigfu#%er is still out there somewhere.
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11 09 2003
#4 Neil (Reply)

I was standing in the back room of the media center and the news was on. I watched the footage of the first tower burning, and the second plane hitting, and the towers both falling. They rolled four televisions out to seating area and classes all came down to watch.
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11 09 2003
#5 Ryan (Reply)

I was 12 when it happened. I was in Social Studies class at my school when the first plane hit. my teacher was talking about how they think it was an accident and its on the news. he turned the t.v. on and low and behold the second plane came crashing into the tower. probably my first reality check that stuff like that can and does happen in the world...
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11 09 2003
#6 Jill (Reply)

I was in the computer lab at UMass Dartmouth getting ready for a 9 o'clock letterform class. No one in class knew what was going on because most of us walked to class that morning. The lab monitor mentioned something about a plane and the trade center. Of course out of curiousity we checked into a news website and saw the horror for ourselves. It wasn't long after that when classes were canceled and the school shut down. First thing I did was call Chris. Him being near Boston made me really nervous. Somehow I managed to watch TV for the rest of the day...the images never lost its effect on me. Like Ryan said. It was really a reality check and the most sobering moment of my life.
My cousin got married February 2002. The man who introduced her to her husband died in one of the towers. They dedicated their wedding celebration and their lives to his memory.
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11 09 2003
#7 Diantha (Reply)

Grr... Nobody at my school, at least none of the kids, knew until after school. Of course I bet ALL the teachers knew, bu didn't bother to tell us... XD
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13 09 2003
#8 macon (Reply)

me and ryan were in our class when the teacher from the other room turned on the tv and said somthing about a plane hitting a building.trufully i never knew that the wtc exsisted.ryan was sleeping on his desk and i had to wake him up to the horror of 9/11
sry ryan but it was for the best.well the whole thing didnt affect me till like 3 months after the attack.in memory of the victims
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