I think I was in 4th grade at that time? Er. Yeah.
I went to this public school in Queens Village at that time. Thank God it was 10 miles from Manhattan. Thank God I lived in Queens at that time. Thank God my mom didn't go to work and my dad had night shift.
It was 10. I had math class at that time and then a lot of kids were being called out. I thought they had detention or something and then I was told to go to the office with my things. I was really scared. When I reached the office, my little brother was there with my parents.. My sister went to Stuyvesant at that time. She was a senor. Her school was less than 10 blocks from the WTC.. I asked my parents what happened and they refused to tell me. Instead, they took us home and turned the TV to CNN. I saw the towers fall and I started crying. "WHY? WHY? Why does this have to happen??" I screamed. And then I though of my sister. She didn't have a phone. She had no way of contacting us. I was really crying now. I thought something happened to her. I thought she died. It was really painful. We spent over 6 hours in silence sitting around the TV after that. At around 5, my sister came home and I ran to her crying.. She was crying too. She was crying more than I was. She had to watch the towers fall, the people jump out of the buildings. It turns out she walked home with a few of her friends.. We were all relieved. She was safe.

It was SO scary. I thought my dad went to work that day.. And he works in the United Nations which I thought was a target at that time. Thank God he had night shift..

I was really traumatized for about 2 years.. Everytime a plane flew over my house, I hid under the bed, thinking my house was a target. The worse thing was, I started to watch the news constantly at that time. I remember then talking about the "Silent Killer" (Carbon Monoxide) and kidnappers and serial killers and Al Qaeda.. That traumatized me even more. I was really depressed in 4th grade. I really changed that year. I became a little bit antisocial and stopped talking to my friends.

And y'know.. I don't think I've ever really gotten over it. I'm still recovering from it.

Every single story in here makes me shiver like crazy. Nothing can make us forget that day.

I was in the 7th grade and we were in Science and we were talking about it , it never hit me , not even went i went to ground zero 2 years ago. I watched the documentaries , and everything else afterwoods.

But i do remember that I asked my science teacher who she thinks did it , and she immediatly said Al Quaeda.

Now , I thought the building fell over not crumbled , anyways I dont believe Al Quaeda did it , yes i believe the conspiracy theories.

GWB has f**ked us all. =)

I remember the incident showing on the tv again and again... that was too horrifying.

And I still had to go to school that day (since I don't live in the US).

^only schools within 20 blocks were released.


Is that really necessary?

My friend's school was 15 blocks from there and they weren't released.. Parents called and came to pick them up.

I was in 8th grade.
Sitting in history class and all, and I remember the principle announcing that there would be no recess. Joey jumped up, "Wtf? no recess?! what possibly could of happened?"
I remember seeing the teachers run around, my science teacher turning up his radio and such. They didn't seem to care where the students went as soon as the bell rang. We just all kinda aimlessly wandered through the halls, until we decided to settle into our home rooms. I remember a few of my friends crying, and parents frantically running inside picking their children up. And I remember being the last one to get picked up.

Hey I just realized today's NWO's birthday, Existing 5 years and many more to come

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This post has been edited by Zatanna: Sep 11 2006, 04:43 PM

All I remember was watching this video on minerals in fourth grade.
And then everyone went into lockdown (even though we were in MD.. well I guess it sortof made sense then).
And then one by one, everyone started leaving, and I was wondering what had happened and why we couldn't keep on watching the video, because we were supposed to be having a party. And I got really frustrated.
I was one of the last people to leave class, and when I got home, we turned on the TV, and I just remember thinking, "Is this real?" It was so frightening I didn't want to believe it.

One of my best friends lost her father in the WTC.

I was in 3rd grade, going to school all happy. Cheesin' my ass off thinking YES IT'S MY BIRTHDAY.
Then I saw everyone all sad, and I'm alone, cheesin', looking like a retard, thinking "wtfuck? It's my birthday.. "

I was in sixth grade. Throughout the day people kept comming into the classroom and pulling kids out of class. I remember going to lunch and half the kids left. No one told us what was happening, which made everyone mad. I remember in the end of the day someone came into our classroom and went down the attendence list and asked us where our parents worked and if anyone was usually home when we'd get home.

It wasn't until I got home when I saw my whole family in front of the TV.

Someone's sensitive.

Whoa... I just had my content deleted.. this is exactly how media works... when you push a little truth, you get attacked.

Maybe it's time to find another forumboard

5th grade. I was sitting in my class room when I got a call down to the office. My mom was in the office and she was crying when one of my techers pulled us both in to her office so that my mom wouldent get everyone up set. I wasent paying any attention to my teacher when she was talking to the both of us I was focused on my mother crying her eyes out. I thought my dad died or somthing. I didn't understand at all what was going on. Then my mother said " Lori might be dead and we have to get home as fast as posable. So, we booked it home before anyone else got out. My mother was the first one there. We got home just in time to see the second plane hit. That was one of the most scaryest thing I have ever seen in my life. Its even scary to hear about or to think about right now.

x2^I haven't seen it, but even if it had some truth to it, it must have been inappropriate.

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I was in the seventh grade in my social studies class (this was back when I actually lived in NYC). My teacher got a phone call (each classroom has a phone). She gasped, covered her mouth, and began to cry. She left the room for a minute, came back, stood at the front of the class and told us what's happened. She first asked if anyone's parent(s) worked at the WTC and asked them to leave the room to make a call. (One girl's mother worked there but thankfully, she was fine.) Then she told us that the two planes were hijacked and driven into the twin towers. A teacher had heard it on the radio/TV but thought it was a joke since there are radio shows that pull pranks. But, it wasn't and we were all sent home. Most of the TV channels were not working but I remember CBS was and I think it was Dan Rather who was reporting about it. I remember seeing horrible images on TV.

My dad was near the buildings a minute before they first began to fall. He was leaving for New Jersey and was just at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. He didn't know about it till he left the tunnel and stayed over at a friend's house in NJ for the night. I'm thankful nothing happened to him.

I prayed this morning for all the families who lost lives five years ago and I'm hoping they will find peace.

If that is how you really feel, then by all means.

What you posted was irrelevant to the purpose of this thread. You know that, you just chose to make this a part of your political/theological agenda. Many people are saddened by the anniversary of 9/11, be respectful towards them. You also know very well those images were disrespectful, you just didn't care.

Let it be, please. There is a 9/11 thread in The Debate Forum. Move those type of sentiments and that type of "truth" there, but do so ONLY if you have FACTS to back it up.

Maybe it's time to realize that this is actually something serious? Not some excuse to "inform someone of the truth". Try to be a little sensitive

Wow, there are a lot of people who were in 5th grade when 9/11 happened.

I was also in 5th grade when this tragedy happened. I remember leaving for school when my aunt was watching the news in the kitchen. I saw it and I didn't really hit me then. I got to school and the TV was on (news). My friends and I were shocked. Some of us even cried. It was heart breaking. We got sent home early. That was all I remember.

But it really is a sad thing. Thousands of people died. Grr, it's just so sad. I don't wanna go on, because thinking about it hurts.