9/11 stories, where were you on 9/11? Options

[timeflies51]

The five-year anniversary of 9/11 has arrived. Care to share your stories? I'll start with mine.


I was in fifth grade, and we already had a half day scheduled. They didn't tell us what had happened. There didn't even seem to be tension in the school, or maybe I just didn't notice it. I remember walking around the perimeter of my schoolyard during recess, and randomly, I began to sing the "Mishaberach" to myself, which is a song we sing in Temple praying for the healing of mind and spirit.

When I got home, my mom was still in her exercise wear, squatting right in front of the TV, licking peanut butter off a spoon. I laughed and joked, "Oh, now you like watching TV, huh?" (She always picked on me for watching too much TV at that time.) She calmly told me no and explained what had happened.

That afternoon, as I went around the neighborhood for our school fundraiser, I predicted that everyone would be watching it on TV. And, of course, they were. I just find it creepy that I had a sudden urge to sing the "Mishaberach" even though I didn't know what had happened.


What's your story?

[*This Confession*]

^Well your the same age as me.

I was in 5th grade as well. I remember the teacher walked out of the room and went in to the grade k. class across the hall that had the tv on cnn or something like that. She kept coming back and going to the classroom to check up on things. Then eventually she told the whole class to line up and we walked over there when another 5th grade class came over too. As they came one of my guy friends came ands sat by me and asked what was going on. And well I just said some plane decided to take a free ride in a building.

I wasen't really paying attention. Aparently my teacher's son lived in new york and he worked in new york city and was leaving where he lived to go to work when someone called him before he left to go and said there wasen't a city anymore.

Thats all I really remember, nothing really changed at my home.
I have family that lives in Maryland, but they were perfectly fine.

I went home, went over to my grandparents and had dinner. Got on the computer. Went to school the next day. And we locked all the doors and windows for the rest of the school year.

9/11 didn't really effect my life in any ways.. I feel bad for the families that lost people and never actually found some people.


Although now their making movies about it that make me kind of mad that their doing that. Its been years since it happened and people are starting to get over it a little and they make a movie to make those people remember all over again and yea just what they need.