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?

[julianamon]

i was in school and in the 4th grade. i remember my teacher was crying. i didnt really know what was happening, but parents started to show up at our school and take their kids home. by the end of the school day, only a few kids were left in the class. when i went home with my aunt, i remember she was trying to explain to me what was happening. i misunderstood and thought 2 planes crashed into each other and the remains or something fell onto the buildings. and then i remember being at my aunt's house and she was crying and praying because my uncle wasnt home yet. when he came home, he was with my dad who took me home.