Sit down and give your mind a rest, 9/11 topics merged Options

[Melie]

where were you on 9/11? tell ur story.




i was stationed in germany and i was doing maintenance on my PLS. a lot of the sergeants always tease me about being from NY and my heavy accent. so when one of the sergeants came out to tell me that a plane crashed into the twin towers, i thought they were kidding. finally, he comes back out and tells me that we have to go back to the unit because of an emergency formation (meeting). i didn't finally see the images of what happened until i was in the dining facility and saw it on TV. i cried because i couldn't believe it. plus, i have family that work by the tower. so i called my parents on my cell but i couldn't get through for awhile but finally they told me that everyone is fine.
that night, all of the soldiers were waiting for instructions on what we were to do. they closed the post so no one was able to leave and we were stuck. so one soldier brings out a boombox and plays afroman - "cause i got high". ever since then, that song reminds me of 9/11 but it gave us a little bit of hope. weird, i know but it was what made all of us cheer up on a horrible day.

[DoubleJ]

Because it is a few days away from now, and all of the buildup is beginning up here.

To stay on topic:

I was in my second freshman year that day. The United Airlines flight actually came over my school. I'll never forget when I was on the bus going home, and there was just the sense of urgency from people. This one lady gets on the bus and says:
AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK! Everybody on the bust started busting out into different convos, there were a lot of people crying, and it was just an amazing experience for me. On that same bus, two middle eastern fellows were on, and needless to say, they were begging the bus driver to let them off of the bus. They barely escaped with their lives.

I can remember getting home and crying, because I called my mom at work, but got no answer. She would take the path over to her job down in the Wall Street area, so I knew she was on one of those trains. I didn't hear that she was safe until about 6 o'clock that night. When she came home, we all went to church and prayed, and thanked God that everyone was alright.

Looking back at the videos every year as I will do in my own privacy this year as well, I look at this as the one defining moment, that makes me want to become a firefighter.